Dr. Niels G. Mede

Science Communication Researcher

Gaps in public trust between scientists and climate scientists: A 68 country study


Journal article


Omid Ghasemi, Viktoria Cologna, Niels G. Mede, Samantha K. Stanley, Noel Strahm, Robert Ross, Mark Alfano, John R. Kerr, Mathew D. Marques, Sebastian Berger, John C. Besley, Cameron Brick, Marina Joubert, Edward Maibach, Sabina Mihelj, Ben R. Newell, Naomi Oreskes, Mike S. Schäfer
Environmental Research Letters, vol. 20, 2025


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Ghasemi, O., Cologna, V., Mede, N. G., Stanley, S. K., Strahm, N., Ross, R., … Schäfer, M. S. (2025). Gaps in public trust between scientists and climate scientists: A 68 country study. Environmental Research Letters, 20. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/add1f9


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Ghasemi, Omid, Viktoria Cologna, Niels G. Mede, Samantha K. Stanley, Noel Strahm, Robert Ross, Mark Alfano, et al. “Gaps in Public Trust between Scientists and Climate Scientists: A 68 Country Study.” Environmental Research Letters 20 (2025).


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Ghasemi, Omid, et al. “Gaps in Public Trust between Scientists and Climate Scientists: A 68 Country Study.” Environmental Research Letters, vol. 20, 2025, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/add1f9.


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@article{ghasemi2025a,
  title = {Gaps in public trust between scientists and climate scientists: A 68 country study},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {Environmental Research Letters},
  volume = {20},
  doi = {10.1088/1748-9326/add1f9},
  author = {Ghasemi, Omid and Cologna, Viktoria and Mede, Niels G. and Stanley, Samantha K. and Strahm, Noel and Ross, Robert and Alfano, Mark and Kerr, John R. and Marques, Mathew D. and Berger, Sebastian and Besley, John C. and Brick, Cameron and Joubert, Marina and Maibach, Edward and Mihelj, Sabina and Newell, Ben R. and Oreskes, Naomi and Schäfer, Mike S.}
}

This study compares public trust in climate scientists and scientists in general across 68 countries (N = 69,534). On average, participants reported moderately high levels of trust in climate scientists, with trust levels being slightly lower than trust in scientists in general. Overall, this trust gap was larger among participants who identified as politically conservative or right-leaning, but there was considerable variation across countries.