Gordon Gauchat on the Politics of Science Funding

In the OUPblog interview, entitled The Politics of Science Funding, UWM Department of Sociology’s Gordan Gauchat addresses the issue of science funding and shares his thoughts on the importance of public perceptions of science, climate science, and social science.

Arne L. Kalleberg (UNC at Chapel Hill) based his interview with Assistant Professor Gordon Gauchat on Gauchat’s recent Social Forces article, “The Political Context of Science in the United States: Public Acceptance of Evidence-Based Policy and Science Funding,” Oxford University Press.

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