AGEP supports March for Science

AGEP supports March for Science

Peace, prosperity, democracy and the development of humanity are based on science, research, technology, innovation and education. The growing complexity of global challenges calls for an independent and internationally connected network of science and research to foster problem solving. Scientific freedom is a central element of our democracies. The major global challenges such as the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Protection Agreement can only be solved through social, technological and institutional innovations. Science has a responsibility to accept the problems of our time and to exchange ideas with social actors.

The AGEP study programs are alarmed at the growing scientific antagonism and the politically motivated questioning of fact-based statements. From the denial of climate change to absurd conspiracy theories, especially by authoritarian and populist movements and governments, scientifically proven facts are denied or proven untruths are presented as “alternative facts”. In order to deal with the great social questions, we need a free science which can also lead to uncomfortable truths in public debates.
The AGEP therefore supports the March for Science, which is celebrated worldwide on 22 April 2017, the Earth Day. All citizens to whom an independent science is important are invited – not just scientists.
18. April 2017 | |
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