Political mobilization among scientists has been growing in recent years. Two social scientists break down what this looks like and how it represents a culture shift among the scientific community.
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When the scientific establishment gets involved in partisan politics, surveys suggest, there are unintended consequences – especially for conservatives.
Trump doesn’t just ignore science, he attacks it. Australia’s experts have an obligation to speak out on crises such as the coronavirus pandemic, even if it means picking a side in our politics.
Four scientists talk through the ways they now build outreach into their work as a way to spread their research’s impact – something that wasn’t the norm for past generations of academics.
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Deputy Director, Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
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Ocean Acidification Technician, University of California, Davis
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PhD Student in Psychological and Brain Sciences, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis
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Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh
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Distinguished Professor of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis
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Associate Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Sociology and Environment and Society, Brown University
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Associate Professor of Economics, UMass Amherst
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Senior Lecturer, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
