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Not everything is participation

Citizen dialogue and participation are currently a trend in SciComm, at universities or in cities. But do they really exchange with citizens?

Accessible social media

Another nice tip is about hyperlinks. Often, we use “click here”. If our audience can find out more. But these two words don’t explain, what your audience should except behind the link.

The potential of Public Engagement

Public engagement is still not very widespread in the university landscape in Germany because there is a lack of a fundamental understanding of public engagement. What constitutes a fundamental understanding of public engagement? And...

Checklist for the engagement with the public

It doesn’t matter if you as scientist communicate for the first time or since a while a checklist is always good. Cause communicating and engaging with the public is a complex task and so...

What is Science Communication?

Off the cuff, science communication means translating research content through media and with a high degree of intelligibility. In other words, you explain science in such a way that non-scientists… Read More

Why should you engage in Science Communication?

The principle of all scientists should be: Not all researchers have to engage in science communication to the same extent – but all scientists should think about it again and… Read More

What do you need for Science Communication?

The first resource is a matter of attitude. We need a cultural mindset that sees science communication as the basic skill of any good research. It must be an integral… Read More

How does Science Communication work?

Let’s get down to business. How does science communication work (best)? Experience teaches us that… What’s the “why”? …our first impulse is to make our results and discoveries visible. However,… Read More