Niels G. Mede
@nielsmede.bsky.social
🔎 Assistant Professor of Science Communication
📍 Wageningen University & Research @w-u-r.bsky.social
🏠 www.nielsmede.com
📍 Wageningen University & Research @w-u-r.bsky.social
🏠 www.nielsmede.com
2️⃣ Little access to #digital media is associated with more offline #engagement with science (museums, zoos, public talks).
October 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
2️⃣ Little access to #digital media is associated with more offline #engagement with science (museums, zoos, public talks).
Published today: One of the biggest #science #communication studies to date. We asked 71,922 people in 68 countries how they #engage with information about #science and combined the data with several country-level factors: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #OpenAccess
October 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Published today: One of the biggest #science #communication studies to date. We asked 71,922 people in 68 countries how they #engage with information about #science and combined the data with several country-level factors: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #OpenAccess
This study is based on a great collaboration of our #TISP consortium and @simonameiler.bsky.social, Chahan Kropf, @samluethi.bsky.social and David N. Bresch (@ethz.ch). @colognaviktoria.bsky.social and I joined forces with them to combine our worldwide survey data with their climate modelling data 🤝
July 4, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This study is based on a great collaboration of our #TISP consortium and @simonameiler.bsky.social, Chahan Kropf, @samluethi.bsky.social and David N. Bresch (@ethz.ch). @colognaviktoria.bsky.social and I joined forces with them to combine our worldwide survey data with their climate modelling data 🤝
Ade Zürich, hallo #Wageningen! This week I started my new position as Assistant Professor at @w-u-r.bsky.social ✨
Thanks a lot for the warm welcome – I'm very excited about what’s ahead! At the same time, I'm very grateful for the years I spent at @ikmz.bsky.social. Merci vielmal und uf widerluege 🫶
Thanks a lot for the warm welcome – I'm very excited about what’s ahead! At the same time, I'm very grateful for the years I spent at @ikmz.bsky.social. Merci vielmal und uf widerluege 🫶
July 2, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Ade Zürich, hallo #Wageningen! This week I started my new position as Assistant Professor at @w-u-r.bsky.social ✨
Thanks a lot for the warm welcome – I'm very excited about what’s ahead! At the same time, I'm very grateful for the years I spent at @ikmz.bsky.social. Merci vielmal und uf widerluege 🫶
Thanks a lot for the warm welcome – I'm very excited about what’s ahead! At the same time, I'm very grateful for the years I spent at @ikmz.bsky.social. Merci vielmal und uf widerluege 🫶
Published in Social Media + Society: Our 4-wave panel #survey on the relationship between #socialmedia and misperceptions of one’s knowledge about #climate #change – co-authored with @larakobilke.bsky.social @naylafawzi.bsky.social #ThomasZerback: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... ✨
June 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Published in Social Media + Society: Our 4-wave panel #survey on the relationship between #socialmedia and misperceptions of one’s knowledge about #climate #change – co-authored with @larakobilke.bsky.social @naylafawzi.bsky.social #ThomasZerback: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... ✨
New paper with #IsabelVillanueva and @kaipingchen.bsky.social ✨
We tested how online users discuss #plagiarism, data #fraud, #replication failure, and (unintentional) errors by scientists – based on 19,462 X posts by @retractionwatch.com and 22,936 user replies: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We tested how online users discuss #plagiarism, data #fraud, #replication failure, and (unintentional) errors by scientists – based on 19,462 X posts by @retractionwatch.com and 22,936 user replies: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
April 28, 2025 at 5:51 AM
New paper with #IsabelVillanueva and @kaipingchen.bsky.social ✨
We tested how online users discuss #plagiarism, data #fraud, #replication failure, and (unintentional) errors by scientists – based on 19,462 X posts by @retractionwatch.com and 22,936 user replies: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We tested how online users discuss #plagiarism, data #fraud, #replication failure, and (unintentional) errors by scientists – based on 19,462 X posts by @retractionwatch.com and 22,936 user replies: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Open #postdoc position in #science #communication at @ikmz.bsky.social – one that I fully and genuinely recommend.
I've worked 6+ years in this team, and it's these very colleagues, NB @mss7676.bsky.social, and the exceptional research conditions that make me sad to leave #IKMZ soon 🙏
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I've worked 6+ years in this team, and it's these very colleagues, NB @mss7676.bsky.social, and the exceptional research conditions that make me sad to leave #IKMZ soon 🙏
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April 7, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Open #postdoc position in #science #communication at @ikmz.bsky.social – one that I fully and genuinely recommend.
