Gaskell, George, Allansdottir, Agnes, Allum, Nick, Castro, Paula, Esmer, Yilmaz, Fischler, Claude, Jackson, Jonathan 
ORCID: 0000-0003-2426-2219, Kronberger, Nicole, Hampel, Jurgen, Mejlgaard, Niels, Quintanilha, Alex, Rammer, Andu, Revuelta, Gemma, Stares, Sally ORCID: 0000-0003-4697-0347, Torgersen, Helge and Wager, Wolfgang
(2011)
The 2010 Eurobarometer on the life sciences.
Nature Biotechnology, 29 (2).
pp. 113-114.
ISSN 1087-0156
Abstract
Since 1991, the triennial Eurobarometer survey has assessed public attitudes about biotech and the life sciences in Europe. The latest 2010 Eurobarometer survey on the Life Sciences and Biotechnology (http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/europeans-biotechnology-in-2010_en.pdf), based on representative samples from 32 European countries, hints at a new era in the relations between science and society. We see less criticism of technology based on distrust in government and industry; more enthusiasm for novel technologies; and a more sophisticated appraisal of what technologies offer in terms of benefits, safety and sustainability. Europeans want regulation in the public interest and want a voice in such regulation when social values are at stake; we highlight an emerging European landscape of social value differences that shape people's views of technologies.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.nature.com/nbt/index.html |
| Additional Information: | © 2011 Nature publishing group |
| Divisions: | Methodology Centre for Analysis of Risk & Regulation Psychological and Behavioural Science |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Feb 2011 13:00 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 23:52 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/32499 |
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