Public Understanding of Science- Volume: 26, Number: 3 (April 2017)

Articles

The (de)politicisation of nuclear power: The Finnish discussion after Fukushima
Marja Ylönen, Tapio Litmanen, Matti Kojo, Pirita Lindell
Nuclear power debate and public opinion in Belarus: From Chernobyl to Ostrovets
Aliaksandr Novikau
Imaginaries of nuclear energy in the Portuguese parliament: Between promise, risk, and democracy
Tiago Santos Pereira, António Carvalho, Paulo F.C. Fonseca
Nuclear fission technology in Spain: History and social concerns
Ana Aliende Urtasun, Asunción Luquin, Julián J. Garrido
Public perceptions of expert disagreement: Bias and incompetence or a complex and random world?
Nathan F. Dieckmann, Branden B. Johnson, Robin Gregory, Marcus Mayorga, Paul K. J. Han, Paul Slovic
Why (not) disagree? Human values and the readiness to question experts’ views
Salla Ahola
Gendered use of experts in the media: Analysis of the gender gap in Finnish news journalism
Mari K. Niemi, Ville Pitkänen
“It’s natural to look for a source”: A qualitative examination of alternative beliefs about HIV and AIDS in Cape Town, South Africa
Clara Rubincam
Commentary

How to take non-knowledge seriously, or “the unexpected virtue of ignorance”
Kristian H. Nielsen, Mads P. Sørensen
Historical Moments in Public Understanding of Science

Transferring scientific discovery to the public: The intramercurial planet Vulcan in 1860
Hsiang-Fu Huang