Various scholars agree that the GM problem has fundamentally been a problem of public perception of risk and acceptance of a new technology. But the various accounts of the debate have offered different and sometimes conflicting views of public perception based on different ideas of the relationship between technoscience and society. As illustrated by Irwin…
Blood availability is a serious concern for most national health systems, including Italy. This makes increasingly necessary, on the one hand, to understand the motivations that can prevent people from donating blood and, on the other hand, to have an updated picture of how the issues of blood donation and transfusion are discussed in the…
In recent years, an increasing number of research institutions at national and European level has devoted time and resources to develop strategies and activities to promote dialogue and engagement with citizens. The attention towards public communication and engagement becomes visible thanks to the activities promoted either by the research centres themselves (often by means of…
IRIS is the acronym for Interest and Recruitment In Science. The main objective of this project is to develop more knowledge and recommendations informed by evidence on how young people, and girls in particular, may be attracted to, and retained in, STM higher education. Two related questions will be targeted: What are the priorities, considerations,…