Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries

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dc.abstract.enScience 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.
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii w Sopocie
dc.affiliationwydział psychologii w Warszawie
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii w Warszawie
dc.affiliationInstytut Psychologii
dc.contributor.authorCologna, Viktoria
dc.contributor.authorMede, Niels G.
dc.contributor.authorBerger, Sebastian
dc.contributor.authorBesley, John
dc.contributor.authorBrick, Cameron
dc.contributor.authorJoubert, Marina
dc.contributor.authorMaibach, Edward W.
dc.contributor.authorMihelj, Sabina
dc.contributor.authorOreskes, Naomi
dc.contributor.authorSchäfer, Mike S.
dc.contributor.authorvan der Linden, Sander
dc.contributor.authorAbdul Aziz, Nor Izzatina
dc.contributor.authorAbdulsalam, Suleiman
dc.contributor.authorAbu Shamsi, Nurulaini
dc.contributor.authorAczel, Balazs
dc.contributor.authorAdinugroho, Indro
dc.contributor.authorAlabrese, Eleonora
dc.contributor.authorAldoh, Alaa
dc.contributor.authorAlfano, Mark
dc.contributor.authorAli, Innocent Mbulli
dc.contributor.authorAlsobay, Mohammed
dc.contributor.authorAltenmüller, Marlene
dc.contributor.authorAlvarez, R. Michael
dc.contributor.authorAmoako, Richard
dc.contributor.authorAmollo, Tabitha
dc.contributor.authorAnsah, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorApriliawati, Denisa
dc.contributor.authorAzevedo, Flavio
dc.contributor.authorBajrami, Ani
dc.contributor.authorBardhan, Ronita
dc.contributor.authorBati, Keagile
dc.contributor.authorBertsou, Eri
dc.contributor.authorBetsch, Cornelia
dc.contributor.authorBhatiya, Apurav Yash
dc.contributor.authorBhui, Rahul
dc.contributor.authorBiałobrzeska, Olga
dc.contributor.authorBilewicz, Michał
dc.contributor.authorBouguettaya, Ayoub
dc.contributor.authorBreeden, Katherine
dc.contributor.authorBret, Amélie
dc.contributor.authorBuchel, Ondrej
dc.contributor.authorCabrera-Álvarez, Pablo
dc.contributor.authorCagnoli, Federica
dc.contributor.authorCalero Valdez, André
dc.contributor.authorCallaghan, Timothy
dc.contributor.authorCases, Rizza Kaye
dc.contributor.authorÇoksan, Sami
dc.contributor.authorCzarnek, Gabriela
dc.contributor.authorDe Peuter, Steven
dc.contributor.authorDebnath, Ramit
dc.contributor.authorDelouvée, Sylvain
dc.contributor.authorDi Stefano, Lucia
dc.contributor.authorDíaz-Catalán, Celia
dc.contributor.authorDoell, Kimberly C.
dc.contributor.authorDohle, Simone
dc.contributor.authorDouglas, Karen M.
dc.contributor.authorDries, Charlotte
dc.contributor.authorDubrov, Dmitrii
dc.contributor.authorDzimińska, Małgorzata
dc.contributor.authorEcker, Ullrich K. H.
dc.contributor.authorElbaek, Christian T.
dc.contributor.authorElsherif, Mahmoud
dc.contributor.authorEnke, Benjamin
dc.contributor.authorEtienne, Tom W.
dc.contributor.authorFacciani, Matthew
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dc.contributor.authorFaisal, Md. Zaki
dc.contributor.authorFan, Xiaoli
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dc.contributor.authorFeldhaus, Christoph
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Marinus
dc.contributor.authorFeuerriegel, Stefan
dc.contributor.authorFischer, Helen
dc.contributor.authorFreundt, Jana
dc.contributor.authorFriese, Malte,
dc.contributor.authorFuglsang, Simon
dc.contributor.authorGallyamova, Albina
dc.contributor.authorGarrido-Vásquez, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorGarrido Vásquez, Mauricio E.
