Which European country has the highest number of women with a degree in science subjects? Do citizens put more trust in scientists or in journalists? Which technological object do europeans consider more indispensable? How large is the readership of science magazines? The 2005 Science in Society Facts and Figures contains data and information to help understand the…
Almost 80 % of Italians citizens support the use of staminal embryo cells for research on new therapies. More than on third are favourable without restrictions, while another 44% would agree on the condition that research be carried out on embryos otherwise set to destroyed and 21% are totally against. Assisted reproduction techniques are also…
Italians’ greatest fear is that the world will run out of drinking water. Out of a number of potential dangers connected to major phenomena, one out of three Italians (31,6%) is worried about the risk of water resource exhaustion more than about other calamities like epidemics, nuclear incidents and overpopulation. Over the last decades, new…
Intervention at the Session: Science, Society and the Lisbon Strategy Science in Society Forum, Brussels, 10th March Nuclear power, GMOs, stem cells: the more science advances, the more society seems to make resistance. We often say and hear that this vision has been surpassed by increasingly sophisticated analyses of the relationships between research and the…
A large part (70%) of Italian citizens think that the media do not pay enough attention to biotechnologies and would like to receive information which is more suitable to their competences (47% consider their background as inadequate to follow the presentdebate on biotechnologies) and citizens-oriented (55% would like to be informed not so much through…
“BIOpop” results of the combination of the words “BIOtechnology” and “POPular”: the name of this European project refers to its aim of bringing science from the laboratories into the streets. Being aware of the need of citizens to know more about science, which increasingly influences their lives, the intention of the young European Biotechnology researchers…
The final event of the European Science in Society Forum took place from 9th to 11th March 2005 in Bruxelles and concluded the initiative during which Observa organised the first Italian “Science in Society”Forum. The Italian Forum, which was conducted in parallel with other European events in Sweden, Austria, Greece, Slovenia and France, aimed at…
Issues concerning research policy have been under public discussion in Italy for some time. Attention has focused mainly on the shortage of funding, the invariable complaint being that Italy invests too little in scientific research and technological innovation. The use made of resources is less frequently discussed, although waste and inefficiency are often reported, together…
“BIOpop” results of the combination of the words “BIOthechnology” and “POPular”: the name of this European project refers to its aim of bringing Science from the laboratories into the streets. Being aware of the need of citizens to know more about Science, which increasingly influences their lives, the intention of the young European Biotechnology researchers…