Zientzia eta teknologiari buruzko gizarte iritziak eta irudikapenak Ipar Euskal Herrian

Abstract

The science and the technology have an increasing importance since we live in a society of the knowledge and because the only way of facing to the competition coming of the countries which costs of manufacture are low consists of investing in investigation – development – innovation, for preparing and later commercializing new products, services and processes. The companies, the administrations and, more and more, the citizens have realized this need. In this context, the target of this article is to know the social perceptions of the science and of the technology in the French Basque Country. More precisely, he wants to know: 1) what interest do the citizens show about the science and the technology, 2) which are their representations of the scientists, 3) which are the perspectives of development of the science and of the technolgy in the French Basque Country, 4) which is their evaluation of the scientific and technological activities, and 5) how they perceive the scientific communication. To answer these questions, individual interviews and groups of discussion have been organized assembling representative persons of the population of this territory, especially bearing in mind the variables of age, level of studies and profession.