Science and trust = knowledge and rule of law This opinion article in this special issue on ‘Trust in science’ expresses concerns about the way that science is currently being treated, and in particular about the fact that science is no longer trusted unquestioningly (how science is used by others). These concerns are shared by and related to the position of the WODC as knowledge institute for the rule of law, and therefore particularly to the question of what influence a lack of trust in (the use of) science could have on the use of knowledge and on the rule of law. That influence appears to be mainly negative, although there are also some tiny rays of hope.
Ivo Giesen (Mon,) studied this question.