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2026, no. 10
PHILOSOPHY & SOCIOLOGY

THE FEDERAL MODEL OF POPULAR SCIENCE TOURISM: YOUTH ACCESS TO SCIENCE

Anastasiia A. DotsenkoORCID

DOI 10.20339/am.10-26.017pp. 17–22UDC 37+379.8+001.980 RUB

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Abstract

The article examines how youth access to science is represented in the federal model of popular science tourism. The empirical basis consists of 11 federal documents identified in the ConsultantPlus legal reference system through an exact search for the Russian phrase ‘научно-популярный туризм’ (‘popular science tourism’). The study uses qualitative content analysis; a total of 321 meaningful fragments were coded. The analysis shows that the documents describe popular science tourism mainly in terms of routes, sites to be visited, rules, requirements, indicators, and responsible actors. By contrast, they provide less detail on the social conditions shaping young people’s access to the scientific environment, the active role of participants, feedback mechanisms, and the continuation of educational or professional trajectories. This is particularly relevant to higher education, since universities and other scientific and educational organizations appear in the documents simultaneously as sites to be visited, route venues, and potential institutions for the further support of young people. The article concludes that the federal model of popular science tourism ensures the formal institutionalization of this new field but does not yet fully define the mechanisms through which young people become involved in the scientific environment.

Keywords

  • popular science tourism
  • youth
  • access to science
  • higher education
  • social inclusion
  • participation
  • educational trajectories
  • institutionalization
  • federal documents
  • qualitative content analysis

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