IASC aims to be the world’s first institute dedicated to measuring scientific community opinion via large-scale international surveys. The official project webpage is here.
The underpinning research is published in PLOS ONE. See here.
Some relevant interviews and media are found below.
‘Network to measure consensus among researchers is growing’
https://liu.se/en/news-item/network-to-measure-consensus-among-researchers-is-growing
‘Pioneering survey methodology sets new standards for gauging global scientific consensus’
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-survey-methodology-standards-gauging-global.html
‘Durham points the way for rapid delivery global surveys’
https://www.labnews.co.uk/article/2096578/durham-points-the-way-for-rapid-delivery-global-surveys
‘Pioneering survey methodology sets new standards for gauging global scientific consensus’
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1067037
‘Professor Peter Vickers uncovers new method to measure global scientific consensus’
https://www.dur.ac.uk/news-events/latest-news/2024/12/global-scientific-consensus/
Nature podcast on the IASC project.
To listen, click here.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01614-9
Article in Nature discussing the IASC project.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/institute-scientific-facts-aims-smash-fake-news
In the very early days, I briefly considered calling it the ‘Institute for Scientific Facts’. This is reflected in this article, in the Times Higher.
The title was quickly rejected for being controversial, and too provocative. But a link between ‘consensus’ and ‘facts’ might still be made, drawing on my book Identifying Future-Proof Science.
petervickersphilosophy.com 