Science Taxonomy for Dutch Climate Change Discourse on Twitter (2023)

This dataset contains a Dutch-language taxonomy of scientific terminology used in climate change discourse on Twitter. It was developed as part of a broader project on religion, science, and climate communication in the Netherlands. The taxonomy categorizes Dutch keywords related to science and scientific authority in the context of climate change. Terms are grouped into several categories, such as: Scientific discourse (e.g., wetenschap, klimaatwetenschap, peer-reviewed), Scientific findings (e.g., CO2-concentraties, zeespiegelstijging), Institutions and figures (e.g., universiteiten, IPCC), Challenges to science (e.g., pseudowetenschap, klimaatontkenning). The taxonomy was applied to a dataset of Dutch-language tweets (2023) to filter and analyze discourse explicitly linking climate change to scientific knowledge, authority, or skepticism. Language of data: DutchFile format: Excel (.xlsx) This taxonomy is intended to support researchers in digital humanities, sociology of religion, communication studies, and environmental discourse analysis.