In these times of change and major challenges, communicating openly about science is more important than ever. But how does science communication become a fully-fledged part of academic work? That remains a challenge. Also at UT. During the interactive performance SCIENCE COMMUNICATION: Rewarded! on 25 January in the Vrijhof, we would therefore like to challenge you to discuss the possibilities and dilemmas relating to recognitising and rewarding science communication at our university on the basis of recognisable situations. We warmly invite you to join in and contribute to concrete suggestions to take action.
The performance was developed by Frank Kupper/Mens in de Maak in collaboration with the Science Communication by Scientists programme: Rewarded!’ (under the auspices of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, implemented by the Academy). Researchers from the Athena Institute / VU Amsterdam (led by Frank Kupper) investigated within this programme how science communication can be made a fully-fledged part of scientific practice (link). At the end of the performance, you as a researcher will have a better understanding of the position of science communication at your university and will have gained ideas on how to promote the embedding of science communication.
