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Wissenschaftskommunikation International

Ein Blick über den Tellerrand: Wie wird Wissenschaftskommunikation in anderen Ländern betrieben? Wie wird sie von der Bevölkerung wahrgenommen? Wieviel Einfluss haben Sprache und politische Systeme? Damit beschäftigt sich dieser Schwerpunkt. Foto: Guillaume de Germain

Lernplattform QUEST Toolkit

Wie gelingt effektive Wissenschaftskommunikation? Dieser Frage widmeten sich Experten*innen der Wissenschaftskommunikation im von der europäischen Union geförderten Projekt QUEST. Sie entwickelten ein umfangreiches Toolkit, das Wissenschaftskommunikator*innen, Journalist*innen und Forschenden viel Unterstützung bei ihrer täglichen Arbeit bieten soll.

“The hegemony of the white, Western paradigm is so glaringly obvious”

The international science communication landscape is still shaped by European centricity and notions of superiority, says the science communicator Elizabeth Rasekoala. In the interview she talks about the normativity of ‘white innocence’, the emancipative ideas of Afrocentricity and the need to recognize different forms of knowledge.

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„If research results are not communicated, society will not benefit“

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„We have to be honest about the uncertainty“

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