Trust, truth, and representation. The New York Academy of Sciences

In this thoughtprovoking interview, President and CEO of The New York Academy of Sciences, Nicholas Dirks, tells Research Outreach why the Academy's most critical efforts are to engage young people in science, connect global scientists ahead of another world crises, and rethink communication between scientists and society. Just at the point that I thought of stepping back into the research world, I was invited to be the tenth Chancellor of the University of California at Berkeley. How can institutes best avoid misrepresentation or miscommunication, while still keeping the appropriate avenues open for public involvement? Because of social media everyone can now enter the public sphere in some way. There are times when the scientific community has to band together, investigate, and then call things out.