👉 Learn about our submission criteria and how to contribute on our Call for Collaborations page: janpfander.github.io/trust_climat...

🙌 This project is led by @janpfa.bsky.social and myself at @eawag.bsky.social and @madalina.bsky.social and @smconstantino.bsky.social at Stanford.

Climate science is facing significant opposition in the US. Today we are launching the collaborative Strengthening Trust in Climate Scientists Megastudy 📈 Find out more and join our efforts 👇🧵

On June 3, 2025, I'll be moderating a panel discussion with social and natural scientists, a journalist, and an artist on how we can harness extreme weather events as a window of opportunity to spark climate action.

More information ▶️ collegium.ethz.ch/events/fello...

We find large differences in trust levels between countries and population groups. 🌍 For example, in Western countries, conservatives have lower trust in scientists than liberals. However, in most countries, political orientation and trust in scientists are unrelated.

🗣️ 83% of respondents believe that scientists should communicate about science with the public.

📣 49% believe that that scientists should actively advocate for specific policies (23% disagree). 52% believe that scientists should be more involved in the policymaking process (21% disagree).

💡 Across 68 countries, trust in scientists is moderately high (mean trust = 3.62, on a scale from 1 = very low trust to 5 = very high trust), with strong differences across countries.

Our global study on the state of trust in scientists is now out in Nature Human Behaviour! 🥳

With a team of 241 researchers, we surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries, providing the largest dataset on trust in scientists post-pandemic 👇🧵https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02090-5

We investigated the predictors of this trust gap and found that right-leaning and conservative ideologies often predict a stronger negative impact on trust in climate scientists than scientists in general. 4/7

Out of 68 investigated countries, 43 showed lower trust in climate scientists compared to scientists in general, 19 showed no significant difference in trust ratings, and six showed higher trust in climate scientists. 3/7

🚨 New preprint 🚨

Are climate scientists less trusted than scientists in general? 🤔🌍

Yes, we find evidence of a significant trust gap between climate scientists and scientists in general. 👇🧵 osf.io/preprints/os...

Bye-bye Harvard, hello Uni Hannover 👋
Looking forward to my research stay at the Center for Advanced Studies SOCRATES on scientific credibility and trust in science.
More info: socrates.uni-hannover.de/en/

📣 Call for ABSTRACTS for EGU

Submit your interdisciplinary contributions that address societal responses to extreme weather events 🌪️🥵🔥⛈️

▶️ Deadline: 10 January 2024
▶️ Conference: 14-19 April 2024, Vienna
▶️ More info: tinyurl.com/bdhrh2w4
@simonameiler.bsky.social @joshettinger.bsky.social

After a year of organizing, the free #degrowth conference #LESSISMORE will take place 9-10 NOV in Rome featuring prominent degrowth scholars @jksteinberger.bsky.social @giuliomattioli.bsky.social @timparrique.bsky.social 👇😍

You can also follow the conference online! 🌎 tinyurl.com/ccfsdv69