Outreach
Science Communication
An important part of conducting excellent research is to communicate its processes, findings, conditions, and challenges.
Our approach to science communication is to utilize multifaceted ways and channels of communication to show the variety and diversity of research projects at ZiF. There are established forms of public relations like press releases or newspaper articles, lectures and panel discussions, or newer media channels and formats like YouTube, LinkedIn, BlueSky, Instagram, the podcast "InterSpaces", and the blog "Interdisciplinarity".
On these pages you can browse through our latest videos, podcast episodes and news posts. You can also subscribe to our monthly newsletter for regular updates on all ZiF activities.
Video: Reading Narratives Methodologically
Olga Petintseva was one of the speakers during the workshop, "Narratives in/of Criminology." She is a postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University and Vrije Universiteit Brussels. Her expertise is situated at the intersection of several domains: migration and ethnicity, youth crime and youth justice, institutional discourses, the (in)sensitivity to diversity of judicial institutions, and (countering) discriminatory practices.
Podcast: Literatur und Engagement
Mit Saskia Fischer, Literaturwissenschaftlerin und Fellow des Jungen ZiF, hat Lena Gorelik im Rahmen einer ZiF-Veranstaltung über das Thema "Die Rolle der Kultur und Geisteswissenschaften in der pluralen Gesellschaft" im ZiF gesprochen und dabei Auszüge aus ihren Texten gelesen. Beides ist im Rahmen dieser Folge zu hören.
News Post: Hacking for Ecology
Can artificial intelligence help to make scientific literature for ecology more accessible, make better use of data and promote communication between researchers and practitioners? To answer this question, the ZiF research group "Mapping Evidence to Theory in Ecology" hosted a hackathon, a programming competition, from 20 to 22 January. There was a great deal of interest: 'We had numerous applications from all over the world', reports Jennifer D'Souza from the TIB (Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology and University Library) Hannover, the organiser of the hackathon. A total of 40 people in 12 teams ultimately took part, some of them at ZiF, others online. 'The biggest challenge was dealing with the time zones', says D'Souza. Read More
Publications: Research on Interdisciplinarity
"Inducing Interdisciplinarity: Irresistible Infliction? The Example of a Research Group at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), Bielefeld, Germany" by Sabine Maasen from the book "Practising Interdisciplinarity". Read More