The Inaugural Daiwa Ichiban Lecture: Sir Paul Nurse on" Trust in Science"

The inaugural Daiwa Ichiban Lecture was held on Thursday 8^th October, in collaboration with the British Embassy in Tokyo, at Ambassador Tim Hitchen’s Residence. Sir Paul Nurse, President of the Royal Society and a Nobel Prize laureate, spoke on the subject of “Trust in Science”. In his lecture, he stressed the enormous benefits that science has delivered to mankind, but argued that trust between scientists and the broader community is vital in maximising both the speed of scientific progress and its value to society.

“Trust is important for science in a number of ways. Why should we have trust in science; what is it about science that makes it such a trustworthy process to generate knowledge about the natural world? By having trust in science, what benefits have been brought to humankind over the ages? How can trust in science be built with the public? What does society need from scientists to ensure that they are trusted? And what are the threats to trust in science and what can be done about them?”

The full text can be downloaded here: The Inaugural Daiwa Ichiban Lecture, Sir Paul Nurse (PDF)

大和一番レクチャー

大和一番レクチャーは毎年東京の英国大使公邸で行なわれるレクチャ ーシリーズで、幅広い分野における英国人の著名な講師を紹介するも のです。

第一回の大和一番レクチャーは10月8日木曜日に東京の英国大使館と 協力して英国大使公邸で開催されました。講師のサー・ポール・ナー ス(前王立協会長、2001年のノーベル賞受賞者)は「科学への信頼」 と題して講演を行いました。講演の中で科学が人類にもたらす偉大な る貢献について強調しましたが、科学者と幅広い意味でのコミュニティ との信頼が非常に大切で、それが科学の進歩の速度と社会における 価値観を最大限にするのに不可欠である旨の話がありました。