RUB Research School

Sharing Knowledge Outside Research

Offers in Science Communication & Knowledge Transfer

Our offers in the fields of Science Communication & Knowledge Transfer prepare you to take responsibility in research as well as in society. You will acquire basic knowledge and first competencies to communicate your research and expertise outside of research and to share it with non-university target groups and stakeholders.

Our program supports you to communicate your research results to non-scientific audiences, to interest non-university actors in your own research, to use your research for complex societal issues, and maybe even to develop new ideas together with non-experts.

You will be able to reflect on goals, roles, and requirements for communicating your research to non-scientific groups and discover possible potentials of your research for knowledge transfer and/or collaboration with actors from business, society, and politics.

RUB Research School developed a video series and self-learning course on Science Communication with prize-winning science journalist Kristin Raabe for the UNIC Network (on YouTube):

  1. Science Communication Course: Part I | Why am I Communicating: Communication Goals

  2. Science Communication Course: Part II | Who Do I Want to Address: Target Audiences

  3. Science Communication Course: Part III | What am I Communicating: The Core Message

  4. Science Communication Course: Part IV | Where am I Communicating: Formats and Communication Means

  5. Science Communication Course: Part V | How Do I Communicate: Dimensions of Communication

The following video series and YouTube Channels could also be interesting:

Further information is provided by the following initiatives:

Public Engagement & Open Science

Public engagement in Science is part of Open Science with the goal of making researcn usable and understandable for non-scientific stakeholders and involving non-university partners in the research discussion.