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Science's new social contract with society

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  • Michael Gibbons

    (Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex
    Association of Commonwealth Universities)

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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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  • Michael Gibbons, 1999. "Science's new social contract with society," Nature, Nature, vol. 402(6761), pages 81-84, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:402:y:1999:i:6761:d:10.1038_35011576
    DOI: 10.1038/35011576
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