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Science 20 May 2005:
Vol. 308. no. 5725, pp. 1117 - 1118
DOI: 10.1126/science.1113825
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Policy Forum

SCIENCE AND SOCIETY:
High- and Low-Cost Realities for Science and Society

Helga Nowotny

In this Policy Forum, the author argues for greater awareness in the scientific community about where we stand in the tension between science and society, what has been achieved so far, and what is to be expected for the future. So far, in order to persuade the public of the need to support science, technology, and innovation, efforts have largely focused on communicating something of the beauty, the glamour, and the enthusiasm of science and technology. In the future, more must be done to explain how research is actually carried out. Simultaneously, society's expectations must be better incorporated into the process of research.

The author is chair of EURAB, the European Research Advisory Board of the European Commission, and Fellow at the Wissenschaftszentrum Wien, A-1080 Vienna, Austria. E-mail: helga.nowotny{at}wzw.at

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THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Childhood Origins of Adult Resistance to Science.
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