University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Sci Adv. 2023 May 19;9(20):eabq4899. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abq4899.
Science is under attack and scientists are becoming more involved in efforts to defend it. The rise in science advocacy raises important questions regarding how science mobilization can both defend science and promote its use for the public good while also including the communities that benefit from science. This article begins with a discussion of the relevance of science advocacy. It then reviews research pointing to how scientists can sustain, diversify, and increase the political impact of their mobilization. Scientists, we argue, can build and maintain politically impactful coalitions by engaging with and addressing social group differences and diversity instead of suppressing them. The article concludes with a reflection on how the study of science-related mobilization would benefit from further research.
科学正受到攻击,科学家们越来越多地参与到捍卫科学的行动中。科学倡导的兴起提出了一些重要的问题,即如何在为公众利益促进科学的同时,让科学界也包括那些受益于科学的社区参与进来,来实现科学动员。本文首先讨论了科学倡导的相关性。然后回顾了一些研究,指出科学家如何能够维持、多样化和增加他们的动员的政治影响力。我们认为,科学家可以通过与社会群体差异和多样性接触并解决这些差异和多样性,而不是压制它们,来建立和维持具有政治影响力的联盟。文章最后反思了进一步研究科学相关动员的研究会如何受益。