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In whom can we trust?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2003

JOHN ZIMAN
JOHN ZIMAN
Affiliation:
27 Little London Green, Oakley, Aylesbury, Bucks, HPl8 9QL, UK. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

People need socially accredited but disinterested experts to give them reliable advice about risks. Traditionally, this role has been performed by academics, but academia is coming increasingly under the influence of commercial and political interests. How can ‘post-academic’ science be shaped to sustain its vital role as an independent organ of civil society?

Type
Research Article
Information
European Review , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , February 2003 , pp. 67 - 76
Copyright
© Academia Europaea 2003

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