Speaker
Claus Madsen
(ESO)
Description
Communication between science and politics is often marred by a lack of cultural and 'systems' knowledge between the two areas of activities. For scientists it means targeted communication about a long established, well-tested, fact-based and logically robust system of inquiry to a highly dynamic environment in which decision-taking is influenced by many non-scientific factors and with norms that differ widely from the tenets of science. For the politicians, it involves facing the challenges of evidence-based decision-making, often in situations where the scientific answers are not sufficiently established. The talk discusses some of the communication issues that arise when these very different worlds meet.
Primary author
Claus Madsen
(ESO)
