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With the Science Barometer, Wissenschaft im Dialog has been collecting population-representative data on the attitudes of citizens in Germany towards science and research every year since 2014. The aim is to contribute to a fact-based discourse on the relationship between science and the public and targeted science communication by collecting, processing the data and communicating the results. The Science Barometer questionnaire contains questions on cognitive attitudes such as interest and information and the information behavior of the respondents on topics from science and research. In addition, evaluative attitudes are surveyed, including trust, the assessment of the benefits and risks of science and the social role of research. The questions are aimed at general attitudes towards science and research. In individual cases, questions are also dedicated to specific research areas or technologies or, alternating annually, to current developments in science and the public. The results of the Science Barometer 2030 are based on 1,037 telephone interviews (landline/mobile, 80:20) conducted from August 22 to 24, 2023 as part of a multi-topic survey conducted by Kantar Public on behalf of Wissenschaft im Dialog. The German-speaking resident population in private households aged 14 and over served as the basic population. The Science Barometer 2023 is a project of Wissenschaft im Dialog. It is sponsored and supported by the Carl Zeiss Foundation and the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft.1. Interest in and informedness about science and research: interest in scientific topics in specific areas; informedness about science and research. 2. Information behaviour on science and research topics: self-assessment of information status; frequency of use of the Internet in general for information on science and research; frequency of use of various information channels on science and research on the Internet (Facebook, Twitter or other social networks, blogs or online forums,...