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O ESTADO DE S.PAULO Tuesday 29th June 2004 Italianos: biotecnologia sim, interesses não Pesquisa mostra que na Itália maioria teme uso político do conhecimento científico di Herton Escobar To read this article click here (file in .pdf format – 400 K)

Why Are People Hostile to Biotechnologies

“Why Are People Hostile To Biotechnologies?” by Massimiano Bucchi and Federico Neresini, is published in Science (vol. 304, 18 june 2004). Why Hostile to Biotech? What determines the public’s attitudes toward biotechnology? The paper suggests that hostility toward biotechnology represents, in large part, the public’s concern for the procedures concerning scientific expertise, decision making and…

Why Are People Hostile to Biotechnologies

“Why Are People Hostile To Biotechnologies?” by Massimiano Bucchi and Federico Neresini, is published in Science (vol. 304, 18 june 2004). Why Hostile to Biotech? What determines the public’s attitudes toward biotechnology? The paper suggests that hostility toward biotechnology represents, in large part, the public’s concern for the procedures concerning scientific expertise, decision making and…

Do young people not like science anymore?

The decreasing interest of youth towards studying science subjects is a perceived phenomenon in many countries of the world. Less and less students are actually deciding to undertake science university courses. In Italy, for instance, the students enrolled in science university curricula, if compared to the total of university students, are in sharp decrease, passing…

Do young people not like science anymore?

The decreasing interest of youth towards studying science subjects is a perceived phenomenon in many countries of the world. Less and less students are actually deciding to undertake science university courses. In Italy, for instance, the students enrolled in science university curricula, if compared to the total of university students, are in sharp decrease, passing…

Science, Risks and Social Representations

by Andrea Lorenzet and Federico Neresini Introduction So-called “social representations” (Moscovici, 1984) are interpretations we all use in everyday life to give a meaning to reality. They originate in our life in society, in the context of groups, in the media and in public debates. Every social representation is conventional and associates a meaning with…