Science barometer

Topic:	STEM impulses
Type of funding:	Small funding projects
Programme:	CZS Individual funding
Funded institution:	Wissenschaft im Dialog

The Science Barometer uses surveys to determine the relationship between science and the public as the basis for a fact-based discussion on how science is positioned in society and where science communication can start.

Goals

Wissenschaft im Dialog (WiD) is the science organization for science communication in Germany. It raises awareness of the social significance of science and promotes understanding of research processes and findings.

WiD's Science Barometer aims to determine the understanding of the relationship between science and the public in representative surveys. To this end, surveys on the attitudes of German citizens towards science and research are conducted at regular intervals.

Funding for the science barometer supports an instrument of science communication. The overarching goal is to facilitate a fact-based discussion about how science and research are positioned in society and where science communication can start.