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Motivating Europe to embrace the culture of science

Motivating Europe to embrace the culture of science. Professor Anne Glover, CBE Chief Scientific Adviser to the President of the European Commission. Let’s imagine for a moment Europe without science and technology. No ancient Greek culture. www.geschichtsforum.de. No ancient Roman culture.

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Motivating Europe to embrace the culture of science

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  1. Motivating Europe to embrace the culture of science Professor Anne Glover, CBEChief Scientific Adviser to the President of the European Commission

  2. Let’s imagine for a momentEurope without science and technology

  3. No ancient Greek culture www.geschichtsforum.de

  4. No ancient Roman culture

  5. No renaissance www.oebv.at

  6. No enlightenment

  7. No industrial revolution

  8. No 20th Century E = m·c2

  9. No 21st Century

  10. Science is cultureIt’s part of our European heritageBut:

  11. Public support for science is decreasing Source: Eurobarometer, Special Edition 340 “Science and Technology” (2010)

  12. “Science makes our ways of life change too fast”

  13. “Because of their knowledge, scientists have a power that makes them dangerous”

  14. “We depend too much on science and not enough on faith”

  15. Why are people in Europe getting sceptical about science and new technologies? • The world has become much more complex • The pace of technological change has increased • No proper information about the opportunities vis-à-vis the risks

  16. So what is needed?1) TALK2) TALK3) TALK

  17. If you want this You need this

  18. If you want this You need this

  19. If you want this You need this

  20. And if we want to feed those… ….we are not going to make it with organic farming alone The Phone House bio.davidson.edu

  21. Science festivals have a key role to play in engaging with people about science and the opportunities of new technologies

  22. So once this meeting is over, get out on the streets!

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