Translating Scientific Content into a non-scientific Journal Article

How can scientific knowledge be communicated clearly, accurately, and engagingly to audiences beyond academia? This course introduces students and alumni to the principles and practice of journalistic writing, helping them transform complex scientific content into accessible stories for newspapers, magazines, online publications, and other public-facing media.

Students will learn how to identify relevant stories, develop a compelling narrative, adapt their language and structure to non-specialist audiences, and communicate scientific findings without compromising accuracy. The course provides an opportunity to move beyond traditional academic writing and explore how research can contribute to public debates on pressing social, environmental, political, and development-related issues.

Lecturer: Hans Dembowski, former editor in chief of the development magazine D+C / Development and Cooperation

D+C Development and Cooperation is an online platform with a monthly e-paper. It discusses international-development affairs and explores how they relate to other fields of policy-making, such as security, peace, trade, business and environmental protection. The platform is funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and published on behalf of ENGAGEMENT GLOBAL. The mission, however, is not to serve as a governmental mouthpiece, but to provide a credible forum for debate, involving government agencies, civil society, the private sector and academia at an international level.

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No ECTS can be gained in this course.

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