Research Center for Science Communication (RCS)
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The Research Center for Science Communication (RCS) emerged from the Rhetoric Department of Tübingen University, is headed by Prof. Dr. Olaf Kramer and coordinates both science communication research and the science communication training program at the University of Tübingen. The center
- initiates research and practical projects
- conducts research and practical projects
- supports research and practical projects in applying for third-party funding
- bundles the University of Tübingen's training courses in science communication
- offers and (further) develops interdisciplinary teaching formats to build skills in the field of science communication
- organizes encounters and exchanges of interdisciplinary expertise
- promotes initiatives in the area of public engagement
- provides infrastructures for the promotion of early career researchers
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The research center pursues four goals:
1. the rhetorical and interdisciplinary scientific grounding of science communication,
2. to increase the range, variety of formats and quality of science communication,
3. to enable effective science communication under different situational and media conditions,
4. to establish the University of Tübingen as a nationally and internationally visible location for science communication research.
