Scientific Knowledge and the Citizen

How can citizens become more aware of science and how it proceeds in order to be able to form their own opinion on science based problems concerning our environment and thus participate in taking decisions relating to technical matters? Scientific knowledge is also part of human culture and contribu...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Herwig Schopper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Risk Institute, Trieste- Geneva 2016-10-01
Series:Cadmus
Online Access:http://cadmusjournal.org/article/volume-3/issue-1/scientific-knowledge-and-citizen
id doaj-e7c89d1e9fbe464790287f574a850875
record_format Article
spelling doaj-e7c89d1e9fbe464790287f574a8508752020-11-24T23:07:49ZengRisk Institute, Trieste- GenevaCadmus2038-52422038-52502016-10-01318492Scientific Knowledge and the CitizenHerwig Schopper0Former Director General, CERNHow can citizens become more aware of science and how it proceeds in order to be able to form their own opinion on science based problems concerning our environment and thus participate in taking decisions relating to technical matters? Scientific knowledge is also part of human culture and contributes to the evolution of human values like faith. What role can scientific academies play in improving the trust between the public and science?http://cadmusjournal.org/article/volume-3/issue-1/scientific-knowledge-and-citizen
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Herwig Schopper
spellingShingle Herwig Schopper
Scientific Knowledge and the Citizen
Cadmus
author_facet Herwig Schopper
author_sort Herwig Schopper
title Scientific Knowledge and the Citizen
title_short Scientific Knowledge and the Citizen
title_full Scientific Knowledge and the Citizen
title_fullStr Scientific Knowledge and the Citizen
title_full_unstemmed Scientific Knowledge and the Citizen
title_sort scientific knowledge and the citizen
publisher Risk Institute, Trieste- Geneva
series Cadmus
issn 2038-5242
2038-5250
publishDate 2016-10-01
description How can citizens become more aware of science and how it proceeds in order to be able to form their own opinion on science based problems concerning our environment and thus participate in taking decisions relating to technical matters? Scientific knowledge is also part of human culture and contributes to the evolution of human values like faith. What role can scientific academies play in improving the trust between the public and science?
url http://cadmusjournal.org/article/volume-3/issue-1/scientific-knowledge-and-citizen
work_keys_str_mv AT herwigschopper scientificknowledgeandthecitizen
_version_ 1725616878106181632