How can we rebuild trust in scientific experts?

Experts and the public need to be able to trust each other. But this trust is fragile. We need honest and frank conversations between all sectors if we are to address the divide in our country. We hope that yesterday's Huxley Summit was a start.

During the Brexit debate, one comment stuck in my mind and seemed to resonate with people on both sides of the argument. Responding to expert claims in June that Brexit would damage the UK economy, Leave campaigner Michael Gove delivered a line that sent shivers down the spines of our colleagues in all fields: "People in this country have had enough of experts".

Four months on, we can start to see the results of the vote to leave the European Union. The markets are volatile, the future is uncertain and many of us are left trying to figure out what has caused the big divide in our country. Disillusionment, austerity and misinformation have all been blamed for the polarised result. So, what does this mean for science?