I've worked 6+ years in this team, and it's these very colleagues, NB @mss7676.bsky.social, and the exceptional research conditions that make me sad to leave #IKMZ soon 🙏
➡️ t.uzh.ch/1PM
I've worked 6+ years in this team, and it's these very colleagues, NB @mss7676.bsky.social, and the exceptional research conditions that make me sad to leave #IKMZ soon 🙏
➡️ t.uzh.ch/1PM
The 2025 Kickstarter Fund of the #sciencecommunication section of the German Communication Association goes to: Janine Blessing & Paula Stehr!
@hendriks.bsky.social and I set up the fund to support innovative #scicomm formats and studies by bright ECRs such as Janine and Paula – congrats! 🙌 #dgpuk25
@hendriks.bsky.social and I set up the fund to support innovative #scicomm formats and studies by bright ECRs such as Janine and Paula – congrats! 🙌 #dgpuk25
March 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The 2025 Kickstarter Fund of the #sciencecommunication section of the German Communication Association goes to: Janine Blessing & Paula Stehr!
@hendriks.bsky.social and I set up the fund to support innovative #scicomm formats and studies by bright ECRs such as Janine and Paula – congrats! 🙌 #dgpuk25
@hendriks.bsky.social and I set up the fund to support innovative #scicomm formats and studies by bright ECRs such as Janine and Paula – congrats! 🙌 #dgpuk25
#News: As of July 1, 2025, I will be an Assistant Professor for communication in life science contexts at @w-u-r.bsky.social. I’ll join the wonderful Strategic Communication group of @rensvliegenthart.bsky.social, who leads a team of excellent researchers whom I’m really excited to work with 🙌
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February 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
#News: As of July 1, 2025, I will be an Assistant Professor for communication in life science contexts at @w-u-r.bsky.social. I’ll join the wonderful Strategic Communication group of @rensvliegenthart.bsky.social, who leads a team of excellent researchers whom I’m really excited to work with 🙌
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We present: A new instrument to measure people’s science literacy. #OpenAccess in #ScienceCommunication: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... 📢
It’s a 14-item #survey scale in English, German, French and Italian covering three key dimensions of science literacy: civic, media and cognitive literacy 💡
It’s a 14-item #survey scale in English, German, French and Italian covering three key dimensions of science literacy: civic, media and cognitive literacy 💡
February 12, 2025 at 7:36 AM
We present: A new instrument to measure people’s science literacy. #OpenAccess in #ScienceCommunication: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... 📢
It’s a 14-item #survey scale in English, German, French and Italian covering three key dimensions of science literacy: civic, media and cognitive literacy 💡
It’s a 14-item #survey scale in English, German, French and Italian covering three key dimensions of science literacy: civic, media and cognitive literacy 💡
Kürzlich erschien unsere 68-Länder-Studie zu Wissenschaftsvertrauen in @naturehumbehav.bsky.social: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Im @wisskomm.de Interview mit Inga Dreyer habe ich die Befunde besprochen und vor dem Hintergrund einer angebl. «Vertrauenskrise» eingeordnet. Danke für das Gespräch! 🙏
Im @wisskomm.de Interview mit Inga Dreyer habe ich die Befunde besprochen und vor dem Hintergrund einer angebl. «Vertrauenskrise» eingeordnet. Danke für das Gespräch! 🙏
February 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Kürzlich erschien unsere 68-Länder-Studie zu Wissenschaftsvertrauen in @naturehumbehav.bsky.social: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Im @wisskomm.de Interview mit Inga Dreyer habe ich die Befunde besprochen und vor dem Hintergrund einer angebl. «Vertrauenskrise» eingeordnet. Danke für das Gespräch! 🙏
Im @wisskomm.de Interview mit Inga Dreyer habe ich die Befunde besprochen und vor dem Hintergrund einer angebl. «Vertrauenskrise» eingeordnet. Danke für das Gespräch! 🙏
The dataset is one of the most comprehensive resources for #worldwide data on:
▶️ #Trust in science and scientists
▶️ Science-related #populism
▶️ Perceptions of scientists’ role in society
▶️ Science #media use
▶️ Science #communication behavior
▶️ Attitudes to #climate change and #environmental policies
▶️ #Trust in science and scientists
▶️ Science-related #populism
▶️ Perceptions of scientists’ role in society
▶️ Science #media use
▶️ Science #communication behavior
▶️ Attitudes to #climate change and #environmental policies
January 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The dataset is one of the most comprehensive resources for #worldwide data on:
▶️ #Trust in science and scientists
▶️ Science-related #populism
▶️ Perceptions of scientists’ role in society
▶️ Science #media use
▶️ Science #communication behavior
▶️ Attitudes to #climate change and #environmental policies
▶️ #Trust in science and scientists
▶️ Science-related #populism
▶️ Perceptions of scientists’ role in society
▶️ Science #media use
▶️ Science #communication behavior
▶️ Attitudes to #climate change and #environmental policies
