0170703 - UEK-B 20033006 RIV SK eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Těšitel, Jan - Hanousková, Irena - Kušová, Drahomíra - Bartoš, Michael
Science and sustainable development.
Science for European Integration. Bratislava: Slovak Academy of Science, UNESCO, 2002 - (Kováč, D.; Hermanovská, I.), s. 29-32
[Science for European Integration. Bratislava (SK), 11.10.2001-13.10.2001]
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z8059909
Keywords : sustainable development * role of science
Subject RIV: AO - Sociology, Demography

Science should particulary contribute, if it does not already, to the effort of bridging the gap between "local/lay" and "scientific" knowledge. Such an effort has two aspects reflecting a two-way flow of knowledge. This first aspect can be seen in making lay knowledge "graspable" by science. It presupposes an enchanced use of qualitative approaches, by use of which this "soft" knowledge can be incorporated into scientific calculations. At the same time, science should pay extreme attention to the problem of how to make its findings or results more understable to non-scientific people who might play a key role in the decision making sphere, or for the public in general.
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