What The Public Say
These pages provide a unique insight into the views of the public on key policy issues involving science and technology. Covering new and emerging areas of science and technology such as synthetic biology or climate change, you will find a wealth of information and insight to inform future policy decisions.
You will see the results of in depth, deliberative public dialogue exercises (involving 12,500 people to date), designed to help policy makers to take account of the public’s views, concerns, hopes and expectations in the development of better policy on science and technology issues.
Latest Research
- Public Attitudes to Science 2011 (PAS 2011) - a study by Ipsos Mori and commissioned by BIS. Learning from PAS 2011 slides also available.
- Science Musuem & ASDC collaboration - a pilot project to examine how public feedback from science centre events can be evaluated and used in policy.
- SciDemocracy - a pilot project in partnership with the British Science Association to capture public opinion at science events.
- Ethical Dimensions in Sciencewise-ERC - A review of public perceptions of ethical issues from the Sciencewise dialogues. By Daniel Start, Dialogue Engagement Specialist.
- Public engagement in national decision making, a review of what the public say
- A review of public views on climate change and low carbon interventions, by Sarah Castell
Videos
Value of Public Views in Policy Making
Sciencewise-ERC at Cheltenham Science Festival
Living with Environmental ChangeForum
- Engineered biological structures
- Can dialogue affect behaviour
- Is intelligence predetermined by our genetic coding
- What do drugs do to the brain
- Bioresources for sustainable food and energy
- Solar Cars on a Mission
- Science futures
- Unraveling genome secrets
- Patient involvement in health care decisions
- Research into who reads Science blogs