Author: Lara Osin
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Colloquium “External Partnerships for Strategic Science Communication”
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We are delighted to share this exciting talk from our MSCL Colloquia series, with John Besley, the Ellis N. Brandt Professor of Public Relations at Michigan State University. Display “YouTube video player” from YouTube Hier klicken, um den Inhalt von YouTube anzuzeigen. Learn more in YouTube’s privacy policy. Always display…
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New report: “Us and the Universe”
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Monica Déchène from our MSCL Team published a new report that presents the evaluation results of the science communication initiative “Us and the Universe – Dialogues between Science, Narrative, and Education” at LMU Munich, conducted as part of the Science Year 2023. The initiative combined a public lecture series, video…
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New Evaluation Report on the GEGM Media-Service Climate and Health
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Monica Déchène and Bernhard Goodwin from the Munich Science Communication Lab have published a new report exploring how the GEGM Media Service Climate and Health supports journalists in reporting on the connections between climate change, health, and biodiversity. Based on two surveys, the study examines who the service reaches, how…
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Evaluation Report on Our Heat-Protection Workshops Now Available
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From 2023 to 2025, Sarah Stiller and Monica Déchène, together with a diverse team of experts from both science and practice, developed, tested, and thoroughly evaluated a pilot series of heat-protection workshops for municipalities. The insights gained during this pilot phase are now compiled in this evaluation report and will…
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New Evaluation report: Public Health Filmfestival
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In 2023 and 2024, Sarah Stiller, Monica Déchène and Johanna Scabell from our MSCL team investigated the public impact of this free series of events designed to communicate public health issues. The results show that the film festival is reaching an increasingly wider audience, is rated positively and provides a…
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Upcoming Colloquium
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At the upcoming MSCL Colloquium on 25 September, 1PM, we welcome Bernhard Scholz, co-founder of Kontextlab GmbH. He will introduce KontextMaps – interactive maps that transform complex topics into clear, visual, and accessible knowledge structures. In times where information grows faster than ever and often remains in silos, KontextMaps offer…
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Talk: “Response of fruit farmers to climate change: Implications for policymakers.”
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We are excited to welcome Paul Pechan for a guest talk titled: “Response of fruit farmers to climate change: Implications for policymakers.” When? Friday, May 23rd, 2 PMWhere? Akademiestraße 7, Munich, 6th floor, Room 609 The talk will draw on recent interdisciplinary research exploring the vulnerabilities and adaptive capacities of…
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New Publication: “The Anthropocene Working Group and the Global Debate Around a New Geological Epoch.“
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We are very pleased to draw your attention to a recent publication by Dr. Fabienne Will: “The Anthropocene Working Group and the Global Debate Around a New Geological Epoch.“ Dr. Fabienne Will is an environmental and science historian with a research focus on the Anthropocene and the history of wicked problems.…
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MSCL Colloquium: Dr. Sabrina Kirschke
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We are looking forward to our colloquium “Participation as a driver for solving complexenvironmental policy problems?” on March 11th at 13:00 (German time). Environmental problems such as biodiversity loss, water pollution, and climate change are often perceived as complex or “wicked” problems. This complexity makes it difficult to take political…
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Communicating Planetary Health Conference
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We are pleased to announce the joint annual conference of the Health Communication and Science Communication divisions of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), focusing on “Communicating Planetary Health.” The conference will take place from September 10 to 12, 2025, in Munich. Call for Papers Researchers are invited to submit anonymized…