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: „… hin zu den Prozessen“ Eigendynamiken im vormodernen Ostasien und Europa
Podiumsdiskussion im Kontext der ZiF-Forschungsgruppe „Eigendynamiken. Analoge Strukturen des Wandels im vormodernen Ostasien und Europa“. Mit Wolfgang Knöbl (Hamburg), Marion Eggert (Bochum) und Franz-J. Arlinghaus (Bielefeld), Moderation: Kai Bremer (Berlin), 10.04.2025
Podcast: Normalizing the Far Right [1/3] - Dangers, Developments, Effects
In the last few years, the rise of right-wing populist and right-wing extremist parties, politicians, movements, and groups has become a common phenomenon, contributing to the spread of far-right discourse and attitudes. And it’s getting worse, as we currently see in Germany, Austria, the U.S. etc.
A research group at ZiF has worked on this topic for two years under the title “Normalizing the Far Right”. In this episode, Paula Diehl and Birgit Sauer, the convenors of the research group, talk about the different developments, the danger of normalization of right-wing positions, and about the effects on democracy.
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