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February 17, 2026

Complex communication: areas of tension in inclusive science communication

The question of with whom and how to engage in scientific dialogue that also addresses previously neglected audiences and/or vulnerable groups (children and young people, people with cognitive impairments, migrants, etc.) is a complex one. These issues are addressed in science communication research in the DiversPrivat project. The following article discusses some of the questions addressed there.

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March 26, 2025

Freedom that is meant how exactly?

“Freedom” is often contrasted with ‘ethics’ in science as if there were a zero-sum game: More of one means less of the other. Such ideas can even be found in contexts that otherwise provide extremely important impulses for current debates on academic freedom. Instead of halving both a meaningful concept of freedom and ethics, the dialectical enabling function of ethics for freedom (in) science should be emphasized.

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25th January 2024

Ethical reflection as orientation knowledge

In this blog article, the problem of a lack of orientation is framed as an area of tension between knowledge of availability and knowledge of orientation, with particular consideration of ethical reflection as a form of knowledge of orientation.

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All articles of this category

Release DateAuthorsArticle
17.02.2026Martin HennigComplex communication: areas of tension in inclusive science communication
26.03.2025Thomas PotthastFreedom that is meant how exactly?
25.01.2024Jonathan LübkeEthical reflection as orientation knowledge
10.10.2023Carina BetzChild, nature and their relationship
12.09.2023Jacqueline BellonGenerative Language Models
01.08.2023Theresa KrampeComputer games as empathy machines?
13.06.2023Simon MeischKlimaanpassung gut gestalten
02.05.2023Cora Bieß; Marcel VondermaßenSeminar report: thinking war from the perspective of peace
04.04.2023Karoline ReinhardtTrust in AI Ethics
21.03.2023Maximilian IrionThe Greenhouse and Us
07.03.2023Jonathan LübkeBasic motives and values
21.02.2023Simon Meisch Ethics in TV series
27.10.2022Amelie Schönhaar, Thomas Potthast, Jasmin GoldhausenDigital Learning for Sustainable Development?!
13.10.2022Cora Bieß, Ingrid StapfZwischen Fürsorge und Forschungszielen
19.07.2022Katharina WezelWarum Ethik die Wut braucht
19.09.2022Jacqueline BellonDas Forschen und Entwickeln erforschen und entwickeln: Ethische und soziale Aspekte integrativer Technikentwicklungsprojekte
13.12.2021Marcel VondermaßenFührung - Ethik - Lehre. Warum wir mehr Führungsethik unterrichten sollten
17.11.2021Mareike GebhardtBildungsungleichheit - Ein viel zu subjektiver Standpunkt
09.09.2021Thomas SchrammePleasures and Pains of Empathy
09.06.2020Uta MüllerWissenschaft in der Corona-Pandemie: Zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit
26.05.2020Anna-Lisa SanderHarry Potter in Corona-Zeiten: Was wir von einem modernen Märchen über den Tod und das gute Leben lernen können
12.05.2020Anne BurkhardtKinder als oder in Gefahr? Über mögliche Folgen der Corona-Maßnahmen auf kindliche Entwicklung und Werteverständnis
24.04.2020Marco KrügerDie Dynamiken der Krise
18.04.2020Kerstin SchoppReflexionen zu einem (noch) nicht-stattgefundenen Feldaufenthalt in Tansania