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SUMMARY:Climate scientists as analysts\, advisors\, advocates\, or activis
 ts: what’s the difference and does it matter? - Prof Mike Hulme\, Univer
 sity of Cambridge
DTSTART:20260224T110000Z
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CONTACT:Yao Ge
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\n\nJust as there are many different purposes and role
 s of science in society\, so there are many different roles that scientist
 s can adopt in relation to the science they produce. In this talk I will e
 xplore four of these roles—analyst\, advisor\, advocate\, activist—in 
 relation to climate change. At different times\, and for different reasons
 \, scientists may adopt different roles\, but it is important to be explic
 it and honest for your audience about which role you are adopting. Differe
 nt roles express different understandings of the relationship between ‘f
 acts’ and ‘values’\, and expose scientists to different risks to the
 ir public status and credibility. Beyond scientists’ roles in relation t
 o the science they create\, scientists may also adopt the broader mantles 
 of citizens\, educators\, public intellectuals and change agents. The talk
  will illustrate using examples drawn from climate science\, climate polic
 y advice\, and climate activism. For answering the big questions prompted 
 by climate change\, we also need to ask why does science matter and whethe
 r climate scientists have any special privilege in societal debates climat
 e and\, if so\, what sort of privilege is it.\n\nBiography\n\nMike Hulme i
 s professor of human geography at the University of Cambridge.  His work i
 lluminates the numerous ways in which the idea of climate change is deploy
 ed in public\, political\, religious and scientific discourse.  He is the 
 author of 12 books on climate change including\, most recently\, Climate C
 hange Isn’t Everything (Polity\, 2023).  He is the author of the widely 
 acclaimed Why We Disagree About Climate Change (Cambridge University Press
 \, 2009)\, was Editor-in-Chief of the review journal WIREs Climate Change 
 from 2008-2022\, and from 2000 to 2007 was the Founding Director of the Ty
 ndall Centre for Climate Change Research.
LOCATION:Chemistry Dept\, Unilever Lecture Theatre and Teams
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