dc.contributor.authorGatua, Winfred
dc.contributor.authorGenschow, Oliver
dc.contributor.authorGhasemi, Omid
dc.contributor.authorGkinopoulos, Theofilos
dc.contributor.authorGloor, Jamie L.
dc.contributor.authorGoddard, Ellen
dc.contributor.authorGollwitzer, Mario
dc.contributor.authorGonzález-Brambila, Claudia
dc.contributor.authorGordon, Hazel
dc.contributor.authorGrigoryev, Dmitry
dc.contributor.authorGrimshaw, Gina M.
dc.contributor.authorGuenther, Lars
dc.contributor.authorHaarstad, Håvard
dc.contributor.authorHarari, Dana
dc.contributor.authorHawkins, Lelia N.
dc.contributor.authorHensel, Przemysław
dc.contributor.authorHernández-Mondragón, Alma Cristal
dc.contributor.authorHerziger, Atar
dc.contributor.authorHuang, Guanxiong
dc.contributor.authorHuff, Markus
dc.contributor.authorHurley, Mairéad
dc.contributor.authorIbadildin, Nygmet
dc.contributor.authorIshibashi, Maho
dc.contributor.authorIslam, Mohammad Tarikul
dc.contributor.authorJeddi, Younes
dc.contributor.authorJin, Tao
dc.contributor.authorJones, Charlotte A.
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dc.contributor.authorJurgiel, Dominika
dc.contributor.authorKabdulkair, Zhangir
dc.contributor.authorKao, Jo-Ju
dc.contributor.authorKavassalis, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorKerr, John R.
dc.contributor.authorKitsa, Mariana
dc.contributor.authorKlabíková Rábová, Tereza
dc.contributor.authorKlein, Olivier
dc.contributor.authorKoh, Hoyoun
dc.contributor.authorKoivula, Aki
dc.contributor.authorKojan, Lilian
dc.contributor.authorKomyaginskaya, Elizaveta
dc.contributor.authorKönig, Laura
dc.contributor.authorKoppel, Lina
dc.contributor.authorKoren Nobre Cavalcante, Kochav
dc.contributor.authorKosachenko, Alexandra
dc.contributor.authorKotcher, John
dc.contributor.authorKranz, Laura S.
dc.contributor.authorKrishnan, Pradeep
dc.contributor.authorKristiansen, Silje
dc.contributor.authorKrouwel, André
dc.contributor.authorKuppens, Toon
dc.contributor.authorKyza, Eleni A.
dc.contributor.authorLamm, Claus
dc.contributor.authorLantian, Anthony
dc.contributor.authorLazić, Aleksandra
dc.contributor.authorLecuona, Oscar
dc.contributor.authorLégal, Jean-Baptiste
dc.contributor.authorLeviston, Zoe
dc.contributor.authorLevy, Neil
dc.contributor.authorLindkvist, Amanda M.
dc.contributor.authorLits, Grégoire
dc.contributor.authorLöschel, Andreas
dc.contributor.authorLópez Ortega, Alberto
dc.contributor.authorLopez-Villavicencio, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorLou, Nigel Mantou
dc.contributor.authorLucas, Chloe H.
dc.contributor.authorLunz-Trujillo, Kristin
dc.contributor.authorMarques, Mathew D.
dc.contributor.authorMayer, Sabrina J.
dc.contributor.authorMcKay, Ryan
dc.contributor.authorMercier, Hugo
dc.contributor.authorMetag, Julia
dc.contributor.authorMilfont, Taciano L.
dc.contributor.authorMiller, Joanne M.
dc.contributor.authorMitkidis, Panagiotis
dc.contributor.authorMonge-Rodríguez, Fredy
dc.contributor.authorMotta, Matt
dc.contributor.authorMudra, Iryna
dc.contributor.authorMuršič, Zarja
dc.contributor.authorNamutebi, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorNewman, Eryn J.
dc.contributor.authorNitschke, Jonas P.
dc.contributor.authorNtui, Ntui-Njock Vincent
dc.contributor.authorNwogwugwu, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorOstermann, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorOtterbring, Tobias
dc.contributor.authorPalmer-Hague, Jaime
dc.contributor.authorPantazi, Myrto
dc.contributor.authorPärnamets, Philip
dc.contributor.authorParra Saiani, Paolo
dc.contributor.authorParuzel-Czachura, Mariola
dc.contributor.authorParzuchowski, Michał
dc.contributor.authorPavlov, Yuri G.
