In the Media

Science communicator and project coordinator Pauline Münch spoke to Tagesspiegel about the CliWaC project and an experiment conducted in the Spree River. The article discusses the diverse interests surrounding this body of water in Berlin, as well as the challenges in making academic and artistic projects sustainable in the long term. To read the full article, please click here: Wenn der Fluss spricht: Die Spree und ihre ungewisse Zukunft.

At a recent Communication Lab gathering in Berlin, participants from over 20 countries discussed communication challenges linked to emerging technologies and critical issues, such as AI and climate innovations. They also engaged with experts, including those from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and had a public debate on politics’ influence on research. Tobias Krüger emphasized the responsibility of researchers and journalists to recognize partial descriptions of reality and correct discourses.

In an interview in the HU News room, Jörg Niewöhner talks about how we ignore the consequences of our lifestyle and why dealing with the climate and energy crisis is also a question of perspective. 14 researchers of IRI THESys have been monitoring the situation in different countries for months. Their findings were presented publicly at a KOSMOS-Lecture on June 15, 2023.