2023
‘Knowledge’ in public communication of science – issues and challenges.
Guest lecture. University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China, 22 September 2023.
Promoting scientific literacy through non-paternalistic knowledge communication.
2023 World Conference on Science Literacy, Beijing, China, 19-20 September 2023.
Medialization of science. Evidence from a reanalysis of German surveys of scientists and semi-structured interviews with university public information officers (1983–2014).
17th International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference (PCST 2023), Rotterdam, Netherlands, 11-14 April 2023.
(with Yin-Yueh Lo & Lars Guenther)
2022
Science communication. Sharing knowledge or doing science together?
5th (Geo)Science Communication School, Montagnana, Italy, 10-15 October 2022.
2021
Beyond the deficit model: Non-paternalistic knowledge communication as responsible concept of mainstream PCST.
16th International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference (PCST 2020+1), Aberdeen, UK (virtual conference), 24-27 May 2021.
2020
Von der Wissenschaftspopularisierung zur demokratischen Wissenschaft? Veränderungen, Perspektivwechsel, Illusionen und Widersprüche in der Wissenschaftskommunikation.
Keynote. Annual conference of the “Science Communication” section of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Münster, Germany, 6 Feb 2020.
2019
Inhalte oder Beziehungen? ‘Wissen’ als Gegenstand der öffentlichen Kommunikation über Wissenschaft.
Colloquium. Department of the History, Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, 11 Dec 2019.
Public communication of science, technology, and risk – why and how?
Guest lecture. Soochow University, Suzhou, China, 5 Nov 2019;
Guest lecture. University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China, 8 Nov 2019.
On the role of ‘knowledge’ in public communication of science: a plea to not throw the baby out with the bath water.
Beijing Forum, Peking University, Beijing, China, 3 Nov 2019.
Wer glaubt noch der Wissenschaft? Über das Vertrauen der Gesellschaft in die Forschung.
Gastvortrag. Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald, Junges Kolleg, Greifswald, 23 Oct 2019.
Engaging in responsible and effective science communication.
PhD Student Symposium, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, 26 Sep 2019.
Science communication between knowledge dissemination and public engagement.
Guest lecture. Shih Hsin University, Taipei, Taiwan, 19 Jul 2019.
Public engagement with science: Serious invitation to public participation or sophisticated strategy to tame the public?
Keynote. Public Presentation of the EU-Project “Mobilization of Resources for Public Engagement with Science and Technology (MORE-PE)”, ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, 28 Mar 2019.
2018
Herausforderungen an die Wissenschaftskommunikation in einer komplexen gesellschaftlichen Umwelt.
KiSOC Summer School, Leibniz-Institut für die Pädagogik der Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik (IPN), Kiel, 11-13 Jun 2018.
Natural and social scientists relate differently with the public and take roles in different kinds of media stories: Evidence from surveys in Brazil and Germany.
15th International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference (PCST 2018), Dunedin, New Zealand, 3-6 Apr 2018 (with Luisa Massarani).
Inclusion and exclusion of epistemic uncertainty in the journalistic coverage of science, technology and risk.
15th International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference (PCST 2018), Dunedin, New Zealand, 3-6 Apr 2018.
Das (Nicht-)Wissen der Experten und die Logik öffentlicher Risikokommunikation.
Keynote. Symposium “10 Jahre Security & Safety Engineering”, Hochschule Furtwangen, Fakultät Gesundheit, Sicherheit, Gesellschaft. Furtwangen, 26 Jan 2018.
2017
Challenges of science communication in a complex social environment.
Keynote, Annual Workshop “Science/Technology, Society and Communication”, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 25 Nov 2017.
Social media or science journalism? Scientists as “authors” and “information sources”.
Colloquium, National Chung Cheng University (CCU), Chiayi, Taiwan, 22 Nov 2017.
Scientists as public communicators in the climate change discourse.
Colloquium, National Chengchi University (NCCU), Taipei, Taiwan, 17 Nov 2017.
Scientists and journalists: what they expect from each other and how they interact.
Colloquium, National Taiwan University (NTU), Taipei, Taiwan, 14 Nov 2017.
Nicht-paternalistische Wissenskommunikation: Wie kann die Wissenschaft in der öffentlichen Kommunikation mit dem demokratischen Ärgernis eines privilegierten Zugangs zur Wahrheit umgehen?
Herbsttagung “Perspektiven der Wissenschaftsforschung”, Leopoldina-Studienzentrum, Halle (Saale), 16-17 Oct 2017.
Medialization of science: a recent paradigm in science communication research.
Colloquium, China Research Institute of Science Popularization (CRISP), Beijing, China, 13 Jul 2017.
Social media or science journalism? A cross-cultural comparison of scientists’ attitudes and communication practices.
Workshop “Public Engagement with Science Online” (PESO 2017), Israel Institute of Technology, Faculty of Education in Science and Technology, Haifa, Israel, 25-28 Jun 2017.
