Confidence and trust in science and research have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic (UZH)
Confidence and trust in science and research have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic (UZH) The people of Switzerland have confirmed their faith in science in the present COVID-19 pandemic. They would like to see scientists contributing their expertise more vigorously to the public and political debate. And most of them believe that political decisions on dealing with the pandemic should be based on scientific findings and foundations. The views are reflected in the COVID-19 edition of the Science Barometer Switzerland, which is produced by UZH's Department of Communication and Media Research (IKMZ) in collaboration with the University of Münster, Germany. The people of Switzerland's confidence and trust in science and research have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some 67 percent of the country's population rate their faith in science as "high? or "very high', which compares to 56 and 57 percent in previous such surveys in 2019 and 2016 respectively. The Swiss people's approval of state support for science also remains strong: while 73 percent "strongly? or "very strongly? approved of such support in 2019, some 74 percent of the population remain so convinced at the end of 2020.
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