Trusting the Experts: A Multinational Examination of Scientific Attitudes

• In Event: Political Knowledge, Uncertainty, and Misperceptions

Brief Overview

We examine variation in the public’s trust of scientific experts across 20 nations with a particular focus on how trust can influence issue attitudes.

Authors

• Jonah J. Ralston, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

• Jason Kalmbach, National Council of Independent Scholars