How scientists can respond to autocratisation

We live in an era of democratic backsliding and autocratisation, in which science is increasingly under politically-motivated attack.  This webinar will provide an overview of how scientists can respond and safeguard their work. The webinar will last for 1.5 hours with time for audience Q&A. 

This webinar will be recorded and uploaded to the EGU YouTube Channel following the event: https://www.youtube.com/egu.

Conveners:

Simon Clark & Zsanett Papp

Speaker

Stephan Lewandowsky (University of Bristol) - Stephan is a cognitive scientist at the University of Bristol whose main interest is in the pressure points between the architecture of online information technologies and human cognition, and the consequences for democracy that arise from those pressure points. His research explores people’s responses to misinformation and propaganda, and how corrections affect our memory; why people reject well-established scientific facts, such as climate change or the effectiveness of vaccinations; the potential conflict between the architecture of our online information ecosystem and democracy.

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