Ensuring scientific integrity in the Age of Trump

Goldman, Gretchen; Berman, Emily; Halpern, Michael; Johnson, Charise; Kothari, Y.; Reed, Genna; Rosenberg, Andrew A.

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“…In this angstdriven world, the intended outcomes of education may change. For instance, now it will be increasingly important to teach "ensuring scientific integrity" (Goldman et al 2017), and for science at least, instructors may face a generation of students who attended secondary school during a time of decreasing public faith in science.…”

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Adapting to Change: Studying Undergraduate Research in the Current Education Environment

Lopatto¹

2017

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Given that science and science education are undergoing a climate change, the author suggests a re-envisioning of undergraduate research assessment. He argues that continuation of research into the processes and benefits of undergraduate research opportunities for undergraduates will need to decrease focus on student dispositions and increase attention to the external validity of programs. Common dispositional terms such as persistence and identity should give way to the study of student decision making, judgment, and communication. Student adaptability to diverse academic and personal pressures will aid in the understanding of student success.

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Adapting to Change: Studying Undergraduate Research in the Current Education Environment

Lopatto¹

2017

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“…I will not attempt to give due credit to each ofthe superb panelists (Fig. 1) but will say that the UCS was represented by an articulate advocate, Gretchen Goldman [see also Goldman et al (3)], and that marine ecologist Jane Lubchenco retains her evocative passion for science and public policy (2). Also seated there was Lewis Branscombe, a national hero in championing the cause of science in the public's mind.…”

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“Convenient Untruths”: An Unanticipated Opportunity for Science and the Public

Pederson¹

2017

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“…We build on other recent broad reviews of emerging scientific integrity issues (Chapron 71 et al 2017;Goldman et al 2017), focusing specifically on how science informs conservation 72 policy. We examine commonalities and contrasts across the three nations to determine which 73 reforms are limited to specific contexts and which are broadly relevant.…”

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“…Although scientific integrity abuses arise under all political parties, they are accentuated 38 under administrations that publicly question the value of science and the validity of widely-39 accepted scientific conclusions (Goldman et al 2017). The 2016 election of Donald Trump as 40 US president alarmed much of the scientific community given attempts to silence government 41 scientists from speaking with the media and public and rhetoric disparaging accepted scientific 42 concepts including climate change (Ritchie et al 2017).…”

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“…Scientific integrity is defined here as the ability to perform, use, communicate and 32 publish science free from censorship or political interference (Goldman et al 2017). This 33 definition encompasses both the ability of government scientists to speak freely about their 34 research, as well as the transparency and integrity with which information from non-35 governmental scientists (e.g., submitted comments or formal policy reviews) informs the policy 36 process.…”

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Defending scientific integrity in conservation policy processes: lessons from Canada, Australia, and the United States

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Government agencies faced with politically controversial decisions often discount or ignore scientific information, whether from agency staff or non-governmental scientists. Recent developments in scientific integrity (the ability to perform, use, communicate and publish science free from censorship or political interference) in Canada, Australia and the United States demonstrate a similar trajectory: a perceived increase in scientific integrity abuses is followed by concerted pressure by the scientific community, leading to efforts to improve scientific integrity protections under a new administration. However, protections are often inconsistently applied, and are at risk of reversal under administrations that are publicly hostile to evidence-based policy. We compare recent challenges to scientific integrity to determine what aspects of scientific input into conservation policy are most at risk of political distortion and what can be done to strengthen safeguards against such abuses. To ensure the integrity of outbound communication from government scientists to public, we suggest that governments strengthen scientific integrity policies, include scientists’ right to speak freely in collective bargaining agreements, guarantee public access to scientific information, and strengthen agency culture supporting scientific integrity. To ensure the transparency and integrity with which information from non-governmental scientists (e.g., submitted comments or formal policy reviews) informs the policy process, we suggest that governments broaden the scope of independent reviews, ensure greater diversity of expert input with transparency regarding conflicts of interest, require substantive response to input from agencies, and engage proactively with scientific societies. For their part, scientists and scientific societies have a civic responsibility to engage with the wider public to affirm that science is a crucial resource for developing evidence-based policy and regulations that are in the public interest.

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Ensuring scientific integrity in the Age of Trump

Abstract: Policies to protect government scientists must be defended

Cited by 38 publications

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Adapting to Change: Studying Undergraduate Research in the Current Education Environment

Adapting to Change: Studying Undergraduate Research in the Current Education Environment

“Convenient Untruths”: An Unanticipated Opportunity for Science and the Public

Defending scientific integrity in conservation policy processes: lessons from Canada, Australia, and the United States

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