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Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries
Cologna, Viktoria; Mede, Niels G.; Berger, Sebastian; Besley, John; Brick, Cameron; Joubert, Marina; Maibach, Edward W.; Mihelj, Sabina; Oreskes, NaomiScience 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 ...
Conceptualizing and measuring support for democracy: a new approach
Claassen, Christopher; Ackermann, Kathrin; Bertsou, Eri; Borba, Lucas; Carlin, Ryan E.; Cavari, Amnon; Dahlum, Sirianne; Gherghina, SergiuMuch of what we know about public support for democracy is based on survey questions about “democracy,” a term that varies in meaning across countries and likely prompts uncritically supportive responses. This paper proposes a new approach to measuring support for democracy. We develop a battery of 17 survey questions that cover all eight components of liberal democracy as defined by the V-Dem project. We then ...