Making Science Public

Tag: climate policy

  • Tracking fluctuations in climate change debates

    Tracking fluctuations in climate change debates

    Our ESRC funded project on climate change is coming to an end soon and we are just starting to prepare our end of award conference in Amsterdam. As part of our project we intended to monitor and describe fluctuations in debates about climate change. This aim overlaps with that of a project within the Leverhulme…

  • Moderation impossible? Climate change, alarmism and rhetorical entrenchment

    Moderation impossible? Climate change, alarmism and rhetorical entrenchment

    Intense, polarised debate has been a hallmark of much public debate over the science and politics of climate change. Recently, there have been warnings that “heated rhetoric over ‘deniers’ not only likely alienates broader publics, but it also likely turns off many moderate and centrist influential” (Nisbet 2008). Calls are now being made for a…