Perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries – the TISP dataset

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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.

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Authors/Creators:	Mede, N.G. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5707-7568 Cologna, V. Berger, S. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2392-1024 Besley, J. Brick, C. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7174-8193 Joubert, M. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0178-1796 Maibach, E.W. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3409-9187 Mihelj, S. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8557-2504 Oreskes, N. Schäfer, M.S. van der Linden, S. Abdul Aziz, N.I. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9515-3274 Abdulsalam, S. Shamsi, N.A. Aczel, B. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9364-4988 Adinugroho, I. Alabrese, E. Aldoh, A. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1988-0661 Alfano, M. Ali, I.M. Alsobay, M. Altenmüller, M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1714-3601 Alvarez, R.M. Amoako, R. Amollo, T. Ansah, P. Apriliawati, D. Azevedo, F. Bajrami, A. Bardhan, R. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5336-4084 Bati, K. Bertsou, E. Betsch, C. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2856-7303 Bhatiya, A.Y. Bhui, R. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6303-8837 Białobrzeska, O. Bilewicz, M. Bouguettaya, A. Breeden, K. Bret, A. Buchel, O. Cabrera-Álvarez, P. Cagnoli, F. Valdez, A.C. Callaghan, T. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9056-9123 Cases, R.K. Çoksan, S. Czarnek, G. De Peuter, S. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4137-4431 Debnath, R. Delouvée, S. Di Stefano, L. Díaz-Catalán, C. Doell, K.C. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0043-9609 Dohle, S. Douglas, K.M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0381-6924 Dries, C. Dubrov, D. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8146-4197 Dzimińska, M. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7998-8178 Ecker, U.K.H. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-313X Elbaek, C.T. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7039-4565 Elsherif, M. Enke, B. Etienne, T.W. Facciani, M. Fage-Butler, A. Faisal, M.Z. Fan, X. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2528-1852 Farhart, C. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7549-4568 Feldhaus, C. Ferreira, M. Feuerriegel, S. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7856-8729 Fischer, H. Freundt, J. Friese, M. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0055-513X Fuglsang, S. Gallyamova, A. Garrido-Vásquez, P. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9561-8983 Garrido Vásquez, M.E. Gatua, W. Genschow, O. Ghasemi, O. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7511-5580 Gkinopoulos, T. Gloor, J.L. Goddard, E. Gollwitzer, M. González-Brambila, C. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7633-5091 Gordon, H. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4053-6419 Grigoryev, D. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4511-7942 Grimshaw, G.M. Guenther, L. Haarstad, H. Harari, D. Hawkins, L.N. Hensel, P. Hernández-Mondragón, A.C. Herziger, A. Huang, G. Huff, M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1433-4656 Hurley, M. Ibadildin, N. Ishibashi, M. Islam, M.T. Jeddi, Y. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2631-7693 Jin, T. Jones, C.A. Jungkunz, S. Jurgiel, D. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2934-5961 Kabdulkair, Z. Kao, J.-J. Kavassalis, S. Kerr, J.R. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6606-5507 Kitsa, M. Klabíková Rábová, T. Klein, O. Koh, H. Koivula, A. Kojan, L. Komyaginskaya, E. König, L. Koppel, L. Cavalcante, K.K.N. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2803-5291 Kosachenko, A. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8896-3837 Kotcher, J. Kranz, L.S. Krishnan, P. Kristiansen, S. Krouwel, A. Kuppens, T. Kyza, E.A. Lamm, C. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5422-0653 Lantian, A. Lazić, A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0433-0483 Lecuona, O. Légal, J.-B. Leviston, Z. Levy, N. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5679-1986 Lindkvist, A.M. Lits, G. Löschel, A. López-Ortega, A. Lopez-Villavicencio, C. Lou, N.M. Lucas, C.H. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0834-1622 Lunz-Trujillo, K. Marques, M.D. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5486-650X Mayer, S.J. McKay, R. Mercier, H. Metag, J. Milfont, T.L. Miller, J.M. Mitkidis, P. Monge-Rodríguez, F. Motta, M. Mudra, I. Muršič, Z. Namutebi, J. Newman, E.J. Nitschke, J.P. Ntui, N.-N.V. Nwogwugwu, D. Ostermann, T. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2695-0701 Otterbring, T. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0283-8777 Palmer-Hague, J. Pantazi, M. 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Schmid, P. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2966-0806 Schulreich, S. Scoggins, B. Sharaf, A. Sheria Nfundiko, J. Shuckburgh, E. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9206-3444 Six, J. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9336-4185 Solak, N. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8391-9172 Späth, L. Spruyt, B. Standaert, O. Stanley, S.K. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1272-5768 Storms, G. Strahm, N. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9837-8869 Syropoulos, S. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5622-1417 Szaszi, B. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7078-2712 Szumowska, E. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4181-6175 Tanaka, M. Teran-Escobar, C. Todorova, B. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4840-498X Toko, A.K. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2019-2404 Tokrri, R. Toribio-Florez, D. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9706-709X Tsakiris, M. Tyrala, M. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5268-8319 Uluğ, ÖM. Uzoma, I.C. van Noord, J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2351-0260 Varda, C. Verheyen, S. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6778-6744 Vilares, I. Vlasceanu, M. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2138-1968 von Bubnoff, A. Walker, I. Warwas, I. Weber, M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0507-0070 Weninger, T. Westfal, M. Wintterlin, F. Wojcik, A.D. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7073-6019 Xia, Z. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9551-0024 Xie, J. Zegler-Poleska, E. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7574-5985 Zenklusen, A. Zwaan, R.A.
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© 2025 The Authors. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords:	Climate Change; Humans; Science; Attitude; Cross-Sectional Studies; Trust; Surveys and Questionnaires; Communication; Public Opinion
Dates:	Published: 20 January 2025 Published (online): 20 January 2025 Accepted: 8 November 2024 Submitted: 30 November 2023
Institution:	The University of Sheffield
Academic Units:	The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield)
Depositing User:	Symplectic Sheffield
Date Deposited:	27 Jan 2025 10:30
Last Modified:	03 Feb 2025 09:53
Status:	Published
Publisher:	Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Refereed:	Yes
Identification Number:	10.1038/s41597-024-04100-7
Related URLs:	PubMed URL
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:222355

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