{"id":2,"date":"2022-04-23T13:05:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T11:05:51","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-01-22T16:46:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T15:46:31","slug":"beispiel-seite","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iisc.at\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Start"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Science Communication?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><span>Viele Menschen in \u00d6sterreich stehen der Wissenschaft laut <\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/europa.eu\/eurobarometer\/surveys\/detail\/2237\">Eurobarometer<\/a> <\/span><span>, many people in Austria are sceptical about science. The work of the IISC aims to reduce this scepticism towards science. We want to help explain how we all benefit from science on a daily basis. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>Without exaggeration: this can save lives - keyword Corona.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><span>But scientists also benefit from comprehensible communication:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span>If you explain your research in a generally understandable way, it will also be better understood by colleagues from neighbouring scientific fields.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span>Science communication helps one's career as a scientist. More <\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/353203518_Correlation_between_Twitter_mentions_and_academic_citations_in_sexual_medicine_journals\">mentions on Social Media<\/a> <\/span><span>can lead to more citations in scientific literature.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span>Especially in basic research financed by public money, it might help if the funders also know what you are doing. In other words: Science communication that is understood by politicians can bring in money. And it is only fair to those who pay taxes to explain what you are actually doing.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span>Media presence also makes you stand out to those who award funding or interesting jobs. Increasingly, communication skills are also a hiring criterion for top jobs in science.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span>In an environment where pseudoscientific nonsense can spread like wildfire in a very short time, voices of reason need to be heard. And it does good when these voices are heard.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span>And it's fun. Try it out!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wozu Wissenschaftskommunikation? Viele Menschen in \u00d6sterreich stehen der Wissenschaft laut Eurobarometer skeptisch gegen\u00fcber. Die Arbeit des IISC zielt darauf ab, diese Wissenschaftsskepsis zu reduzieren. Wir wollen mithelfen zu erkl\u00e4ren, wie wir alle tagt\u00e4glich von der Wissenschaft profitieren. Ohne \u00dcbertreibung: Das kann Leben retten \u2013 Stichwort Corona. Aber von verst\u00e4ndlicher Kommunikation [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":101,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisc.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisc.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisc.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisc.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisc.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisc.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":451,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisc.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iisc.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iisc.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}