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Research and practice on how scientific knowledge is shared with the public, including trust in scientists and public engagement

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Research and practice on how scientific knowledge is shared with the public, including trust in scientists and public engagement

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Science Communication: Closing the Same Access Gap That Slowed Climate Action

There is no global crisis of trust in science — but there is a real, well-documented gap in who feels invited into it. We think closing that gap, building science-aware societies and citizen scientists, is the logical next step after the climate-communication lesson.

  • · A 68-country TISP study finds no global crisis of trust in scientists — average trust is moderately high everywhere, which matters for how we frame this topic honestly
  • · Science-related populism — a belief that ordinary people, not an academic elite, should hold truth-speaking authority — is a stronger, distinct predictor of distrust, and it's a legitimacy problem, not an information gap
  • · A 2026 methodological review candidly shows global trust studies still contradict each other (e.g. on income inequality), and argues for more rigor before drawing firm conclusions
  • · We follow Niels Mede's and Viktoria Cologna's research as evidence for our thesis — we are not claiming a collaboration or partnership with them
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