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#CallforPapers 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥

Special Issue of #PublicUnderstandingofScience on the representation, communication, and consequences of scientific uncertainty in policy-relevant public discourses: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11….

⏳ Abstracts: 15 January 2026.
⏰ Papers: 31 July 2027.

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📢 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥: 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

How is scientific uncertainty used and contested in public and political discourse? And what are the implications for public trust in science, democratic deliberation and evidence-based policymaking?

We invite contributions to a Special Issue of Public Understanding of Science, guest-edited by Michaela Maier and Berend Barkela.

𝐀𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 15 January 2027 (approximately 600 words).

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬:
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