13. Aug 2024
[HIIG] Summer School on Resilience to Science Hostility (September 23-24, 2024)
There is a growing demand and responsibility for science to make a positive impact on society. To achieve this, researchers are increasingly expected and motivated to communicate their findings publicly and engage with non-academic actors, however in some cases, they face unwelcome, aggressive reactions. Researchers can become targets of impertinent attacks, hate speech, trolling campaigns, or even physical threats, which can be distressing and can undermine their credibility as experts. Skills in dealing with such attacks, or strategies of how to build resilient communication campaigns and engagement plans often do not play a central role in university curricula and the daily routines of research institutes. Approaches to dealing with such attacks, and wider strategies of how to build resilient and safeguarded communication campaigns and engagement plans are therefore essential skills for researchers.
This training programme is tailored to early career researchers who want to learn how to avoid or deal with hostility and hate speech attacks, where to find help, and most importantly how to create their own communication and engagement strategy in order to maximise their impact beyond academia.
Participants
PhDs, PostDocs, researchers from all disciplines are eligible to apply. Participants must be associated with an academic institution (university, non-university research institution).
Applicant Commitment
Please read the applicant commitment on the website to understand what we ask of you as a Summer School participant.
Training concept
By participating in the Summer School, participants will …
- gain an understanding of the wide range of Science Communication and Public Engagement activity open to them
- gain an understanding of the extent and characteristics of science hostility and hate speech in Germany
- gain an insight into how hostility and hate speech manifest and impact researchers through real life case studies in order to identify risk
- develop their own communication and engagement strategies
Terms and Application
- Summer School: Resilience against hostility through science communication
- September 23th – 24th
- HIIG | Französische Straße 9 | 10117 Berlin
- The programme includes two days on site, and the equivalent of a day in preparation and follow-up tasks.
- Deadline for applications: Monday 19 August 2024 (23:59 CEST).
- Notification of acceptence/rejection: until 23 August 2024.
- No training costs to participants.
- Travel and accommodation costs are at the participant’s expense.
Call for Applications and Registration
About
The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), Berlin School of Public Engagement and Open Science (BSOPE) and Scicomm-Support invite applications to a summer school on resilience against hostility through science communication in Berlin from 23-24 September, 2024.
