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Despite fears of falling trust in expert knowledge, a global survey shows New Zealanders value science highly

  • Written by Laura Kranz, Assistant Lecturer in Psychology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Despite fears of falling trust in expert knowledge, a global survey shows New Zealanders value science highlyShutterstock/Volha_R

Five years since the start of the COVID pandemic, it can feel as if trust in the knowledge of experts and scientific evidence is in crisis.

But according to our new findings in a global survey of more than 70,000 people across 68 countries (including more than 2,000 New Zealanders surveyed early in 2023), people hold science in...

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