New research shows a full 58 per cent of people feel they are not well-informed about the outputs of publicly-funded science, a finding that presents an obstacle to the success of the €70 billion Horizon 2020 R&D programme in areas such as climate change, healthy ageing, waste management and sustainable energy supplies that will rely on public cooperation to reach their objectives.
However, there’s better news for the Commission in the fact that 77 per cent of respondents to a Eurobarometer poll published today think that science and technology has a positive influence on society.
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