Research Center for Science Communication (RCS)

[Translate to Englisch:] Zwei Personen auf einer Bühne vor dem Schriftzug "Science Notes"

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The Research Center for Science Communication (RCS) emerged from the Rhetoric Department of Tübingen University, is headed by Prof Dr Olaf Kramer and coordinates both science communication research and the science communication training program at the University of Tübingen. The center

initiates research and practical projects
conducts research and practical projects
supports research and practical projects in applying for third-party funding
bundles the University of Tübingen's training courses in science communication
offers and (further) develops interdisciplinary teaching formats to build skills in the field of science communication
organizes encounters and exchanges of interdisciplinary expertise
promotes initiatives in the area of public engagement
provides infrastructures for the promotion of early career researchers

Managing Director

Prof Dr Olaf Kramer

Deputy Speaker

Prof Dr Susanne Marschall

Talk: Communicating Risks in an Uncertain World
Prof Dr Gerd Gigerenzer
Rhetoric & Knowledge 2025
8 May 2025, 19:15
HS 25, Kupferbau (and livestream)

We face risks every day: How safe is a vaccination? What does a 30 per cent chance of rain mean? And how likely is it to have a certain disease in the event of a positive test result? In a world full of uncertainties, it is often difficult to assess risks correctly. We are overwhelmed by numbers, probabilities and statistics that confuse us more than they enlighten us.

Prof Gerd Gigerenzer, long-time director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, heads the Harding Centre for Risk Literacy at the University of Potsdam and is Vice President of the European Research Council (ERC).

On May 8 and 9, there will also be a masterclass for doctoral students, post-docs and early career researchers with Prof Gigerenzer.

Contact & information: carmen.lipphardtspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de

Link to the livestream

The research center pursues four goals:

1. the rhetorical and interdisciplinary scientific grounding of science communication,
2. to increase the range, variety of formats and quality of science communication,
3. to enable effective science communication under different situational and media conditions,
4. to establish the University of Tübingen as a nationally and internationally visible location for science communication research.