Conspiracies and Trust in a Pandemic Period | Stephan Lewandowsky |

The pandemic has revealed weaknesses in our society, but it has also opened avenues for radical change; for conversations about how science can save humanity, how populism functions in a democracy, and how we should govern social media to prevent the rapid spread of misinformation. Stephan Lewandowsky is a cognitive scientist who studies how people think and make decisions. He investigates how trust and emotions are manipulated in a global health crisis.