Science Communication at JMU - Spotlight on Your Research

You are passionate about your research? Share it with the public and get it the attention it deserves!

The team at the JMU Press and Public Relations Office will be happy to show you how to strike the right balance between expertise and popularisation and to help you ensure that you deliver your message at the right time and through the right medium.

Get in touch with our Press and Public Relations team

How we can assist you

Support from our Editorial Team

We can help you get publicity for your research! We write press releases, help you respond to requests from the media and provide advice on communication strategies. In addition, we can put you in touch with service providers for graphic design, photography, translation etc.

Gunnar Bartsch, Martin Brandstätter, Robert Emmerich, Sebastian Hofmann and Lutz Ziegler
presse@uni-wuerzburg.de

Media Skills Training

We offer short coaching sessions that will equip you with the necessary skills to present yourself and your work in the best light in the media! And we can help you craft your research story and your central message. In addition, we will provide hands-on tips that will help you navigate interviews confidently and professionally. We will also be happy to take the time to provide more specific advice or accompany you to interviews.

Dr. Esther Knemeyer
esther.knemeyer@uni-wuerzburg.de

Formats for Science Communication

Science communication can take a wide range of formats from interactive exhibitions to Science Pubs. We will be happy to help you pick the one that is right for you and present your research in a way that will get the public excited about it.

Sebastian Hofmann
wisskomm@uni-wuerzburg.de

Social Media

Make your research visible on social media! We provide assistance with content creation and video production and can distribute your content through the JMU social media channels. Or you can get creative and take over our Instagram account!

Martin Brandstätter, Dominika Heublein-Behrens and Lutz Ziegler
socialmedia@uni-wuerzburg.de

Website

Let us help you get the most out of your JMU website! We can show you how to present your research in a manner that is clear and interesting to a non-specialist audience. And we can search engine optimise your pages to ensure that people find you online.

Konstanze Fürst and Alisa Hemmrich
onlineredaktion@uni-wuerzburg.de

Marketing

Let your research shine! We will be happy to provide advice about corporate design development, help you design print publications and position you in paid editorial pieces in major magazines (advertorials).

Stephanie Berchem
unimarketing@uni-wuerzburg.de

Hands-on tips for communicating with the media

Get publicity for your research! We have a booklet available that provides hands-on tips for getting started on better science communication and tells you everything you need to know about various communication formats. Whether you are new to science communication or looking to further enhance your SciComm skills, you will find this booklet to be a valuable resource.

Download Booklet "Mit den Medien kommunizieren" (PDF, 2.94 MB, German only)

New series of training courses on science communication

Learn how to communicate your research to people in a captivating and easy-to-understand manner: In 2024, we will be offering two courses, one of which has been designed specifically for early-career researchers.

From 2025 onwards, there will be four courses each year. All courses in the series will be taught by renowned communication professionals.

Scicomm-Support – help for researchers

Scicomm-Support provides free help and personalised advice to researchers who are being attacked for public statements they have made.

Visit the Scicomm-Support website for guidelines and strategies and to see what training courses they are offering. More information about Scicomm Support can be found in this article from our einBLICK online magazine (German only).

The Professorium networking event for researchers

The Professorium is a unique and exclusive event that gives JMU professors the opportunity to network across Faculties and Institutes in an informal setting, to exchange exciting ideas and to set up new research collaborations. Use this forum to connect with your colleagues!

The second Professorium took place on 31 October 2024.

The President's podcast - listen to the episode about science communication!

In this episode, JMU President Paul Pauli and Press Officer Esther Knemeyer speak about the importance that JMU attaches to science communication.

Give it a listen and find out what the University of Würzburg does to facilitate the transfer of knowledge to society and how it helps its researchers communicate their findings to the public. (This podcast is in German.)