Vertrouwen in wetenschappelijke kennis: Kennisbubbels en de wenselijkheid van collectieve reflexiviteit

In research, distrust towards institutions such as universities and science is linked to online knowledge bubbles and echo chambers. However, the argument in this article is that this distrust is partly due to the existence of such bubbles within scientific circles themselves. The author argues that in the security domain and particularly in extremism studies, these scientific knowledge bubbles bring various forms of harm: by fueling distrust towards science, by contributing to extremism, and by causing harm to individuals labeled as a security problem.
The author contends that collective reflexivity is necessary to prevent this harm and to stretch knowledge bubbles.