Modern Social Science Research

In the new era characterized by innovation-driven development policies and the advancement of a science and technology powerhouse, promoting the spirit of scientists holds significant strategic importance. As pivotal hubs for cultivating scientific talent and driving innovation, universities play a crucial role in constructing a culture of science popularization, which directly influences the effective transmission of the scientist spirit. Research indicates that the scientist spirit constitutes the core value of university-led science popularization culture, while such a culture provides a practical framework for implementing this spirit, reflecting a profound value-function interplay. The development process should adhere to a tripartite logical framework: establishing educational orientation through cultivating virtue and talent, deepening value internalization via cultural immersion, and advancing practical application by integrating knowledge with practice. Moving forward, a sustainable ecology for science popularization culture in universities should be fostered through coordinated efforts across four dimensions: optimizing top-level design, innovating content systems, diversifying delivery mechanisms, and refining evaluation protocols. This study focuses on the practical context of promoting the scientist spirit, systematically elucidates the operational mechanisms, logical structures, and implementation pathways of university science popularization culture, and reveals inherent developmental patterns by analyzing dual development dimensions of on-campus cultivation and off-campus outreach. It thereby offers theoretical and methodological references for advancing science popularization in Chinese universities, ultimately contributing to the development of new-generation talents equipped with integrated scientific literacy and humanistic values.

Scientist spirit; University science popularization; Science popularization culture; Intrinsic mechanisms; Logical frameworks; Pathway exploration