Category: Colloquia
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Colloquium about: “Understanding Climate Change Anxiety”
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Dr. Clara Kühner gave a lecture in our colloquium about the topic “Understanding Climate Change Anxiety: What We Know, What We Don’t, and Why It Matters”. She provided an overview of what we currently know about climate change anxiety and also highlighed the “double-edged” nature of climate change anxiety, discussed…
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Colloquium about “Empowering the next generation of science communicators”
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In this MSCL Talk, which took place via Zoom on November 28th, Dirk Hans, Jean-Paul Bertemes and Serge Haan discussed the textbook “50 essentials on science communication” (De Gruyter, 2024). Find a recording of the talk on our MSCL YouTube-Channel: Display “YouTube video player” from YouTube Hier klicken, um den…
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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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MSCL Colloquium: Davina Höll & Leonie N. Bossert
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In their talk, Leonie N. Bossert and Davina Höll explored the links between human-induced anthropogenic changes to the planet and their consequences, with a focus on pandemics. Drawing on Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak’s concept of the planetary uncanny and Amitav Ghosh’s novel Gun Island, they argued for a planetary health humanities…
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MSCL Colloquium: Dr Mascha Gugganig
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Opening up Indoor Vertical Farming – How (not) to Communicate a Novel Food Production System We would like to invite you to our colloquium, “Opening up Indoor Vertical Farming – How (not) to Communicate a Novel Food Production System”, on March 26, 2024, at 1 p.m. (GMT+1). Dr. Gugganig will discuss how proponents of indoor…
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MSCL Colloquium: Dr. Helen Fischer
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Objective and Subjective Knowledge: “Feeling the truth” and its Importance for Science Communication We would like to invite you to our colloquium, “Objective and Subjective Knowledge: “Feeling the truth” and its Importance for Science Communication”, on February 20, 2024, at 1 p.m. (GMT+1). In this talk, Dr Helen Fischer will discuss the relevance of objective and…
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MSCL Colloquium: Gregg Mitman
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Ebola in a Stew of Fear We would like to invite you to our colloquium, “Ebola in a Stew of Fear” on November 7, 2023, at 1 p.m. (GMT+1). This talk explores a range of moral tales put forth to account for the origin and spread of the 2014 to 2016 Ebola outbreak in West…
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MSCL Colloquium: Prof. Annika Guse & Dr Stephanie Guse
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We would like to invite you to our colloquium, “Fostering Synergy: Combining Science and Art to Communicate with the Public – Lessons from the Project ¡vamos, simbiosis!” on November 21st at 13:00 (CET). The interdisciplinary project ¡vamos, simbiosis! uses science-inspired artworks to emotionally connect with people and encourage action in preserving the Mediterranean Sea, which…
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MSCL Colloquium: Dr Jan Lüdert
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We would like to invite you to our colloquium, “Practicing Transatlantic Science and Knowledge Diplomacy: The German Center for Research and Innovation New York” on October 10th at 13:00 (CET). The German Center for Research and Innovation (DWIH) New York, as part of a global network of research and innovation centers, was established with the…
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MSCL Colloquium: Michaela Coenen & Brigitte Strahwald
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We would like to invite you to our colloquium, “Simulation Games on Climate Health as a Teaching Format: Results and Challenges,” on September 26th at 13:00 (German time). Dr. Michaela Coenen and Brigitte Strahwald, MSc. will report on a simulation game on climate health they developed as a new teaching format. In addition, the…