New Anteater Insider Podcast Episode: Increasing Public Trust in Science

Mar 4, 2025

The loss of public trust in science since the COVID-19 pandemic could have a profound impact on U.S. universities, which receive billions in research funding from public sources annually. What is driving this decline, and what actions can the scientific community, particularly U.S. universities, take in response? In this edition of the Scholarly Values Anteater Insider podcast, Duncan Pritchard, Distinguished Professor of philosophy and Chair of the Year of Scholarly Values Committee, discusses these questions with Pramod Khargonekar, UC Irvine’s Vice Chancellor for Research and Distinguished Professor of electrical engineering & computer science.

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