Museums are more often analyzed from diverse perspectives, which include the multiplicity of their functions performed. The biggest interest regards cultural, social, or tourism activities. Nevertheless, educational activities, addressing especially the school youngsters, are of importance as well. Among the multifunctionality and diversity of functions performed, less is explored about the cooperation within the framework of scientific projects, which is closely connected to the basic museum duties: collecting and researching. The main aim of the article is to recognize the importance of cooperation initiated by museums within the area of scientific activity. It was specified by two research questions: 1. What entities are engaged in scientific-based cooperation? 2. In which ways effects of such activity are co-created? Within the qualitative research approach applied, the multiple case study method was selected. During the research, the semi-structured interviews were applied, as also observations and content analysis from social media sites. Although the focus on the scientific activities depends on the specific institution, yet is important while looking at the basic activities performed by museums. Scientific cooperation very often connects similar organizations, but also opens for new relations. Despite strict scientific dimensions, the benefits may also affect less involved entities. Field research and conferences, especially visible parts of scientific activities, have an aspect of co-creation as well.

Researchers have been looking at the issue of psychological need satisfaction in the workplace since the 1930s. Self-Determination Theory (SDT), a concept that emerged in the 1980s, stands out from other theories by uniquely capturing basic psychological needs as (1) innate and (2) promoting psychological growth, internalization, and well-being. Allowing basic psychological needs to be met at work is essential for autonomous work motivation, positive attitudes, good behaviors, and employee well-being, while frustration of basic psychological needs at work is associated with higher levels of job insecurity, engaging in unproductive behavior at work, and higher stress related to work, which in turn predicts higher levels of somatic symptoms, emotional exhaustion, and absenteeism from work due to illness. Therefore, it is crucial to measure basic need satisfaction and frustration at work and adjust management to improve on these dimensions. The purpose of the research is to review the research tools used to measure the satisfaction and frustration of basic psychological needs at work within the SDT framework. To achieve the research objective, the review of scientific literature available in the EBSCOhost database: APA PsycInfo, APA PsycArticles on the keyword “basic psychological needs” AND “self-determination theory” AND “scale” was done along with reviewing the research tools available on the Center for Self-Determination Theory website. The collection obtained was completed using the snowball technique. A comprehensive and up-to-date review of tools used to measure satisfaction (and frustration) of basic psychological needs in the workplace was established within the framework of Deci and Ryan’s SDT.

Anti-science attitudes and movements have been attracting more, and more attention of researchers in the past years, especially during the pandemic. Anti-science attitudes can be defined as a dismissal of established, and empirically confirmed scientific facts for reasons that are not scientifically grounded. Previous research in social psychology has consecutively shown that this phenomenon can be predicted much better by ideological, and worldview variables than by education level. The aim of this research was to examine the role of religiosity, political orientation (conservatism), and individual value preferences in predicting four attitudes towards science, i.e.: climate change denialism, vaccination skepticism, anti-evolutionism, and general positive belief in science. The study was carried out according to the quantitative research paradigm. Hierarchical regression analysis was applied to test the predictive power of each independent variable. For each dependent variable a 3-step regression analysis was carried out, with age as control variable added in step 1, religiosity, and conservatism added in step 2, and 12 values preferences in step 3. The highest correlation could be observed between religiosity, political conservatism, anti-evolutionism, and Tradition value preference. The strongest negative correlations appeared between Universalism, and Power preference, as well as between belief in science, and anti-evolutionism. Conservatism was a positive predictor of climate change denialism, and Universalism preference predicted it negatively. Vaccine skepticism regression analysis did not bring any significant results. Anti-evolutionism was influenced by religiosity, and conservatism, as well as a lower preference of Security, Conformity, and Universalism values. Belief in science was positively predicted by Security preference, and negatively predicted by religiosity, and Tradition preference.

* This research has been funded from the Society of the Future Priority Research Area budget under the program “Excellence Initiative – Research University” at the Jagiellonian University.