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    Perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries – the TISP dataset
    (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2025-01-20)
    Niels G. Mede
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    Viktoria Cologna
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    Sebastian Berger
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    John Besley
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    Cameron Brick
    Science is integral to society because it can inform individual, government, corporate, and civil society decision-making on issues such as public health, new technologies or climate change. Yet, public distrust and populist sentiment challenge the relationship between science and society. To help researchers analyse the science-society nexus across different geographical and cultural contexts, we undertook a cross-sectional population survey resulting in a dataset of 71,922 participants in 68 countries. The data were collected between November 2022 and August 2023 as part of the global Many Labs study “Trust in Science and Science-Related Populism” (TISP). The questionnaire contained comprehensive measures for individuals’ trust in scientists, science-related populist attitudes, perceptions of the role of science in society, science media use and communication behaviour, attitudes to climate change and support for environmental policies, personality traits, political and religious views and demographic characteristics. Here, we describe the dataset, survey materials and psychometric properties of key variables. We encourage researchers to use this unique dataset for global comparative analyses on public perceptions of science and its role in society and policy-making.
    Type:journal article
    Journal:Scientific Data
    Volume:12
    Issue:1
    DOI:10.1038/s41597-024-04100-7
    URI:https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/121981
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    Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries
    (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2025-01-20)
    Viktoria Cologna
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    Niels G. Mede
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    Sebastian Berger
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    John Besley
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    Cameron Brick
    Science is crucial for evidence-based decision-making. Public trust in scientists can help decision makers act on the basis of the best available evidence, especially during crises. However, in recent years the epistemic authority of science has been challenged, causing concerns about low public trust in scientists. We interrogated these concerns with a preregistered 68-country survey of 71,922 respondents and found that in most countries, most people trust scientists and agree that scientists should engage more in society and policymaking. We found variations between and within countries, which we explain with individual- and country-level variables, including political orientation. While there is no widespread lack of trust in scientists, we cannot discount the concern that lack of trust in scientists by even a small minority may affect considerations of scientific evidence in policymaking. These findings have implications for scientists and policymakers seeking to maintain and increase trust in scientists.
    Type:journal article
    Journal:Nature Human Behaviour
    DOI:10.1038/s41562-024-02090-5
    URI:https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/121980
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    Extreme weather event attribution predicts climate policy support across the world
    (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2025-07-01)
    Viktoria Cologna
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    Simona Meiler
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    Chahan M. Kropf
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    Samuel Lüthi
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    Niels G. Mede
    Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change. Yet, little is known about the relationship between exposure to extreme events, subjective attribution of these events to climate change, and climate policy support, especially in the Global South. Combining large-scale natural and social science data from 68 countries (N = 71,922), we develop a measure of exposed population to extreme weather events and investigate whether exposure to extreme weather and subjective attribution of extreme weather to climate change predict climate policy support. We find that most people support climate policies and link extreme weather events to climate change. Subjective attribution of extreme weather was positively associated with policy support for five widely discussed climate policies. However, exposure to most types of extreme weather event did not predict policy support. Overall, these results suggest that subjective attribution could facilitate climate policy support.
    Type:journal article
    Journal:Nature Climate Change
    DOI:10.1038/s41558-025-02372-4
    URI:https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/123275
    Scopus© Citations 48