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    Project report: Exploring citizens' responses to science in public policy through natural language processing and conjoint experiments

    Horvath, Laszlo and Mabbett, Deborah (2024) Project report: Exploring citizens' responses to science in public policy through natural language processing and conjoint experiments. Project Report. The British Academy, London, UK.

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    Abstract

    Under what conditions is science viewed as authoritative and trustworthy in policymaking? Our evidence suggests public willingness to en-gage with scientific content. On a nationally repre-sentative scale, polarisation around science ap-pears to be driven less by anti-science sentiment and more by the perception that other forms of knowledge should also matter. Public participation in the production of science and clearer local relevance of research may mitigate ‘epistemic inequalities’ between experts and citizens.

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    Item Type: Monograph (Project Report)
    Keyword(s) / Subject(s): science, trust, policy, natural language processing, conjoint experiment, survey experiment
    School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences
    Research Centres and Institutes: Birkbeck Centre for British Political Life
    Depositing User: Laszlo Horvath
    Date Deposited: 04 Jun 2024 13:10
    Last Modified: 01 Jul 2024 01:09
    URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/53235

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