Znanost.org
Encyclopedia
Society znanost.org is a NGO operating mainly in Croatia
. Its main focus is in promoting education
, science
and knowledge-based values. The word znanost in Croatian
means "science".
, Croatia. Activities during the first year and a half of operation were mostly limited to providing popular science
texts. The first major step towards a broader public engagement was the participation in organization of the First Croatian Science Festival for the Croatian national daily newspaper Vjesnik
.
http://festival.znanost.org. The society was contracted by the organizers (Technical Museum in Zagreb, British Council
Croatia and the former Croatian Ministry
of Science and Technology, since early 2004 part of the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports) to build a web site and help organize media coverage for the event.
A scientific paper Towards quantitative tools for analysing qualitative properties of virtual communities http://indecs.znanost.org/2004/indecs2004-pp126-135.pdf published in INDECS 2(2) contains a simple quantitative analysis of the inner dynamics of znanost.org between March 2003 and January 2004.
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
. Its main focus is in promoting education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
, science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
and knowledge-based values. The word znanost in Croatian
Croatian language
Croatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...
means "science".
Governance
- Damir Kovačić - current president
- Bojan Pečnik - current vice-president
- Executive board members: Slaven Garaj, Ana Bedalov, Damir Kovačić (president), Bojan Pečnik (vice-president), Petar Mimica, Elaa Mohamad, Vladimir Ivković
- Project council: Damir Kovačić, Petar Mimica, Elaa Mohamad
- Executive Director: Marko Sever
History
znanost.org was founded in February 2002 by a group of a recent graduates from the University of ZagrebUniversity of Zagreb
The University of Zagreb is the biggest Croatian university and the oldest continuously operating university in the area covering Central Europe south of Vienna and all of Southeastern Europe...
, Croatia. Activities during the first year and a half of operation were mostly limited to providing popular science
Popular science
Popular science, sometimes called literature of science, is interpretation of science intended for a general audience. While science journalism focuses on recent scientific developments, popular science is broad-ranging, often written by scientists as well as journalists, and is presented in many...
texts. The first major step towards a broader public engagement was the participation in organization of the First Croatian Science Festival for the Croatian national daily newspaper Vjesnik
Vjesnik
Vjesnik is a Croatian daily newspaper, published in Zagreb. Through its history, it has been considered a newspaper of record.The paper was originally printed as a monthly publication by the League of Communists of Croatia starting in 1940...
.
http://festival.znanost.org. The society was contracted by the organizers (Technical Museum in Zagreb, British Council
British Council
The British Council is a United Kingdom-based organisation specialising in international educational and cultural opportunities. It is registered as a charity both in England and Wales, and in Scotland...
Croatia and the former Croatian Ministry
Ministry (government department)
A ministry is a specialised organisation responsible for a sector of government public administration, sometimes led by a minister or a senior public servant, that can have responsibility for one or more departments, agencies, bureaus, commissions or other smaller executive, advisory, managerial or...
of Science and Technology, since early 2004 part of the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports) to build a web site and help organize media coverage for the event.
Activities
Projects include:- Connect::Portal - free and independent Internet news site, and one of the leading Croatian public news media covering science and technology policy
- connect - Croatian professional network of scientists, experts, educators and students
- Nebo na poklon - educational outreach project
- Astrophysical Initiative in Dalmatia - comprehensive program of creating an astrophysics centre of excellence in Dalmatia
- INDECS - Interdisciplinary Description of Complex SystemsInterdisciplinary Description of Complex SystemsInterdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems is a peer-reviewed scientific journal on complex systems, published in Zagreb, Croatia. It is published by a non-governmental organization, the society znanost.org.- External links :*...
, a scientific journal
A scientific paper Towards quantitative tools for analysing qualitative properties of virtual communities http://indecs.znanost.org/2004/indecs2004-pp126-135.pdf published in INDECS 2(2) contains a simple quantitative analysis of the inner dynamics of znanost.org between March 2003 and January 2004.