Science Communication Day
On May 15, 2025, the time has come for the first time: The TUD is organizing the Science Communication Day. Scientists and communication managers will have the opportunity to inform themselves about science communication, exchange ideas, receive further training and network.
Learn how research results can be transformed into understandable and comprehensible content in impulses, workshops and networking with stakeholders:
in the Fritz-Foerster-Bau, Room 101
What must science communication achieve today?
What must science communication achieve today in order to interact effectively with society and promote understanding of complex research topics? How can scientists and those responsible for communication strengthen the dialog with the public and include their perspectives? These questions are the focus of our panel discussion at the opening of the Day for Excellence in Science Communication at TUD.
After an impulse by Benedikt Fecher, Managing Director of Wissenschaft im Dialog, Dirk Brockmann, Director of the Center Synergy of Systems (SynoSys) at TUD, and Sven Engesser, Chair of Media and Communication/Science and Technology Communication at TUD, will expand the panel and provide insights into the practice and research of science communication. Marion Schmidt, CCO of the TUD, will moderate the exchange.
in the Fritz Foerster Building, the Graduate Academy and the Rectorate building
Learn in workshops how research results can be transformed into understandable and comprehensible content to be used for press work or prepared in generally understandable visualizations and infographics for different target groups. Gather valuable tips on the podcast format - from the idea to implementation - and watch a live recording of a podcast episode. Find out about formats and tips for presenting your own research on social media channels and find out how science communication can be carried out there with videos. Learn how to create meaningful evaluations for science communication and why this is important for the use of formats in a targeted manner. Get advice on how science communicators can deal with hostility towards science and attacks and what advice Scicomm support offers for this.
The detailed program is available as PDF below.
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Learn in workshops how research results can be transformed into understandable and comprehensible content to be used for press work or prepared in generally understandable visualizations and infographics for different target groups. Gather valuable tips on the podcast format - from the idea to implementation - and watch a live recording of a podcast episode. Find out about formats and tips for presenting your own research on social media channels and find out how science communication can be carried out there with videos. Learn how to create meaningful evaluations for science communication and why this is important for the use of formats in a targeted manner. Get advice on how science communicators can deal with hostility towards science and attacks and what advice Scicomm support offers for this.
You can also ask your questions in the afternoon when colleagues present successful science communication formats at the TUD. Among others are:
- COSMO Science Forum - Where research and society meet in Dresden, speakers: Malou Kunz & Katharina Porepp, project managers of the COSMO Science Forum
- Kitty Q - How physics becomes child's play, speakers: Katja Lesser, Science Communication Officer, Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat
- Clear the stage for doctoral students and postdocs - How early-career researchers become science communicators, speaker: Angela Böhm, Career Development Advisor, TUD Young Investigator and Public Relations Advisor of the Graduate Academy of the TUD
- YOU ASK we explain - How to turn a live podium into a podcast, Advisor: Stephan Wiegand, Advisor for Campus Life in the Directorate University Culture
- Bakteriopolis: The hidden world of microbes - How science as an exhibition fits into an overseas container, lecturer: Christin Baumgärtel, Head of Public Relations at the Chair of General Microbiology at TU Dresden
- Meet the luminary under the conifer - Why conversations about science can also take place in the countryside, lecturer: Reinhild Müller, Assistant to the Scientific Director / Public Relations at the Botanical Garden of TU Dresden
- RETHINKING PHYSICS. 100 years of quantum mechanics - time for a female perspective! - How to make female scientists visible in an exhibition, Lecturer: Alina Markova, Coordinator for equal opportunities, Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat
The detailed program is available as PDF below.
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in the ballroom of the Rectorate building
As part of the event, we will present the first TUD Award for Excellent Science Communication.
This award is intended to increase the appreciation and recognition of the commitment to science communication at the TUD. A main prize of 5,000 euros will be awarded. And a junior prize (for PhDs and postdocs), which is endowed with 2,500 euros. The award-winning projects will each be briefly introduced.
The detailed program with information on the workshop content and hosts can be downloaded here as a PDF. It is only available in German.
Please register using our registration form. Please note: The workshops and lectures are free of charge. Participation is limited. Some of the workshops will take place in the morning and afternoon with consecutive content. You can find out which workshops this applies to in the program PDF. All workshops will be held in German.
How can the connection between science and society be strengthened? What ideas and formats could help to improve science communication in order to interact effectively with society and promote understanding of complex research topics? Take the opportunity for further education and exchange to gain new perspectives!
If you have any questions about the Science Communication Day, please contact the Directorate Communication and Marketing by e-mail at .
Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Free State of Saxony as part of the Excellence Strategy of the Federal and State governments