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