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Reading tips on Science Communication

Anyone searching for "Science Communication" in the university library catalogue will quickly find what they are looking for: The database reports 318 hits as well as 2104 articles and other "finds" on the subject of Science Communication.

The Research Service of the German Bundestag has also published a selection of literature on the topic of Science Communication, albeit from 2019:

We therefore asked Dr. Philipp Niemann, Scientific Director of the National Institute for Science Communication (NaWik), to give us a list of interesting books on the subject of Science Communication. Below are his reading tips.

Reading tips from Dr. Philipp Niemann

Philipp Niemann, born in 1981, holds a doctorate in media studies and studied political and media science at the University of Trier and international journalism at Hamline University Saint Paul, Minnesota.  He worked as a junior research group leader in the Science Communication Department at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and previously as a research assistant at the University of Trier. His research focus in the field of Science Communication is qualitative reception research. Niemann has been Scientific Director of the National Institute for Science Communication since January 2019.

Dr. Philipp Niemann

Dr. Philipp Niemann

Niemann's reading list includes both relevant works with a very close connection to research as well as titles in which the practice of Science Communication also plays a role.

  • Bertemes, J. P./ Haan, S./ Hans, D. (Hrsg.) (2024):
    50 Essentials on Science
    Communication, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton.
  • Besley, J. C./ Dudo. A. (2022):
    Strategic Science Communication: A Guide toSetting the Right Objectives for More Effective Public Engagement.
    Baltimore: JHU Press.
  • Bonfadelli, H./ Fähnrich, B./ Lüthje, C./ Milde, J./ Rhomberg, M./ Schäfer, M. S. (Hrsg.) (2017):
    Forschungsfeld Wissenschaftskommunikation.
    Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
  • Hanganu-Bresch, C./ Zerbe, M. J./ Cutrufello, G./ Maci, S.M. (Hrsg.) (2021):
    The Routledge Handbookof Scientific Communication.
    London: Routledge.
  • Könneker, C. (2012):
    Wissenschaft kommunizieren: ein Handbuchmit vielen praktischen Beispielen.
    Weinheim: Wiley-VCH Verlag.
  • Leßmöllmann, A./ Dascal, M./ Gloning, T. (Hrsg.) (2020):
    Science Communication.
    Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton.
  • Niemann, P./ van den Bogaert, V./ Ziegler, R. (Hrsg.) (2023):
    Evaluationsmethoden der Wissenschaftskommunikation.
    Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
  • Schäfer, M. S./ Kristiansen, S./ Bonfadelli, H. (Hrsg.) (2015):
    Wissenschaftskommunikation im Wandel.
    Köln: Herbert von Halem.
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