Science Barometer Switzerland 2025 is out today! 🎉

Key findings:
• 60% of Swiss trust science
• 4 audience segments: Sciencephiles, Critically interested, Passive supporters, Skeptics
• Video platforms & AI tools outrank radio/podcasts among the young

More info: www.wissenschaftsbarometer.ch

📢 Looking for #postdoc researcher on #sciencecommunication

➡️ researching communicators and/or effects
➡️ quantitative methods, e.g. surveys or experiments
➡️ 3-year position, can likely be extended
➡️ Deadline & more: see below

It this appeals to you - do apply!
If not: Pls pass it on! 🙏

Petition against budget cuts in #sciencejournalism at #SRF!

Switzerland needs strong science journalism to deal w/ issues like #AI, #publichealth, #climatechange & #disinformation - esp. as many media houses cut science journalism

Sign petition under openpetition.eu/!sciencejour... - & pass it on!

Do ppl trust #GenAI as a source in #sciencecommunication?

Paper in @jscicom.bsky.social w/ #BKremer @liliannf.bsky.social @nielsmede.bsky.social:
jcom.sissa.it/article/pubi...

➡️Germans sceptical about #GenAI in #scicomm
➡️46% of population don't trust it
➡️Trust in GenAI linked to trust in science

Dialogues on #ClimateChange invited me to write on #socialmedia communication about climatechange for the inaugural issue
👉https://lnkd.in/eZdsHV7a (open access)

I discuss the #shortvideo revolution, #influencers as new #intermediaries, impacts on #climatejournalism, #darkplatforms, #GenAI etc.

Upcoming Conference
SCIENCE COMMUNICATION IN THE AGE OF A.I.
Zürich -- June 6-7, 2024 -- #AISCICOMM24

▶️Registration now open: ikmz.uzh.ch/en/aiscicomm...

▶️Program & Book of Abstracts: ikmz.uzh.ch/en/aiscicomm...

▶️Travel & Accommodation Info: ikmz.uzh.ch/en/aiscicomm...

See you in Zurich! 🙏

🚨NEW PODCAST🚨
#GenerativeAI & #ScienceCommunication:
Opportunities & Challenges

1st episode of COALESCE's new podcast "#SciComm Conversations", hosted by Achintya Rao

You can find the episode in your podcast app of choice or (incl. transcript) under coalesceproject.eu/2024/03/19/s...

SCIENCE COMMUNICATION IN THE AGE OF A.I.

Conference program now available with ...
▶️keynotes by Shirley Ho & Christoph Neuberger
▶️panel discussion w/ M Bischofberger, E Laukötter, J Pridmore & M Taddicken
▶️10 panels & 36 talks
▶️https://ikmz.uzh.ch/en/aiscicomm24

Info about registration soon! 🙏

How can generative AI be used in science communication - & what's specific about the physical sciences?

Nature Reviews Physics invited 7 colleagues & me to discuss chances and challenges of #GenAI in #physics #scicomm

Article just out (#openaccess) 👉 lnkd.in/eycMDmSN

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

IKMZ is looking for an
Assistant Professor in Political Communication
(Tenure Track)

If you have a strong record in teaching & research in polcomm, pls apply by February 14, 2024 - we're looking forward to it!

More info 👉 jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...

Pls distribute widely!

Can recommend “Daybreak” - a collaborative ‘serious’ boardgame in which players fight climatechange

daybreakgame.org

Prepping for the festive season w/ the IKMZ crew - board of directors, managing director, representatives of PhD students, postdoc, supporting staff 🙏

Die Idee einer Stiftung für den Wissenschaftsjournalismus wird seit einiger Zeit diskutiert. In der "Zeit" schreibe ich, warum ich diese Überlegungen sinnvoll finde.

"Technischer Wandel: wirksam kommunizieren & beteiligen"

Publikation von 12 "Denkanstößen" aus der Wissenschaft durch Acatech für Entscheidungsträger:innen & Stakeholder

👉#Openaccess PDF unter www.acatech.de/publikation/technischer-wandel

"Reframing scientometrics: How ontological understanding of science influences what we count & how we interpret it" by Emanuel Kulczycki

UZH's Center for Higher Education & Science Studies co-hosts the 2nd Year of Scientometrics lecture tomorrow at ETH

yearofscientometrics.ethz.ch/second-lectu...

Call for Papers
SCIENCE COMMUNICATION IN THE AGE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Annual Conference of the SciComm division of German Communication Association

June 6/7, 2024 at IKMZ Zurich

ikmz.uzh.ch/en/aiscicomm24

Pls apply & distribute!

#wisskomm #wissenschaftskommunikation #sciencecommunication