Category: News

  • MSCL Colloquium – Clara Kühner, M. Sc.

    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.…

  • MSCL Colloquium – Dr. Jeanne Rubner 

    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…

  • MSCL Colloquium – Maike Voss

    We would like to invite you to our next MSCL Colloquium on September 6th at 14:00. Maike Voss (MPH) will be discussing the challenges and opportunities in political communication about planetary health and how to drive transformative options for actions. Maike Voss is a health scientist and the managing director…

  • Interview with Dr. Eva Winzer – MSCL Impressions

    Eva Winzer is a post-doctoral researcher in Public Health Nutrition at the Medical University of Vienna, at the Centre for Public Health. She has a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Nutritional Sciences and a Ph.D. in Endocrinology and Metabolism. Dr. Winzer has almost ten years of experience in Public…

  • MSCL Colloquium – Dr. Kavoori

    We would like to invite you to our next MSCL Colloquium on June 28th from 11:00 to 12:00. Dr. Anandam Kavoori will speak on his current paper “Towards a Successful Science/ Environmental Communication Pedagogy”. In this paper, Dr. Kavoori will discuss problems and prospects in teaching science / environmental storytelling…

  • MSCL Colloquium – Dr. Thassilo Franke

    This June, we are kicking off our Tuesday’s MSCL Colloquiums series – an open place for discussion and academic reflection on science communication and planetary health. The aim is to have an open space for intellectual thought and reflection on this multidisciplinary topic for the community, students, and practitioners. With…

  • FAQ – Call for Participation

    Are you a researcher working on planetary health or engaging in science communication? Do you have something to say about food or food systems and how they relate to climate change, environmental protection, and human health? Then the Munich Science Communication Lab (MSCL) is your place to be. On March…

  • Call for Participation

    We are pleased to announce our first call for participation in a co-creation process on the topic of Planetary Health communication. On March 28th at 3:30 PM, we will hold an in-person workshop in Munich where experts, practitioners, and researchers from science communication and planetary health will come together to…

  • Interview

    „Ein sehr drängendes Thema“ At the newly founded Munich Science Communication Lab, scientists and practitioners want to investigate science communication in the field of “Planetary Health”. Communication scientist Bernhard Goodwin explains why he thinks this is relevant and worthwhile.  This article was published in Wissenschaftskommunikation.de. See the full article in…

  • MSCL Presentation Video

    An introductory video on the MSCL’s topic area, goals, planned processes, and participants. Science communication is currently facing the challenge of explaining the complex links between climate change and human health and pointing out options for action. Global challenges such as pandemics or climate change are proving that scientific research,…