Empirische Befunde und normative Überlegungen zum “ob” und “wie” der Beteiligung von Wissenschaftlern an der öffentlichen Kommunikation – ein Diskussionsbeitrag.
Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe “Wissenschaftskommunikation”, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK), Universität Koblenz-Landau, Landau, Germany, 27-29 Apr 2017.
Communicating with the general public: why, how and what?
Geoscience Communication School, Castiglione del Lago, Perugia, Italy, 27 Mar 2017.
2016
Science museums in the media society.
China Science and Technology Museum, Beijing, China, 11 Oct 2016.
Public communication of uncertain and controversial scientific evidence.
China Research Institute for Science Popularization (CRISP), Beijing, China, 10 Oct 2016.
Public communication of science, technology and risk – why and how?
Phil Science Forum, National Science Museum, Gwangju, South Korea, 8 Oct 2016.
Science museums in the media society.
Keynote, International Symposium of Science Museums (ISSM) 2016, National Science Museum, Daejeon, South Korea, 7 Oct 2016.
Public communication of uncertain and controversial scientific evidence.
Guest lecture, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea, 5 Oct 2016.
Die schwierige Gratwanderung zwischen Belehrung, Beteiligung und Bespaßung der Öffentlichkeit.
Gastvortrag, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena, Germany, 24 May 2016.
‘Popularization of research’ and ‘provision of scientific expertise’: consequences of two modes of public communication for the interactions of scientists and journalists.
14th International Conference on Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST 2016), Istanbul, Turkey, 26-28 Apr 2016.
Communicating with the general public.
Geoscience Communication School, Castiglione del Lago, Perugia, Italy, 12 Apr 2016.
Disziplinäre Variationen der Schnittstelle von Wissenschaft und Medien: Systematischer Vergleich von 16 Fächern anhand einer Online-Befragung deutscher Forscher.
3. Jahrestagung der Ad-Hoc-Gruppe “Wissenschaftskommunikation”, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK), Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany, 5 Feb 2016.
2015
Researching the Science-Media Interface: Issues of Theory and Method.
PCST Doctoral Summer School, University of the West of England (UWE), Science Communication Unit, Bristol, UK, 8 Jul 2015.
Medienorientierungen von Wissenschaftlern: Ergebnisse vergleichender Befragungen.
Ringvorlesung, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany, 18 Jun 2015.
Motivations, Opportunities and Repercussions: Scientists as Public Communicators in a Complex Media World.
Keynote, Congresso de Comunicação de Ciência – Sci Com PT, Lagos, Portugal, 28 May 2015.
Public communication of science and technology in Europe – and some comparisons with China.
School of Public Administration, Beihang University, Beijing, China, 23 Mar 2015.
The Role of Trust in Risk Communication.
Symposium, SungKyunKwan University, Seoul, South Korea, 20 Mar 2015.
Glaubwürdigkeit in der Kommunikation über biotechnische Innovationen: Herausforderungen für Unternehmen und Wissenschaft.
KWS Saat AG, Kolloquium “25 Jahre Kuratorium Pflanzenzüchtung”, Einbeck, Germany, 12 Feb 2015.
2014
Public engagement with science – and its limitations.
2nd International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Asian Regional Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, 4-7 Dec 2014.
Scientists as public communicators in a complex media world.
7th Munich Life Science Symposium for Young Scientists, Deutsches Museum München, Munich, Germany, 27 Feb 2014.
Motive, Gelegenheiten und Rückwirkungen: Wissenschaftliche Kommunikatoren in einer medialisierten Umwelt.
1. Jahrestagung der Ad-Hoc-Gruppe “Wissenschaftskommunikation”, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK), Zürich, Switzerland, 31 Jan 2014.
2013
Klimawissenschaftler in der Öffentlichkeit: Der Zwiespalt zwischen Forscher- und Expertenrolle.
Workshop “Klimaforschung 2025 – langfristige Strategie und Vision”, Deutsches Klimakonsortium (DKK), Potsdam, Germany, 13 Nov 2013.
Scientists involvement in public communication: results of the Chinese survey of scientists in an international context.
China Research Institute for Science Popularization (CRISP), Beijing, China, 24 Oct 2013.
The two cultures: scientists as information sources for journalists – not an outdated relationship.
Seminar “Science and the Press”, Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, Valencia, Spanien, 25 Sep 2013.
Scientists as public experts.
International seminar on risk communication, Korea Association for Broadcasting & Telecommunication Studies/SungKyunKwan University, Seoul, South Korea, 7 Mar 2013.
Understanding scientists’ beliefs about the public and public communication.
AAAS Annual Meeting, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Boston, USA, 14-18 Feb 2013.
Political effects of public science communication: use of expertise, legitimacy of research and science governance.
Friday noon seminar, Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC), Porto, Portugal, 25 Jan 2013.