Well-ordered science and public trust in science
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-018-02022-7
Abstract: AbstractBuilding, restoring and maintaining well-placed trust between scientists and the public is a difficult yet crucial social task requiring the successful cooperation of various social actors and institutions. Kitcher’s (Science in a democratic society, Prometheus… read more here.
Keywords: public trust; trust science; science; well ordered ... See more keywords
Water Testing Builds Trust in Science as Maui Communities Recover
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DOI: 10.1029/2024eo240562
Abstract: Following fires that ravaged the island in 2023, researchers educated residents about how wildfires affect water quality, and gathered data to determine how wildfire impacts change over time. read more here.
Keywords: trust science; water testing; testing builds; water ... See more keywords
Trust in science, social consensus and vaccine confidence.
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DOI: 10.1038/s41562-021-01115-7
Abstract: While scholarly attention to date has focused almost entirely on individual-level drivers of vaccine confidence, we show that macro-level factors play an important role in understanding individual propensity to be confident about vaccination. We analyse… read more here.
Keywords: science; level; vaccine confidence; trust science ... See more keywords
Procedural fairness during university education and students’ trust in science and scientists
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DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2024.2379409
Abstract: ABSTRACT Procedural fairness encourages numerous beneficial organizational behaviors across many institutional settings, including schools. However, little research has explored the consequences of fair treatment in the higher education context. To address this gap, we conducted… read more here.
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Parental vaccine hesitancy among mothers in Georgia: the role of trust in science, government, and religion.
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DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdaf112
Abstract: BACKGROUND Parental vaccine hesitancy (VH) remains a public health concern in Georgia, where misinformation and distrust continue to hinder routine childhood immunization. VH is shaped by psychological, sociocultural, and informational factors, including trust in science,… read more here.
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Why Trust Science?—Naomi Oreskes (Princeton, NJ, USA: Princeton Univ. Press, 2019, 360 pp.)
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DOI: 10.1109/mts.2022.3147522
Abstract: Anyone paying even the slightest attention to the news in the last few years would have been hard-pressed to avoid reports of wildfires, floods, hurricanes, heat waves, and other natural disasters. The severity and frequency… read more here.
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Trust in scientific institutions and experts during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland
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DOI: 10.1177/14034948241289633
Abstract: Aims: To explore variations in trust in science and scientific institutions in Finland during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the factors influencing trust in experts of a key institution in the management of the pandemic, the… read more here.
Keywords: trust science; covid pandemic; scientific institutions; trust ... See more keywords
An anchor in troubled times: Trust in science before and within the COVID-19 pandemic
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262823
Abstract: Researchers, policy makers and science communicators have become increasingly been interested in factors that affect public’s trust in science. Recently, one such potentially important driving factor has emerged, the COVID-19 pandemic. Have trust in science… read more here.
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“I Did My Own Research”: Overconfidence, (Dis)trust in Science, and Endorsement of Conspiracy Theories
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.931865
Abstract: Epistemically suspect beliefs, such as endorsement of conspiracy theories or pseudoscientific claims, are widespread even among highly educated individuals. The phenomenon of conspiratorial thinking is not new, yet the COVID-19 pandemic, causing a global health… read more here.
Keywords: endorsement conspiracy; conspiracy theories; trust science;
The Role of Conspiracy Theories, Perceived Risk, and Trust in Science on COVID-19 Vaccination Decisiveness: Evidence from Cyprus
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20042898
Abstract: COVID-19 reminded us of the importance of vaccinating for successfully overcoming health-related crises. Yet, vaccine hesitancy is still present. This study examined the impacts of conspiracy theories, perceived risk, and trust in science on COVID-19… read more here.
Keywords: covid; conspiracy theories; trust science;
Declared Intention to Vaccinate against COVID-19 and Actual Vaccination—The Role of Trust in Science, Conspiratorial Thinking and Religiosity
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DOI: 10.3390/vaccines11020262
Abstract: AIMS: The study aims to investigate how trust in science, conspiratorial thinking, and religiosity affected people’s declared willingness to vaccinate against COVID-19 at the onset of the vaccination program in Poland, their actual vaccination, and… read more here.
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