How Can Chemistry Earn Public Trust? - Veranstaltung am 19. März bei der ACS-Tagung in New Orleans

19 March 2018 13:30-16:30, New Orleans/USA 

Trust is not “deserved”, but hard-won – and easily lost. Trust is often given to scientists automatically. Scientists get on with their work without much public questioning or scrutiny. When society does question science it can come as a shock to the scientific community, resulting in a defensive and unreceptive reaction rather than a considered response. How can we change public trust of science from instinctive trust to a trust strengthened by discussion and debate? 

We need to expand our toolset – to go beyond the scientific method and domain of facts we’re comfortable with – and learn to understand and engage with the real forces behind attitudes, behaviours, decision-making… and trust. 

Professor Sir John Holman, President of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Dr Allison Campbell, Immediate Past President of the American Chemical Society and Professor Thisbe Lindhorst, Immediate Past President of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker are cosponsoring this symposium on public communication and trust. They are inviting discussion and debate on how the learned societies can enable chemists across the world to confidently engage with these challenging topics. More Information