Scientists seem to remain young at heart. Sometimes it even gives the impression that they retain their inner child – along with its playfulness and curiosity. But is that true? Ocean Stories Blog interview episode with physicist Manita Chouksey from project REEBUS and professor Ulf Riebesell from project CUSCO. Author und Host: Ann Kristin Montano […]
“Even though you want to try to, never grow up” J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan Peter Pan is the boy who never grows up. He lives on the island of Neverland with his “lost boys”. Every day he has adventures, surrounded by Indians, pirates, mermaids and fairies. He is dreamy, playful, curious. Sometimes he doesn’t like […]
If you work in science, you have to say goodbye to your private life – that’s at least least the stereotype. You’re constantly doing research and moving around for field experiments and congresses. This is true to a certain extent, but there is more to it than that. Interviews with various people reveal the facets […]
Work-life balance is the defining term of our time. Like no other, it expresses the fact that fulfilling work is important and does you good. But it’s just as good to find time for yourself, for your family and for friendships. That both have to be. Both are essential – as enough cases of bore-out […]
“I walk the line”. This famous song title by Johnny Cash describes best what science communication means for many scientists – a constant balancing act. Balancing between communicating in a personal way, but not revealing too many personal things. Between communicating understandably, maybe even for a broader public, but still remaining precise. I talked with […]
Since September 2020, I have been setting up science communication for the three ocean research projects REEBUS, CUSCO and EVAR, for example via the Social Media channels Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. I have noticed that science communication is not only a broad field, but also one that many scientists seem to shy away from entering. […]