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Some thoughts on yesterday’s Grand Seminar “Exploring the complexities and potentials of environmental communication”

January 23, 2025

Yesterday, I attended the Grand Seminar on “Exploring the complexities and potentials of environmental communication” organised by LU Sustainability Forum, BECC and MERGE at Lund University that my friend Terese…

Preparing a “fortune teller” for #WorldOceanDay

June 5, 2021

I thought I would try a playful approach to ocean sciences for #WorldOceanDay on Tuesday. When I think back to my PhD and postdoc days, I could well imagine printing…

A scicomm comic on Rossby waves and hands-on teaching

August 27, 2020

Last year in pre-social distancing times, Torge and I brought hands-on rotating tank experiments into his “atmosphere and ocean dynamics” class. The “dry theory to juicy reality” project was a…

Love this #scicomm idea! #MoreThanWeeds

May 3, 2020

The hashtag #morethanweeds popped up in my Twitter timeline yesterday (thanks to @aturealexk). I didn’t think about it much because I was participating in #birdrace (shoutout to my awesome virtual…

Fastest way to read up on the science of science communication? This book!

January 12, 2020

(Werbung ohne Auftrag // This blogpost is not sponsored) I strongly believe that all scicomm efforts should be grounded in the science of science communication. That means reading a lot…

Guest posts, take-overs, interviews, and why I love them

October 27, 2019

Guest posts, take-overs and interviews are a great alternative to maintaining social media channels for every scientist / project / institution individually, if that isn’t what you want to be…

Guest post by Dan Wallace: A machine learning system playing a game to super-human levels, using only plastic boxes and beads

September 12, 2019

Hi, I’m Dan Wallace, a PhD student at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research in Southampton, UK. I’m interested in lots of areas of acoustics — here I am…

Why “But I don’t have anything interesting to say, I am just teaching a block course right now” is not a good excuse for not tweeting

May 21, 2019

Sometimes I feel like I have pressured all my friends into using social media for their science communication. Today I was talking to Kristin, who was apologetic about not having…

Using giveaways as a tool in science communication. Post #3: Checklist and logistics

March 29, 2019

Many big research projects and institutions regularly spend a lot of money on things like pens, mugs, canvas bags, or even pool noodles (I kid you not, one of my…

Using giveaways as a tool in science communication. Post #2: Designing the actual giveaway

March 28, 2019

Many big research projects and institutions regularly spend a lot of money on things like pens, mugs, canvas bags, or even pool noodles (I kid you not, one of my…

Using giveaways as a tool in science communication. Post #1: What the literature tells us

March 27, 2019

Many big research projects and institutions regularly spend a lot of money on things like pens, mugs, canvas bags, or even pool noodles (I kid you not, one of my…

An attempt at an elevator pitch

January 11, 2019

I’ve been coming up with #scicommchall challenges for well over a year now, and I have always met them. Except for last November, when the challenge was to do an…

Cool podcast about oceanography! Also useful if you were looking to improve your German! ;-)

January 5, 2019

Just in case you have not listened to Ronja and Maxie’s podcast Treibholz yet, you definitely should! Ronja and Maxie are learning about oceanography and taking everyone along with them.…

Experiment: Oceanic overturning circulation (the slightly more complicated version)

August 15, 2018

The experiment presented on this page is called the “slightly more complicated version” because it builds on the experiment “oceanic overturning circulation (the easiest version)” here. Background One of the…

Outreach activity: How do we make climate predictions?

August 13, 2018

This text was written for GeoEd, the education column of EGU’s blog, and first appeared there on Nov 27th, 2015. — In my second year studying physical oceanography, I got a student…

Four steps to great hands-on outreach experiences

August 8, 2018

Part 1 and 2 of this post were first posted on the EGU’s blog on Jan 29, 2016, and Feb 29, 2016, respectively. Part 1 gives four steps to outreach…

Using art in your science teaching and outreach. The why and the how.

July 25, 2018

This post was first published at the EGU’s blog’s “educational corner” GeoEd, in March 2016 (link here). — Sometimes we look for new ways to engage our students or the…

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Some thoughts on yesterday’s Grand Seminar “Exploring the complexities and potentials of environmental communication”

Preparing a “fortune teller” for #WorldOceanDay

A scicomm comic on Rossby waves and hands-on teaching

Love this #scicomm idea! #MoreThanWeeds

Fastest way to read up on the science of science communication? This book!

Guest posts, take-overs, interviews, and why I love them

Guest post by Dan Wallace: A machine learning system playing a game to super-human levels, using only plastic boxes and beads

Why “But I don’t have anything interesting to say, I am just teaching a block course right now” is not a good excuse for not tweeting

Using giveaways as a tool in science communication. Post #3: Checklist and logistics

Using giveaways as a tool in science communication. Post #2: Designing the actual giveaway

Using giveaways as a tool in science communication. Post #1: What the literature tells us

An attempt at an elevator pitch

Cool podcast about oceanography! Also useful if you were looking to improve your German! ;-)

Experiment: Oceanic overturning circulation (the slightly more complicated version)

Outreach activity: How do we make climate predictions?

Four steps to great hands-on outreach experiences

Using art in your science teaching and outreach. The why and the how.

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