The value of popularisation in science

Abstract

The recommendations adopted by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education for a new model of evaluation of scientific activity include the assumption that the role of popularisation in the evaluation of achievements in individual scientific disciplines will be increased. While it is as yet unclear what this would look like in practice, it seems to be beyond discussion that it should be such a popularisation that either contributes to the dissemination of knowledge about the research conducted by scholars and the results obtained in it, or is helpful in its practical implementation. This calls for a closer look at their various forms. In this article, I distinguish four forms of popularisation, i.e. journalism, biography, documentary writing and essay writing. There are, of course, more. However, already on the basis of those I analyse, it can be said that they have had and continue to have varying value for science