Science's new social contract with society

Michael Gibbons
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Michael Gibbons: Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex

Nature, 1999, vol. 402, issue 6761, C81-C84

Abstract: Under the prevailing contract between science and society, science has been expected to produce ‘reliable’ knowledge, provided merely that it communicates its discoveries to society. A new contract must now ensure that scientific knowledge is ‘socially robust’, and that its production is seen by society to be both transparent and participative.

Date: 1999
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