Science's new social contract with society

2 December 1999

journal article
Published by Springer Nature in Nature

Vol. 402 (S6761) , C81-C84
https://doi.org/10.1038/35011576

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.

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