Public support for Antarctic science: lessons from a national survey of Australians
Abstract With the Antarctic region featuring more and more in discourse around anthropogenic climate change, understanding public support for research in the region is increasingly important. We examine public support for Antarctic science in Australia, drawing on findings from a nationally represen...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0954102023000263 2024-03-03T08:37:40+00:00 Public support for Antarctic science: lessons from a national survey of Australians Tranter, Bruce Leane, Elizabeth 2023 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102023000263 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102023000263 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Antarctic Science volume 35, issue 6, page 473-484 ISSN 0954-1020 1365-2079 Geology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Oceanography journal-article 2023 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954102023000263 2024-02-08T08:27:01Z Abstract With the Antarctic region featuring more and more in discourse around anthropogenic climate change, understanding public support for research in the region is increasingly important. We examine public support for Antarctic science in Australia, drawing on findings from a nationally representative survey of just over 1000 adults conducted in 2021–2022. Key results reinforce earlier findings in other national contexts - for example, that older people and men are more likely to support Antarctic scientific research than younger people and women. They also reveal new information, including a correlation between particular sources of media coverage and support for Antarctic research. Our data have implications for where and how the public engagement efforts of government agencies and non-governmental organizations could most usefully be applied. While the survey is focused on Australia, it points to complexities around public support for Antarctic research that could be productively investigated in other national and in international contexts. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Science Cambridge University Press Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Science 35 6 473 484 |
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Abstract With the Antarctic region featuring more and more in discourse around anthropogenic climate change, understanding public support for research in the region is increasingly important. We examine public support for Antarctic science in Australia, drawing on findings from a nationally representative survey of just over 1000 adults conducted in 2021–2022. Key results reinforce earlier findings in other national contexts - for example, that older people and men are more likely to support Antarctic scientific research than younger people and women. They also reveal new information, including a correlation between particular sources of media coverage and support for Antarctic research. Our data have implications for where and how the public engagement efforts of government agencies and non-governmental organizations could most usefully be applied. While the survey is focused on Australia, it points to complexities around public support for Antarctic research that could be productively investigated in other national and in international contexts. |
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Public support for Antarctic science: lessons from a national survey of Australians |
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