在68个国家,人们对科学家及其在社会中的作用充满信心
Viktoria Cologna1,2,3, Niels G Mede4, Sebastian Berger5
1Department of the History of Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. viktoriacologna@gmail.com.
Nature human behaviour
|January 20, 2025
概括
大多数人信任科学家,并认为他们应该更多地参与政策. 这项全球调查强调了对科学的信任,尽管少数人的不信任可能会影响基于证据的政策制定.
科学领域:
- 社会科学 社会科学 社会科学
- 科学传播科学传播
- 公共政策 公共政策
背景情况:
- 基于证据的决策依赖于公众对科学家的信任.
- 最近对科学权威的挑战引发了人们对公众信任下降的担忧.
- 对科学家的信任对于政策的坚持至关重要,尤其是在危机期间.
研究的目的:
- 调查全球公众对科学家的信任.
- 评估公众对科学家的社会和政策参与的看法.
- 确定影响不同人群信任水平的因素.
主要方法:
- 这是一项预先注册的大规模调查,涉及68个国家的71,922名受访者.
- 分析个人和国家层面的变量,包括政治取向.
- 对科学家及其社会角色的信任的跨文化比较.
主要成果:
- 在大多数国家,大多数受访者对科学家表示信任.
- 大多数人同意科学家应该增加他们对社会和政策制定的参与.
- 各国之间和国家内部存在信任的显著差异,受政治取向等因素的影响.
结论:
- 在全球范围内,公众对科学家的广泛信任存在.
- 虽然不是一个普遍的问题,但少数人的不信任仍然会影响科学证据在政策中的使用.
- 研究结果为科学家和政策制定者提供了洞察力,旨在培养和保持公众信任.
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