Stormy weather for climatologists. A renewal of their professional credibility in a time of climate urgency?
Aviso de tormenta para los climatólogos. ¿mudanza de los vectores de credibilidad profesional en el contexto de emergencia climática?
Avis de tempête chez les climatologues
Résumé
The social and political mobilization around climate change is altering the conditions and forms of scientific activity in climatology. Researchers are increasingly called upon to speak publicly, through expertise, dissemination or advocacy activities. As they conduct their activities at the intersection between different social worlds and in connection with several actors (companies, governments, media, associations), they are led to question the usual vectors of professional credibility. Using interviews, we show that the climate scientists we talked to are very cautious about questioning the classic forms of scientific credibility, even if their professional space allows for more radical debates about it.
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