The role of science communication is to make scientific knowledge accessible to different stakeholders in society (e.g. citizens, media, policy makers). However, to adequately fulfil its social role, science communication needs to reflect on its form and impact systematically. A contemporary context for this is sustainability. Contemporary science communication is sustainable. This means that it is guided by parameters of intergenerational equity. It leaves lasting traces (of knowledge). It uses resources economically and ecologically. It includes all groups and facets of society in the sense of social sustainability. Science communication itself can therefore be sustainable - regardless of the subject matter it communicates. Likewise, it can contribute to sustainability not only in form but also in content, when it teaches sustainable behaviour or communicates about sustainability. In the seminar, students will explore different facets of sustainable science communication, translate them into scientific questions and systematically record existing findings.

Participants will learn mechanisms for systematically searching, documenting, processing and analysing existing studies. They will not collect empirical data or generate primary data themselves, but will systematically process the results of existing studies. Working in groups, they will conduct systematic literature reviews based on self-developed questions focusing on different forms of sustainable science communication and document these analyses in a project report.

degree‐relevant examination: project report

required coursework: project work

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