Young innovators are our hope. Without science, we won’t sail into the future

The coronavirus pandemic has turned our eyes to scientists, engineers and doctors – we hope their work will lead to a better future. We have seen how important their role is and we are unanimous in our view that action should be taken to encourage young people to study science, life sciences, engineering and technology

Even three years ago, the voice of science was questioned by as many as 27 per cent of Poles. The coronavirus pandemic, although responsible for many negative socio-economic phenomena, reversed the trend of our society’s growing scepticism towards scientists and made us look more favourably at the results of their work. According to the 5th edition of the State of Science Index survey by 3M, the number of science sceptics in Poland has started to decrease, and in 2021 only one in five Poles declared a sceptical attitude towards science. This means that we are less sceptical about science than Germans, the British or the French. At the same time, for the vast majority of Polish society, science is a source of hope. And this, in turn, is our hope for a better tomorrow.