A New Dark Age? Truth, Trust, and Environmental Science

verfasst von

T.Y. Branch

Abstract

This review examines the alleged crisis of trust in environmental science and its impact on public opinion, policy decisions in the context of democratic governance, and the interaction between science and society. In an interdisciplinary manner, the review focuses on the following themes: the trustworthiness of environmental science, empirical studies of levels of trust and trust formation; social media, environmental science, and disinformation; trust in environmental governance and democracy; and co-production of knowledge and the production of trust in knowledge. The review explores both the normative issue of trustworthiness and empirical studies on how to build trust. The review does not provide any simple answers to whether trust in science is generally in decline or whether we are returning to a less enlightened era in public life with decreased appreciation of knowledge and truth. The findings are more nuanced, showing signs of both distrust and trust in environmental science. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Volume 47 is October 2022. Please see www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Philosophie

Typ

Übersichtsarbeit

Journal

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Band

47

Seiten

5-29

Anzahl der Seiten

25

ISSN

1543-5938

Publikationsdatum

18.07.2022

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Allgemeine Umweltwissenschaft

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 13 – Klimaschutzmaßnahmen

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-120920-015909 (Zugang: Unbekannt)