In times of multiple crises, science communication is under pressure: it is supposed to provide guidance, yet at the same time it itself becomes the subject of mistrust. This is precisely where Astrid Séville, political scientist and speaker at the Vienna Lecture on Science Communication 2026, comes in.

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On the eve of the ball, on Friday, 24 January 2025, Maja Göpel gave the Vienna Lecture on Science Communication in the festive hall of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. The introduction and welcome was given by Univ.-Prof. Matthias Karmasin, representing ÖAW President Heinz Fassmann. Göpel’s well-founded and animated appeal for greater involvement of science in public discourse was enthusiastically received by the audience. Continue reading Vienna Lecture with Maja Göpel →