FROM KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION TO SCIENCE-SOCIETY DIALOGUE
Our Public Engagement Trainings enable researchers from all disciplines to interact with citizens and stakeholders. The acquired skills and tools will qualify researchers for careers inside and outside academic, inspire new collaborations or interdisciplinary research topics and enhance the success rates in the acquisition of funding.
Potential content of the trainings
- Trends and developments in science-society dialogues
- Benefit, challenges, barriers and goals of public communication of your research project
- Public Engagement as a Key to Funding: Impact-oriented proposal development focusing on dissemination, co-creation and Stakeholder-Engagement
- Relationship Management with Stakeholders from economy, politics and society
- Formats, best practice, tipps and tools of Public Engagement
Our offer
Concept and facilitation of individually designed science communication and public engagement trainings for higher education institutes in Germany and Europe
Hands-on interactive trainings combining theory with creative methods like gamestorming, LEGO Serious Play, role play or creating possible futures. Co-creative formats like open spaces or makerthons are possible as well.
Each training is designed individually in line with the situation and needs of the particular institution as well as the target group
All trainings can be conducted online or on-site. They can be held in German or English. The duration of the trainings can vary from two hours up to two days.
Most of our trainings gather 15-30 participants. Depending on the number we conduct the training with 1-3 facilitators.
Are you looking for trainings on Public Engagement for researchers? We create individual offers and concepts on request.
Do not hesitate to contact us!
Latest references
Update from our Public Engagement Trainings
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Turbulant start of 2022 and new team composition!
2022 got off to a turbulent start for us - in a positive sense with two large, very exciting EU funding applications - the European Universities Initiative "COLOURS" and the European SciComm Center. In addition, [...]
2021 in review
Seldomly a year was so composed of challenges as well as new possibilities! While the corona pandemic continues to turn our life inside-out we have been experiencing that the crisis opens new perspectives with regard [...]
Examples for Trainings
For more information, please click on the particular title of the training.
- From Deficit to Dialogue_Introduction to Public Engagement
- Public Engagement as a Door-Opener to Funding-Introduction to Impact-Oriented Proposal Writing
- Science in the City-From Co-Existence to Co-Creation
- Crossing Borders, Transcending Boundaries- Introduction to Engaged Research, Transfer and Stakeholder Engagement
Combinations of these examples are possible – we are happy to create an individually matched training program for your institution! Depending on the topic and the objectives of the workshop we collaborate with external experts – you will find more information on our training team below.
Training Team
International Public Engagement experts
Our training team can be complemented of internationally-experienced public engagement experts. They are part of a worldwide community of public engagement professionals and communicate the newest insights and methods by using innovative training formats.