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0103/2023 - The pro-science wave in times of denialism: Brazilian society\'s perception of science, scientists, and universities in the Covid-19 pandemic
A onda pró-ciência em tempos de negacionismo: percepção da sociedade brasileira sobre ciência, cientistas e universidades na pandemia da Covid-19

Author:

• Vanessa Moreira Sígolo - Sígolo, V.M - <vanessa.sigolo@alumni.usp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0011-1742

Co-author(s):

• Jade Percassi - Percassi, J. - <jade@alumni.usp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2050-3091
• Pedro Fiori Arantes - Arantes, P.F - <pedro.arantes@unifesp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6652-294X
• Hironobu Sano - Sano, H. - <hironobu.sano@ufrn.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4955-8895
• Mauricio Moura - Moura, M. - <mjmoura@gwmail.gwu.edu>
• Débora Foguel - Foguel, D. - <foguel@bioqmed.ufrj.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7312-7115
• Soraya Soubhi Smaili - Smaili, S.S - <Soraya Soubhi Smaili>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5844-1368
• Arthur Chioro - Chioro, A. - <arthur.chioro@unifesp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7184-2342


Abstract:

The article presents results of research on public perception of science during the pandemic in Brazil, carried out at the Centro de Estudos SoU_Ciência, based at Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). In order to answer the question: “Has the Covid-19 pandemic changed the perception of Brazilian society about science, scientists and universities?”, quantitative and qualitative studies were carried out between August/2021 and July/2022. In national quantitative surveys of public opinion, we collected exclusive dataa historical series of polls on the subject in Brazil, and in focus groups we deepened studies on the perception and political position of different social segments. Amidst the growth of scientific denialism, political and social setbacks, dismantling of public policies, specifically scientific and technological, resultingthe impeachment of 2016 and the election of Bolsonaro, in 2018, research indicates, apparently contrary to an obscurantist political tendency, a significant expansion of public interest in science during the pandemic in the country. This paper analyzes the emergence of a \"pro-science wave\" in public opinion in Brazil, the factors that led to its emergence during the pandemic, and its current prospects.

Keywords:

public opinion, science, pandemic, coronavirus, Brazil.

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Sígolo, V.M, Percassi, J., Arantes, P.F, Sano, H., Moura, M., Foguel, D., Smaili, S.S, Chioro, A.. The pro-science wave in times of denialism: Brazilian society\'s perception of science, scientists, and universities in the Covid-19 pandemic. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2023/Apr). [Citado em 22/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/the-proscience-wave-in-times-of-denialism-brazilian-societys-perception-of-science-scientists-and-universities-in-the-covid19-pandemic/18729?id=18729&id=18729



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