Genomics Lite: Why trust science?

Genomics Lite is a series of public webinars, in this session we explore why people do or don't trust science.

Have you ever wondered what the difference is between the words ‘trust’ and ‘trustworthiness’ or how we go about building this trust in the scientific world. What happens when scientists go too far and break that trust, what damage can this have for other organisations and researchers? Jack and Sam talk to a social scientist from Wellcome Connecting Science to answer these questions and explore the big question of the day, why trust science?

About our speaker:

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Dr. Jonathan Goodman, Staff Scientist, Wellcome Connecting Science

Jonathan is a social scientist with a background in the human evolutionary sciences, ethics, and anthropology, and uses a variety of research methods in his work on the erosion of trust and in public health. He is also a science writer, with his first book, ‘Invisible Rivals: how we evolved to compete in a cooperate world’, released with Yale University Press in June 2025.

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