Dr. Niels G. Mede - Perceptions of science, science communication, and

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Niels G. Mede, Viktoria Cologna, Sebastian Berger, John C. Besley, Cameron Brick, Marina Joubert, Edward W. Maibach, Sabina Mihelj, Naomi Oreskes, Mike S. Schäfer, Sander van der Linden, Nor Izzatina Abdul Aziz, Suleiman Abdulsalam, Shamsi Shamsi, Balazs Aczel, Indro Adinugroho, Eleonora Alabrese, Alaa Aldoh, Mark Alfano, . . ., Rolf A. Zwaan
Scientific Data, vol. 12(1), 2025, p. 114

DOI: 10.1038/s41597-024-04100-7

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Mede, N. G., Cologna, V., Berger, S., Besley, J. C., Brick, C., Joubert, M., … Zwaan, R. A. (2025). Perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries – the TISP dataset. Scientific Data, 12(1), 114. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04100-7

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Mede, Niels G., Viktoria Cologna, Sebastian Berger, John C. Besley, Cameron Brick, Marina Joubert, Edward W. Maibach, et al. “Perceptions of Science, Science Communication, and Climate Change Attitudes in 68 Countries – the TISP Dataset.” Scientific Data 12, no. 1 (2025): 114.

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Mede, Niels G., et al. “Perceptions of Science, Science Communication, and Climate Change Attitudes in 68 Countries – the TISP Dataset.” Scientific Data, vol. 12, no. 1, 2025, p. 114, doi:10.1038/s41597-024-04100-7.

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@article{mede2025a,
  title = {Perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries – the TISP dataset},
  year = {2025},
  issue = {1},
  journal = {Scientific Data},
  pages = {114},
  volume = {12},
  doi = {10.1038/s41597-024-04100-7},
  author = {Mede, Niels G. and Cologna, Viktoria and Berger, Sebastian and Besley, John C. and Brick, Cameron and Joubert, Marina and Maibach, Edward W. and Mihelj, Sabina and Oreskes, Naomi and Schäfer, Mike S. and van der Linden, Sander and Abdul Aziz, Nor Izzatina and Abdulsalam, Suleiman and Shamsi, Shamsi and Aczel, Balazs and Adinugroho, Indro and Alabrese, Eleonora and Aldoh, Alaa and Alfano, Mark and . . . and Zwaan, Rolf A.}
}

Science is integral to society because it can inform individual, government, corporate, and civil society decision-making on issues such as public health, new technologies or climate change. Yet, public distrust and populist sentiment challenge the relationship between science and society. To help researchers analyse the science-society nexus across different geographical and cultural contexts, we undertook a cross-sectional population survey resulting in a dataset of 71,922 participants in 68 countries. The data were collected between November 2022 and August 2023 as part of the global Many Labs study “Trust in Science and Science-Related Populism” (TISP). The questionnaire contained comprehensive measures for individuals’ trust in scientists, science-related populist attitudes, perceptions of the role of science in society, science media use and communication behaviour, attitudes to climate change and support for environmental policies, personality traits, political and religious views and demographic characteristics. Here, we describe the dataset, survey materials and psychometric properties of key variables. We encourage researchers to use this unique dataset for global comparative analyses on public perceptions of science and its role in society and policy-making.