Fig. 5

Scientists opinions on how the public could be involved in scientific decision making (Q19). Radial bar chart representing the five responses to the question ‘How do you think citizens can be usefully involved?’ There is a strong consensus for a need for new creative methods to involve the public in science (77.9 % selected ‘very important’ or ‘priority issue’). There is much less enthusiasm for the use of opinion polls (21.3 % selected ‘very important’ or ‘priority issue’)