The Munich Science Communication Lab (MSCL) develops evidence-based, ethical science communication strategies to enhance public discourse and participation, initially focused on the topic of Planetary Health. In the long term, the MSCL aims to create and share tools for communicating complex, “wicked” problems.
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He will introduce KontextMaps \u2013 interactive maps that"},{"id":3102,"link":"https:\/\/www.mscl.de\/new-publication-study-published-on-ai-in-science-journalism\/","name":"new-publication-study-published-on-ai-in-science-journalism","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.mscl.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2024-AISCICOMM-GuentherKunertGoodwin.png","alt":""},"title":"New Publication: \"Study published on AI in Science Journalism\"","author":{"name":"Claudia Seelmann","link":"https:\/\/www.mscl.de\/author\/claudia\/"},"date":"Jun 3, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-06-03 13:10:05","modifiedDate":"2025-06-15 23:33:44","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-06-15 21:33:44","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mscl.de\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mscl.de\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":49},"status":"publish","content":"We are pleased to draw your attention to a recent publication by Lars Guenther (LMU Munich), Jessica Kunert (JGU Mainz), and Bernhard Goodwin. They have"},{"id":3096,"link":"https:\/\/www.mscl.de\/cfp-conference-planetary-waters-a-challenge-between-abstraction-and-empathy\/","name":"cfp-conference-planetary-waters-a-challenge-between-abstraction-and-empathy","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.mscl.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/maritimes-museum-.jpg","alt":""},"title":"CfP Conference \"Planetary Waters - A challenge between abstraction and empathy\"","author":{"name":"Claudia Seelmann","link":"https:\/\/www.mscl.de\/author\/claudia\/"},"date":"Jun 3, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-06-03 12:46:22","modifiedDate":"2025-06-23 14:11:02","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-06-23 12:11:02","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mscl.de\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mscl.de\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":33},"status":"publish","content":"We are pleased to announce this interdisciplinary event organized by Dr. Katrin Kleemann (German Maritime Museum, Bremerhaven), Dr. Noemi Quagliati (THE NEW INSTITUTE Center for"},{"id":3009,"link":"https:\/\/www.mscl.de\/heat-emergency-in-augsburg-an-investigative-game\/","name":"heat-emergency-in-augsburg-an-investigative-game","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.mscl.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/HitzepodII.jpg","alt":"Personen stehen um ein Bett herum. Eine andere Person filmt die Szenerie."},"title":"Heat emergency in Augsburg - an \u201cinvestigative game\u201d","author":{"name":"Claudia Seelmann","link":"https:\/\/www.mscl.de\/author\/claudia\/"},"date":"May 22, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-05-22 13:26:21","modifiedDate":"2025-06-20 10:51:53","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-06-20 08:51:53","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mscl.de\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mscl.de\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/www.mscl.de\/tag\/news\/' rel='post_tag'>news<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":1,"sec":16},"status":"publish","content":"Extreme weather events such as heavy rain, heatwaves and storms are becoming increasingly frequent as a result of climate change. They are not only damaging"},{"id":3005,"link":"https:\/\/www.mscl.de\/upcoming-mscl-colloquium-communicating-knowledge-in-a-digital-world-introducing-the-ma-knowledge-and-communication\/","name":"upcoming-mscl-colloquium-communicating-knowledge-in-a-digital-world-introducing-the-ma-knowledge-and-communication","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.mscl.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Uni-Munster-Bild.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Upcoming MSCL Colloquium: Communicating Knowledge in a Digital World: Introducing the MA Knowledge and Communication.","author":{"name":"Claudia Seelmann","link":"https:\/\/www.mscl.de\/author\/claudia\/"},"date":"May 22, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-05-22 13:14:28","modifiedDate":"2025-06-15 23:34:18","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-06-15 21:34:18","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mscl.de\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mscl.de\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":1,"sec":45},"status":"publish","content":"In this talk on June 6t at 13:00 (German time), Julia Metag and Pamela N\u00f6lleke-Przybylski will discuss how they set up a MA program around"},{"id":2873,"link":"https:\/\/www.mscl.de\/talk-response-of-fruit-farmers-to-climate-change-implications-for-policymakers\/","name":"talk-response-of-fruit-farmers-to-climate-change-implications-for-policymakers","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.mscl.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/casper-coomans-exzvu-QEgpw-unsplash-1-scaled.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Talk: \u201cResponse of fruit farmers to climate change: Implications for policymakers.\u201d","author":{"name":"Lara Osin","link":"https:\/\/www.mscl.de\/author\/lara\/"},"date":"May 6, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-05-06 14:50:32","modifiedDate":"2025-05-06 16:53:14","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-05-06 14:53:14","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mscl.de\/category\/events\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Events<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mscl.de\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mscl.de\/category\/events\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Events<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mscl.de\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":59},"status":"publish","content":"We are excited to welcome Paul Pechan for a guest talk titled: \u201cResponse of fruit farmers to climate change: Implications for policymakers.\u201dWhen? Friday, May 23rd,"}]