Italy has a small number of researchers, much lower than other countries, especially in the private sector. Low wages and old age of the body of researchers constitute other elements that characterise in negative terms the state of research in our Country, while the productivity of research remains at good levels, especially in specific disciplines.…
63% of Italians acknowledges the benefits of science, even though the concern that science constitutes a menace to the values of society is growing (from 39% to 46%). Scientific literacy and media attention to scientific issues remain stable and the judgement on the organisation and on the discriminating dynamics in the world of research remain…
Some light shed, many shadows, but, above all, many cues for the investigation on the possible strategies to adopt in the future: in short, this is the general framework that emerges from the new Science and Society Facts and Figures 2009 recently published by Observa Science in Society. First and foremost, the problem of human…
Observa-Science in society with the support of Compagnia di San Paolo presents Italians, science and the environment. Second Report on Science, Technology and Public Opinion in Italy, published by Il Mulino in the Science and Society Facts and Figures 2009. Italians recognise environmental deterioration as one of the major issues at the global level, second…