Category: News

Event, News,
Jul 2024

The KielSCN at the Museumsnacht Kiel on August 30th

On Friday, August 30, KielSCN will part of the Museumsnacht Kiel. Visitors can enjoy insights into the world of visual science communication. Anyone interested can learn more about the use of AI in the field of data visualization or explore the Midjourney Style Tuner to change images according to personal preferences.

News,
Jun 2024

KielSCN Workshop at the Young Waterkant Festival

What happens when we can no longer reliably distinguish scientific information from misinformation? This question was addressed by 45 school students at the Young Waterkant Festival on June 12 together with the two KielSCN doctoral students Anna Vollersen and Jane Martha Momme.

News,
Jun 2024

Conference Visit to Zurich

On June 6 and 7, the conference “Science Communication in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” took place at the University of Zurich. Around 100 participants from science communication research and practice came together to present and discuss current developments in the field of generative AI.

News,
May 2024

Networking Meeting Science Communication³ in Kiel

From May 15 to 17, 2024, the four research centers for science communication funded by the Volkswagen Foundation came together in Kiel for a networking meeting. The participants from Munich, Tübingen, the Ruhr Region and Hanover used the time together to discuss the topic of target groups.

Fellows, News,
Aug 2023

Carsten Könneker joins the KielSCN as Creative Fellow

From August 1 to September 30, 2023, Carsten Könneker will support the Kiel Science Communication Network (KielSCN) as an additional Creative Fellow. During his fellowship, he will work on parts of the concept for the participatory platform that we are building together with our practice partner Spektrum der Wissenschaft.

News,
Jun 2023

VdM #12 – teamLab Planets Tokyo

Perceiving together with others and with the whole body – that is the motto of teamLab Planets Tokyo. Here, the artist collective teamLab has created an exhibition in which visitors walk barefoot through water, change the works with their presence and become one with nature. We chose it as our last visualization of the month for now.

News,
May 2023

VoM#11 – Made to Measure

Day after day, we give platforms like Facebook and Google insights into our lives, our thoughts and actions – including our most intimate secrets. The Laokoon Group’s “Made to Measure” project impressively demonstrates the impact our digital footprint can have. We selected it as our Visualization of the Month in May.

News,
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.

News,
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.