Influences on Current Scientific Thinking

Inquiry question: What currently influences scientific thinking?

Students:

• analyse the current influences on scientific thinking, including but not limited to:

– economic

– political

– global

• analyse the influence of ethical frameworks on scientific research over time, including but not limited to:

– human experimentation

– experimentation on animals

– biobanks

– use of research data

Current Influences on scientific thinking

Economic

Political

Global

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/01/top-quotes-from-prince-william-sir-david-attenborough-interview-at-davos-2019/

Environmental

Science in a post-factual era: https://www.lindau-nobel.org/blog-strategies-for-science-communication-in-a-post-factual-era/

Influence of ethical frameworks on scientific research over time

human experimentation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_syphilis_experiment

Experimentation on animals

Biobanks

Use of research data