Taking Stock of Trust

A conference organised by

SCARR and CARR

Change and Uncertainty

• Trust as an increasing useful method of managing uncertainties– ‘The ongoing process of global

interdependency will only increase the demand for trust as an essential condition for co-operation’ – Misztal

• Growing demands placed on trust vs. shrinking supply

Handling Trust

• The ‘Audit Society’

• The new public managerialism

• The ‘precautionary principle’ and the ‘culture of fear’

• Trust may be damaged by policies intended to enhance it

The new risk management

Scepticism and Trust

• Increasing value of accurate mistrust

• Critical citizens

• Sceptical individuals

• Active trust, engagement and dialogic democracy

• Appropriate trust may depend on accurate mistrust