dc.contributor.authorPearson, Adam R.
dc.contributor.authorPenner, Myron A.
dc.contributor.authorPennington, Charlotte R.
dc.contributor.authorPetkanopoulou, Katerina
dc.contributor.authorPetrović, Marija B.
dc.contributor.authorPfänder, Jan
dc.contributor.authorPisareva, Dinara
dc.contributor.authorPloszaj, Adam
dc.contributor.authorPoliaková, Karolína
dc.contributor.authorPronizius, Ekaterina
dc.contributor.authorPypno-Blajda, Katarzyna
dc.contributor.authorMalaya A. Quiñones, Diwa
dc.contributor.authorRäsänen, Pekka
dc.contributor.authorRauchfleisch, Adrian
dc.contributor.authorRebitschek, Felix G.
dc.contributor.authorRefojo Seronero, Cintia
dc.contributor.authorRêgo, Gabriel
dc.contributor.authorReynolds, James P.
dc.contributor.authorRoche, Joseph
dc.contributor.authorRödder, Simone
dc.contributor.authorRöer, Jan Philipp
dc.contributor.authorRoss, Robert M.
dc.contributor.authorRuin, Isabelle
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Osvaldo
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Ricardo R.
dc.contributor.authorSchmid, Philipp
dc.contributor.authorSchulreich, Stefan
dc.contributor.authorScoggins, Bermond
dc.contributor.authorSharaf, Amena
dc.contributor.authorSheria Nfundiko, Justin
dc.contributor.authorShuckburgh, Emily
dc.contributor.authorSix, Johan
dc.contributor.authorSolak, Nevin
dc.contributor.authorSpäth, Leonhard
dc.contributor.authorSpruyt, Bram
dc.contributor.authorStandaert, Olivier
dc.contributor.authorStanley, Samantha K.
dc.contributor.authorStorms, Gert
dc.contributor.authorStrahm, Noel
dc.contributor.authorSyropoulos, Stylianos
dc.contributor.authorSzaszi, Barnabas
dc.contributor.authorSzumowska, Ewa
dc.contributor.authorTanaka, Mikihito
dc.contributor.authorTeran-Escobar, Claudia
dc.contributor.authorTodorova, Boryana
dc.contributor.authorToko, Abdoul Kafid
dc.contributor.authorTokrri, Renata
dc.contributor.authorToribio-Florez, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorTsakiris, Manos
dc.contributor.authorTyrala, Michael
dc.contributor.authorUluğ, Özden Melis
dc.contributor.authorUzoma, Ijeoma Chinwe
dc.contributor.authorvan Noord, Jochem
dc.contributor.authorVarda, Christiana
dc.contributor.authorVerheyen, Steven
dc.contributor.authorVilares, Iris
dc.contributor.authorVlasceanu, Madalina
dc.contributor.authorvon Bubnoff, Andreas
dc.contributor.authorWalker, Iain
dc.contributor.authorWarwas, Izabela
dc.contributor.authorWeber, Marcel
dc.contributor.authorWeninger, Tim
dc.contributor.authorWestfal, Mareike
dc.contributor.authorWintterlin, Florian
dc.contributor.authorWojcik, Adrian Dominik
dc.contributor.authorXia, Ziqian
dc.contributor.authorXie, Jinliang
dc.contributor.authorZegler-Poleska, Ewa
dc.contributor.authorZenklusen, Amber
dc.contributor.authorZwaan, Rolf A.
dc.date.access2025-01-20
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-31T14:57:50Z
dc.date.available2025-01-31T14:57:50Z
dc.date.created2024-11-19
dc.date.issued2025-01-20
dc.description.abstract<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>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.</jats:p>
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dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41562-024-02090-5
dc.identifier.issn2397-3374
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/1263
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02090-5
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
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dc.titleTrust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries
dc.title.journalNature Human Behaviour
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