A New Dark Age? Truth, Trust, and Environmental Science

IF 15.5 1区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Annual Review of Environment and Resources Pub Date : 2022-07-18 DOI:10.1146/annurev-environ-120920-015909

Torbjørn Gundersen, D. Alinejad, T. Y. Branch, B. Duffy, K. Hewlett, Cathrine Holst, S. Owens, Folco Panizza, S. Tellmann, José van Dijck, M. Baghramian

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Abstract

This review examines the alleged crisis of trust in environmental science and its impact on public opinion, policy decisions in the context of democratic governance, and the interaction between science and society. In an interdisciplinary manner, the review focuses on the following themes: the trustworthiness of environmental science, empirical studies of levels of trust and trust formation; social media, environmental science, and disinformation; trust in environmental governance and democracy; and co-production of knowledge and the production of trust in knowledge. The review explores both the normative issue of trustworthiness and empirical studies on how to build trust. The review does not provide any simple answers to whether trust in science is generally in decline or whether we are returning to a less enlightened era in public life with decreased appreciation of knowledge and truth. The findings are more nuanced, showing signs of both distrust and trust in environmental science. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Volume 47 is October 2022. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

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一个新的黑暗时代?真理、信任与环境科学

这篇综述考察了所谓的环境科学信任危机及其对公众舆论、民主治理背景下的政策决策以及科学与社会之间的相互作用的影响。以跨学科的方式，审查侧重于以下主题:环境科学的可信度，信任水平和信任形成的实证研究;社交媒体、环境科学和虚假信息;对环境治理和民主的信任;知识的共同生产和对知识的信任的生产。本文探讨了诚信的规范性问题和如何建立信任的实证研究。对于对科学的信任是否普遍在下降，或者我们是否正在回到公共生活中一个不那么开明的时代，对知识和真理的欣赏程度在下降，这篇综述并没有给出任何简单的答案。调查结果更加微妙，显示出对环境科学的不信任和信任。《环境与资源年鉴》第47卷的最终在线出版日期预计为2022年10月。修订后的估计数请参阅http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates。

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Annual Review of Environment and Resources 环境科学-环境科学

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24.10

自引率

1.80%

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审稿时长

>24 weeks

期刊介绍： The Annual Review of Environment and Resources, established in 1976, offers authoritative reviews on key environmental science and engineering topics. It covers various subjects, including ecology, conservation science, water and energy resources, atmosphere, oceans, climate change, agriculture, living resources, and the human dimensions of resource use and global change. The journal's recent transition from gated to open access through Annual Reviews' Subscribe to Open program, with all articles published under a CC BY license, enhances the dissemination of knowledge in the field.