UK Public Attitudes to Science Revealed
March 19, 2014| |
Results of the study on Public Attitudes to Science (PAS) 2014 has been released, which focused on looking at the attitudes to science, scientists, and science policy in UK. The study was conducted by Ipsos MORI in cooperation with British Science Association.
The study involved social listening and online research along with the nationwide face-to-face survey to build a picture of how the public engages with science online as well as offline. For the first time, it also explored public attitudes towards agri-science, robotics, and emerging energy technologies.
Results showed that the UK public is as enthusiastic to science as it has been, with attitudes to science having come a long way over the past 25 years. Major findings include:
- More now agree that "it is important to know about science in my daily life" (72% agree, versus 57% in 1988).
- People are now more comfortable about the pace of change – just a third (34%, versus 49% in 1988) now agree that "science makes people's lives change too fast".
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