No. 113/2021

SCHWERPUNKT again and again until I’d figured it out.” For his posts, he adopted a different style and made YouTube videos together with a science journalist. And, in no time, he received a message from his sister in Brazil: “Wow, I’ve understood it at last,” she told him. “I never really knew exactly what you were working on!” That is the sort of response many researchers would like to receive to their communications. They want to show what goes on behind lab doors and make clear how science really works – and why it doesn’t always have an answer to everything. ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE-PROCESS IN REAL TIME The Covid-19 pandemic has taught us a lot, according to the President of the Humboldt Foundation, Hans-Christian Pape: “The public have witnessed the process of acquiring scientific knowledge in real time with all its provisionalities 90 52 41 37 33 FIGURE 4 About what do you communicate publicly?* about my own research about the research of others in my field about the methods, processes and values of science and research about the general importance of science and research in society about the societal impact of my research * This question was only put to respondents with experience in science communication. Multiple answers possible. (n = 4,557) FOCUS 18 HUMBOLDT KOSMOS 113/2021