Science Scepticism around the World with Dr Baastian Rutjens

Understanding public attitudes towards science has become an
increasingly important area of research in recent decades, and
the importance of this kind of work has only been heightened by
the emergence of COVID-19, and the diverse and unpredictable
public responses to scientific and medical advice during the
pandemic. In this episode Will and Richard talk to Dr Baastian
Rutjens, who investigates public attitudes to science around the
world, with a focus on what he describes as ‘science scepticism’.
Baastian explains how tools and methods from social psychology
can help us to understand the motivations which underlie
scepticism of science, and we discuss the wider social and
political implications of these kinds of attitudes.