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: Momentum of its Own. Historical Dynamics in Premodern East Asia
Roundtable with Timothy Brook (Vancouver), Marion Eggert (Bochum), Achim Mittag (Tübingen) and Jörg Quenzer (Hamburg) in contex of the ZiF research group "Momentum of Their Own. Analogue Structures of Change in Pre-Modern East Asia and Europe", 10.06.2025
Podcast: Von True-Crime-Podcasts bis Gefängnisinterviews: Narrative in der Kriminologie
Geschichten über Verbrechen erfreuen sich schon lange großer Beliebtheit. Ob Kriminalromane im 19. oder True-Crime-Podcasts im 21. Jahrhundert, Erzählungen über Kriminalität 'funktionieren'.
Was genau macht diese Erzählungen aus? Welchen Unterschied macht es, ob ein*e Polizist*in oder ein*e Täter*in einen Tathergang nacherzählt? Und wie betrachtet man das Ganze aus wissenschaftlicher und interdisziplinärer Perspektive?
Darum geht es in dieser Folge im Gespräch mit Holger Schmidt und Bernd Dollinger, aus der Sozialpädagogik und Soziologie der Universität Siegen.
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