Science, Critique and Opinion: Challenges for Scientific Consensus
28 May 10:00
Maison Française d'Oxford
Date: Thursday 28 May and Friday 29 May
Time: 10:00
Venue: Maison Française d'Oxford (Thursday 28 May) and Pembroke College (Friday 29 May)
The core focus of this conference will be the perception gap between the scientific community and the general public when it comes to the authority of scientific discourse and scientific consensus. When and why did science start to lose its authority as a discourse? How can we explain this lack of receptivity on the side of the public (and which publics in particular)? What are the solutions, innovations, or strategies put in place by researchers to rebuild trust between institutions, researchers and the broader public? What forms of consensus are desirable without falling back into the perceived violence of modernity?
