Information provides a solid and constructive foundation for dialogue among people, for the individual's choice-making and broadly for decision-making in society. A key challenge with regard to the relationship between science and decision-making concerns the reliability of information. In society, there's a need for new ways of processing information – information literacy. Essentially, how does information gain broad acceptance to serve as a basis for the individual's actions and decision-making in society? The increasing amount, fragmentation and diversity of information are challenging people's skills and ways of filtering and assimilating information. Accelerating technological development needs to be supported by information processing skills and an understanding of the nature of information and knowledge. The Research Program will seek solutions to how information can be used critically and constructively to support both individual and societal decision-making and actions.

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