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Winners of the Tübingen Prize for Knowledge Communication

2026

Tübingen Prize for Knowledge Communication
PD Dr. Rolf Frankenberger (for his dialogue-oriented educational work on the far right, as well as for contextualizing far-right developments within their social and political contexts)

Professor Bernhard Pörksen (for his comprehensive and multifaceted communication of his research on the culture of public debate in the digital age)

Early-career Prize for Knowledge Communication
Dr. Rachel L. Gunn (for her innovative and inclusive science communication in the fields of ecology and coral reef research)

Press Release 2026 (deutsch)

2025

Tübingen Prize for Knowledge Communication
Professor Dr. Tobias Hauser (for his awareness campaign on mental obsessive-compulsive disorder)

Tübingen Prize for Knowledge Communication
Dr. Michael Kienzle (for his wide-ranging dialogue with the public about his research on castles and medieval nobility)

Press Release 2025 (deutsch)

2024

Tübingen Prize for Knowledge Communication
Prof. Dr. Klaus Gestwa | Prof. Dr. Ulrike von Luxburg, Tim Schaffarczik, Prof. Dr. Thomas Thiemeyer (representatives of the „Cyber and the City“ exhibition team)

Early-career Prize for Knowledge Communication
Claudia Lemmes

2023

Tübingen Prize for Knowledge Communication
Prof. Dr. Rita Triebskorn

Early-career Prize for Knowledge Communication
Auguste Schulz

2022

Tübingen Prize for Knowledge Communication
Prof. Dr. Carla Cederbaum

2021

Tübingen Prize for Knowledge Communication
Prof. Dr. Michael Butter

Early-career Prize for Knowledge Communication
Dr. Julia Diekämper and Dr. Robert Ranisch