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Food Concerns in the Italian Public
the latest data by the Science in Society Monitor published in Nova24-Il Sole 24 Ore

Food price increase and periodic alarms for food scarcity at global scale have caught Italian public opinion attention. 60% of European believe that food (low) quality is a major threat for health, more risky that pollution or dumbing of waste.
Italian worries about food mainly concern the use of pesticides in culti...
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Italians and climate change
Science in Society Monitor’s findings at the International Conference “Ethics and climate change”. ...>

Knowledge as Social Order
Edited by Massimo Mazzotti ...>

A Handbook of Public Communication of Science
Edited by Massimiano Bucchi and Brian Trench ...>

PUBLICATIONS

CONTRIBUTIONS

Women and Science 2008
Italy and the international context

Science in Society Fact and Figures
Fourth Edition

the Handbook of Science and Technology Studies
with a contribution by Neresini and Bucchi

Citizen’s Use of Science Expertise in the U.S. and Italy.
Comparative Cases from Communities Concerned about Chemical Hazards

By Barbara L. Allen

Controversies provide a unique lens into understanding how people access and engage science toward influencing change in regulation and enforcement of environmental pollution legislation. Legal disputes are particularly illuminating in providing a clear opening for scholars to understand the position of the various parties in the making of policy-r
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