Citizen Science and Societal Resilience, May - July 2024
type: Dataset
creator: Butkevičienė, Eglė
creator: Bryer, Thomas
creator: Jurkevičienė, Jurgita
creator: Morkevičius, Vaidas
creator: Valentinavičius, Vytautas
author: Butkevičienė, Eglė
author: Bryer, Thomas
author: Jurkevičienė, Jurgita
author: Morkevičius, Vaidas
author: Valentinavičius, Vytautas
date published: 2025-08-13
date modified: 2026-07-03
version: 1
description: The purpose of the study: to investigate the attitudes and behaviors of Lithuanian citizens towards citizen science and societal resilience. Major investigated questions: at the beginning of the survey, respondents were asked to assess Lithuanian society (Resistant to lies; Believing in politicians' populist statements; 7 in total). After presenting a list of various forms of participation in social and political life, respondents were asked to indicate whether they had done any of these things in the past year; earlier; had not done so, but might do so; had not done so and would never do so under any circumstances (I signed an online petition; I signed a paper petition; 8 in total). Accordingly, respondents were asked to evaluate scientists' invitations to the public to participate in scientific research – whether they had done at least one of these things in the past year; before that; had not done so, but might do so; did not do so and would never do so under any circumstances (I participated in scientific research as a respondent; I participated in a citizen science project; 7 in total). The survey examined the extent to which Lithuanian residents who participated in the survey are personally interested in politics, science, innovation, and technology. The following set of statements was used to investigate respondents' confidence in their ability to engage in science, their understanding of science, and their attitudes toward public participation in scientific activities (People like me have little ability to engage in science; I don't think scientists care about how to involve people like me in science; 6 in total). The next set of statements assessed public trust in science, the motivations and openness of scientists, and attitudes toward government investment in science (We can usually trust that scientists publish reliable research results; Most scientists engage in scientific activity only for personal gain, not for the benefit of society; 5 in total). Res…
keywords: Social Sciences
keywords: Science and technology
keywords: Other
keywords: science
keywords: citizen participation
keywords: citizenship skills
keywords: political behaviour
keywords: risk
keywords: risk perception
keywords: atsparumas (psichologija)
temporal coverage: 2024-05-22/2024-07-27
license: https://lida.dataverse.lt/api/datasets/:persistentId/versions/1.1/customlicense
included in data catalog: Lithuanian Data Archive for SSH (LiDA)
publisher: Lithuanian Data Archive for SSH (LiDA)
provider: Lithuanian Data Archive for SSH (LiDA)
funder: Research Council of Lithuania (Competitive priority research programme “Strengthening Societal Resilience and Crisis Management in the Context of Contemporary Geopolitical Situation”)
spatial coverage: Lithuania
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  description: Questionnaires and showcards. = Klausimynai ir kortelės.

Butkevičienė, Eglė
type: Person
given name: Eglė
family name: Butkevičienė
affiliation: Research Group – Civil Society and Sustainability, Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [Project Leader]

Bryer, Thomas
type: Person
given name: Thomas
family name: Bryer
affiliation: Research Group – Civil Society and Sustainability, Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [Project Member]

Jurkevičienė, Jurgita
type: Person
given name: Jurgita
family name: Jurkevičienė
affiliation: Research Group – Civil Society and Sustainability, Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [Project Member]

Morkevičius, Vaidas
type: Person
given name: Vaidas
family name: Morkevičius
affiliation: Research Group – Civil Society and Sustainability, Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [Project Member]

Valentinavičius, Vytautas
type: Person
given name: Vytautas
family name: Valentinavičius
affiliation: Research Group – Civil Society and Sustainability, Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [Project Member]