@colognaviktoria.bsky.social and I collected the data in Nov 2022 – Aug 2023 with the #TISP #ManyLabs consortium, an international multidisciplinary group of 241 researchers from more than 170 institutions across all continents 🌎
January 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
@colognaviktoria.bsky.social and I collected the data in Nov 2022 – Aug 2023 with the #TISP #ManyLabs consortium, an international multidisciplinary group of 241 researchers from more than 170 institutions across all continents 🌎
Now publicly available: the #TISP dataset. It contains 71,922 survey responses on public perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries. Published in @natureportfolio.bsky.social’s #ScientificData: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 📊
January 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Now publicly available: the #TISP dataset. It contains 71,922 survey responses on public perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries. Published in @natureportfolio.bsky.social’s #ScientificData: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 📊
🔁 All analyses are fully #reproducible with #R code and data: osf.io/wj34h/
🛠️ Methods are also explained in detail here: osf.io/preprints/ps...
🖱️ Project homepage: www.tisp-manylabs.com
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🛠️ Methods are also explained in detail here: osf.io/preprints/ps...
🖱️ Project homepage: www.tisp-manylabs.com
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January 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
🔁 All analyses are fully #reproducible with #R code and data: osf.io/wj34h/
🛠️ Methods are also explained in detail here: osf.io/preprints/ps...
🖱️ Project homepage: www.tisp-manylabs.com
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🛠️ Methods are also explained in detail here: osf.io/preprints/ps...
🖱️ Project homepage: www.tisp-manylabs.com
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📐 Trust #measure: 12-item scale with four dimensions of trust in scientists (perceived expertise, benevolence, integrity, openness)
📄 All #questionnaires are available here @cos.io: osf.io/7y2br/
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📄 All #questionnaires are available here @cos.io: osf.io/7y2br/
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January 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
📐 Trust #measure: 12-item scale with four dimensions of trust in scientists (perceived expertise, benevolence, integrity, openness)
📄 All #questionnaires are available here @cos.io: osf.io/7y2br/
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📄 All #questionnaires are available here @cos.io: osf.io/7y2br/
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📊 See how your country ranks: We developed a #ShinyApp @posit.co that lets you do the analyses for single countries and run some tests not presented in the paper: www.tisp-manylabs.com/explore-tisp...
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January 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
📊 See how your country ranks: We developed a #ShinyApp @posit.co that lets you do the analyses for single countries and run some tests not presented in the paper: www.tisp-manylabs.com/explore-tisp...
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❗ #Challenges: Globally, only 42% think that scientists pay attention to others’ views. Also, perceived priorities of science do not always align well with people’s own priorities: For example, research on defense and military technology is overprioritized, according to the data.
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January 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
❗ #Challenges: Globally, only 42% think that scientists pay attention to others’ views. Also, perceived priorities of science do not always align well with people’s own priorities: For example, research on defense and military technology is overprioritized, according to the data.
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📢 Desire for public #engagement of scientists: 83% think that scientists should #communicate about science with the public, only 23% believe that they should not actively #advocate for specific policies.
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January 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
📢 Desire for public #engagement of scientists: 83% think that scientists should #communicate about science with the public, only 23% believe that they should not actively #advocate for specific policies.
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🗳️ However, trust levels differ depending on people’s #political orientation: In Western countries, people with right-wing political views have less #trust in scientists than those with left-wing views. But in most countries, political orientation and trust in scientists were unrelated.
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January 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
🗳️ However, trust levels differ depending on people’s #political orientation: In Western countries, people with right-wing political views have less #trust in scientists than those with left-wing views. But in most countries, political orientation and trust in scientists were unrelated.
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