American science is in deep trouble, beset by multiple plagues including the irreproducibility crisis, doubts about academic integrity, turmoil over government funding, and a general erosion of public trust. It’s vital to our society, our prosperity, and our security that we reverse course and restore science to its potential and promise. But how? To rescue science, we need to understand how science got to its present state. Only then can we formulate a rescue plan.
J. Scott Turner’s report Rescuing Science. Recovering Science as Civic Virtue outlines the historical background of science’s current crisis, and presents a series of recommendations for restoring the intellectual autonomy and freedom that is essential for what science provides to our culture.
This event features J. Scott Turner, NAS Director of Science Programs and report author; Terence Kealey, Chancellor Emeritus of the University of Buckingham (UK); Geoff Horsman, Associate Professor of Biology at Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada). This event is moderated by Jason Locasale, an independent cancer researcher.
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