This blog series provides a step-by-step overview of the Wi4impact research project, which examines the knowledge transfer impact of science blogs and podcasts at German higher education and non-university research institutions. The first blog post presents a brief theoretical introduction to our research topic. The term knowledge transfer is by …
Vor dem Hintergrund der russischen Invasion der Ukraine und der durch sie verursachten Fluchtbewegung hat GESIS in der zweiten Aprilhälfte 2022 eine Web-Befragung ukrainischer Flüchtlinge in Deutschland und Polen durchgeführt. Die Rekrutierung der Befragten erfolgte durch Werbeanzeigen auf Facebook und Instagram. Against the backdrop of the Russian invasion of Ukraine …
The governing form known as democracy translates literally as ‘the rule of the people.’ It has existed in its earliest form for over 2,500 years. In Western countries, it is now generally uncontroversial that democracy is the most advanced and best form of government – this is traditionally celebrated on …
The German Federal Election of 2021 will be the most digitalized ever: In times of Covid-19, a younger electorate and omnipresence of user generated content, social media has become an important tool and arena for politics. While collecting data from Twitter’s Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) is simple, it is difficult …
The Covid-19 pandemic has thrust scientists and science explainers into the public eye. Although we may think of their presence in the media as something new, popularization has in fact been part of science since there has been science. Today’s scientists who go on talk shows, record podcasts, or fight …
The United Nations declared September 21st “International Day of Peace.” This year the specified topic is “Shaping Peace Together,” and it is concerned with the united fight against Covid-19. To look at what Germany does to fight this battle, we draw upon the data of a special survey on the …