{"id":181014,"date":"2025-08-25T11:11:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T09:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=181014"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:54","slug":"more-trust-in-science-but-not-for-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2025\/08\/25\/more-trust-in-science-but-not-for-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"Greater trust in science, but not among everyone"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dutch have slightly more trust in science on average than they did three years ago, according to a report by the Rathenau Institute. At the same time, opinions are becoming increasingly polarised.<\/p>

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Every three years the Rathenau Institute<\/a> asks the Dutch about their trust in, among other things, science, the judiciary, the media and the government. On a scale of 1 to 10, citizens this year give science an average of 7.53. That is a slight increase compared to 7.42 in the previous survey in 2021.<\/p>\n

Compared to other Dutch institutions, trust in science is high. The judiciary scores 6.60, newspapers 5.65 and television 4.83. The government is at the bottom of the ladder with a score of just 4.33.<\/p>\n\n\t

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