Category: News
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16.05.23 MSCL Colloquium – Prof. Imke Hoppe
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We would like to invite you to our colloquium “Constructive climate communication from the audience perspective: promises, challenges and pitfalls” on May 16th at 13:00 (German time). Prof. Dr. Imke Hoppe will take a closer look at the concept of ‘solution-based journalism’ for the field of climate communication with a perspective on audiences and will…
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28.03.23 MSCL Colloquium – Dr. Fabienne Will
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If you missed this colloquium – The Anthropocene: a Challenge for Sciences, Humanities and the Public – you can still watch the presentation here: Dr. Fabienne Will studied history, German philology, and Italian philology at LMU. She holds a Ph.D. in History of Science from LMU and was part of…
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07.02.23 MSCL Colloquium – Prof. Dr. Michael Has
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We would like to invite you to our February colloquium Responsibility in Times of Resource Scarcity on Feb. 7th at 13:00 (German time). Prof. Dr. Michael Has studied physics at the University of Regensburg, where he was awarded a doctorate for his work in the field of biophysics and spent the…
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Experiment: The Earth Under the Microscope
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One of the six experiments supported by the MSCL launched its exhibition this month in the Deutsches Museum in Munich. This project was selected from the MSCL Call for Participation in February 2022. Location: Science Communication Lab, Auditorium in the first floor, Deutsches Museum Schedule: Description: Where do my cereals…
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Call for Papers
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In a time of multiple crises (e.g., Covid pandemic, climate crisis, geopolitical crises such as the war in Ukraine), scientists and engineers are expected to help in approaching wicked problems (Rittel & Webber, 1973) that, in fact, have no solutions. As science communication grapples with the increasing demands of complex…
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17.01.2023 MSCL Colloquium – Dr. Amelia Fiske and Jonas Fischer
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We would like to invite you to our first virtual colloquium of 2023 on Jan. 17th at 13:00 (German time). Dr. Amelia Fiske and Jonas Fischer will present the process of creating Toxic, a graphic novel based on ethnographic research conducted by Dr. Fiske between 2011-2013. Toxic invites readers on…
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13.12.2022 MSCL Colloquium – Dr. Korbinian Rüger
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We would like to invite you to our next virtual colloquium on December 13th at 13:00 (German time). Dr. Korbinian Rüger will examine the topic Longtermism and Planetary Health. Longtermism is the idea that in many decision situations, what matters most is how our decisions affect the very long-run future…
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MSCL Colloquium – Dr. Lukas Rudolph
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We would like to invite you to our next colloquium on November 29th at 13:00 (German time). Dr. Lukas Rudolph will debate the question “When Does the Public Support Ambitious Climate and Environmental Policy”? Dr. Rudolph is a Senior Research Fellow at the Geschwister Scholl Institute of Political Science of LMU and…
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MSCL Colloquium – Clara Kühner, M. Sc.
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We would like to invite you to our next virtual MSCL Colloquium on October 18th at 13:00. Ms. Kühner will tackle the question Why don’t we act in times of planetary crisis? Explaining cognitive action barriers from a climate psychology perspective. Climate scientists agree that the climate crisis poses an existential threat to humanity.…
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MSCL Colloquium – Dr. Jeanne Rubner
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Our next MSCL Colloquium is already on September 13th at 12:00. We will welcome Dr. Jeanne Rubner to lead the discussion on „TUM und andere Hochschulen: Welche Rolle spielen sie bei der Kommunikation von Wissen?“ (“TUM and other universities: What is their role in communicating knowledge?”) Dr. Rubner is the…