Welcome to the Kiel Science Communication Network – KielSCN
As a joint science communication research centre we want to develop new approaches for science communication by focusing on information visualizations and their perception. For this, the Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education, the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design and Kiel University joint forces: with our combined expertise in the fields of educational sciences, information design and innovative health research we aim to take visual science communication to the next level.
In addition to the academic institutions, media partners from science communication practice such as Spektrum der Wissenschaft, kurzgesagt.org and the Nordeutscher Rundfunk as well as the non-profit organization opencampus.sh are involved. These partnerships will help to further implement our research projects and to establish the KielSCN as a central hub for participatory, visual science communication in the long run.
Last but not least we want you to get involved. We want to learn more about your needs and preferences to develop information visualizations that actually fit them. Therefore we invite you to be part of the process helping us test and improve our designs. In return you and others benefit from products that offer information on health-related topics of highest relevance for citizens and societies.
Recent news & events
Mar 2023
VoM #9 – Gaia‘s Stellar Family Portrait
The Gaia Space Telescope has been mapping the Milky Way since December 2013. In the interactive visualization Gaia’s Stellar Family Portrait, the European Space Agency (ESA) presents the results of the mission. We have chosen it as our visualization of the month March.
Feb 2023
Kiel Science Award 2023 goes to Hinrich Schulenburg
KielSCN Senior PI Hinrich Schulenburg, professor at Kiel University, has been awarded the Kiel Science Award 2023. The prize, which is endowed with 10,000 Euros, will be awarded at a ceremony on June 25.
Feb 2023
VoM #8 – Dear Data
For the course of a year, Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec sent each other postcards with their personal data visualizations. The result is the book “Dear Data”. As an example, for our visualization of the month #8 we have chosen a week that is all about goodbyes.
Institutions & Partners
The Kiel Science Communication Network (KielSCN) is funded by the Volkswagen Foundation as one of four consortia across Germany over a period of five years as part of the funding line Science Communication Cubed – Science of Science Communication Centers.