Category: News
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Venice International University Spring School 2027
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Equipping Researchers with Skills, Strategies, and Confidence for Science Communication March 8-12, 2027 | 4th Edition Call for applications: September 15, 2026 – November 2, 2026 We are proud to share that three colleagues from our MSCL-Team will once again be part of the faculty: Monica Déchène, Lars Guenther, Julia Serong. The…
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Imagining Planetary Health, Well-Being, and Habitability
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Two-part launch event in collaboration with our colleagues from the Rachel Carson Cent and Deutsches Museum: exhibition guided tour with Antonia Kaspar & panel discussion with Lijuan Klassen, Nina Mackert, André Krebber September, 10Thu. 2:45 – 6:00 pm Deutsches Museum & Rachel Carson Center For more information see: https://lnkd.in/e68bRXU5
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The Munich Science Communication Lab Secures Continued Funding from VolkswagenFoundation
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The Munich Science Communication Lab, founded in 2021, has been awarded more than €2 million in additional funding from the VolkswagenFoundation for a further three-years period. This decision underscores the success of MSCL’s unique model of integrating research and practice in science communication. Since its establishment, MSCL has focused on…
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MSCL goes ICA
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The Munich Science Communication Lab will be represented in several capacities atthe 76th Annual ICA Conference in Cape Town. On June 2nd, Jana Laura Egelhofer and Bernhard Goodwin will co-hostpreconference “The Dark Side of Social Conversations around Science:Contemporary Challenges and Potential Solutions for Science Communication” atStellenbosch University together with a…
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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.
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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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Preconference: The “Dark Side” of social conversations around science
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Contemporary challenges and potential solutions for science communication Preconference at the 76th Annual ICA Conference Tuesday, 2 June 2026, 09:00 – 17:00 (Central African Time)Venue: Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) at Stellenbosch University (main campus), South Africa Science communication plays a crucial role in shaping public perceptions and…