You can access the e-learning from January 17, 2025 until March 31, 2025.

On many occasions, young scientists communicate about their work, project or institution with the public or the media. This basic course of the National Institute for Science Communication (NaWik) gives participants an overview of communicating with target groups outside of academia and teaches first practical basics. The focus is on topics such as dimensions of science communication, the interaction of communicators and target groups, or dealing with the media.

Learning Goals

• Knowledge of the functions of external science communication
• Reflection of players, their roles and interactions
• Building and consolidating core competencies

Content

• Dimensions of good science communication
• Science and the media
• Players and their roles
• Basic rules for comprehensibility
• Trust in science
• Guidelines and potential pitfalls

The e-learning course contains videos and animations, texts, audio and screencasts. Participants apply what they have learned in exercises, quizzes, and knowledge tests, and they can also deepen their knowledge through links to internal and external content. The course is provided in English or German, participants can choose the laguage after registration.

Please notice: You can register below, we will then check your registration. The use of this e-learning offer requires an additional registration on the provider's website. If you are a KHYS member, you will receive the registration link from us in a separate mail, probably two to three weeks after your registration.

This workshop is open to doctoral researchers and postdocs at KIT who are KHYS members.