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Adrian Rauchfleisch

Research Associate at the Department of Science, Crisis & Risk Communication at the Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research (IPMZ), University of Zurich

Associate researcher at CARISM, the Center of Analysis and Interdisciplinary Research on Media (University Panthéon-Assas, Paris), postdoc at the CREM, Research Centre on Mediations (University of Lorraine)

Alexander Sängerlaub

Researcher and journalist in Berlin, founder and chief editor of the utopian political magazine Kater Demos

Anabela Carvalho

Associate Professor at the Dep. of Communication Sciences, University of Minho, Portugal

Anne Schmitz

Master student in Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Hamburg

Bastian Kießling

Research assistant at the chair of Prof. Neverla in Hamburg, DFG-project “Public Discourses on Climate Change

Bienvenido León

Associate professor of science journalism and director of the Research Group on Science Communication at the University of Navarra (Spain)

Brigitte Nerlich

Professor of Science, Language and Society at the University of Nottingham

Christopher Pavenstädt

Christopher Pavenstädt is a PhD student and research assistant at the DFG-cluster CLICCS at the University of Hamburg. His interests include political discourse, climate change/sustainability and social movements. In his research, he focusses on the transformative role of future-related narratives at the interface between climate movements, science and political actors for German and US-climate politics

Clara Nack

Erasmus Mundus Master student of Journalism and Media within Globalisation at the University of Hamburg.

Elisabeth Eide

Professor of Journalism at HiOA (Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus), Oslo, writer and journalist

Ella Karnik Hinks

Studying her Masters in Integrated Climate System Sciences at the University of Hamburg

Feilidh O’Dwyer

Journalist working towards his MA in Journalism and Globalisation at the University of Hamburg

Felicitas Vach

Master student in Journalism and Communication at the University of Hamburg

Felix Schreyer

Master student in Integrated Climate Sciences at the University of Hamburg

Fenja De Silva-Schmidt

Fenja De Silva-Schmidt is coordinating the science communication project at the Hamburg Research Academy. Previously, she worked as a research assistant and received her PhD from the chair of Prof. Brüggemann in Hamburg. During Paris’ climate conference, she coordinated the “Down to Earth” study about the audience’s perceptions of news from the conference. Aside from her scientific activities, Fenja has been working as a freelance journalist. She tweets as @Fen_Ja.

Gesa Luedecke

Postdoc at the CIRES Center for Science and Technology Policy Research at the University of Colorado in Boulder

Hans von Storch

Director emeritus of the Institute of Coastal Research of the Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG), professor at the University of Hamburg and professor at the Ocean University of China (Qingdao)

Ines Lörcher

Research assistant at the chair of Prof. Brüggemann in Hamburg

James Painter

Director of the Journalism Fellowship Programme for the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University

Joana Kollert

Aspiring journalist currently pursuing a Masters in “Integrated Climate System Sciences” at the University of Hamburg’s climate cluster CliSAP and working as a student assistant in Prof. Brüggemann’s team. Before that, she studied Oceanography at the University of Southampton, UK.

Jonas Kaiser

Research Associate at Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, Fellow at Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society

Joost de Moor

PhD in political science at the University of Antwerp

Julia Mandil

Brazilian journalist and Erasmus Mundus MA student in Journalism and Media Across Cultures in Hamburg

Lars Günther

Professor at the Department of Communication Science and Media Studies at the Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich

Manuel Kreutle

Masters student in “Integrated Climate System Sciences” at the University of Hamburg’s climate cluster CliSAP, student assistant in Prof. Brüggemann’s team

Markus Rhomberg

Professor and chair of political communication at Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, Germany

Max Boykoff

Associate Professor in the Center for Science and Technology Policy, University of Colorado-Boulder

Rebecca Froese

Masters Student of “Integrated Climate System Sciences” at the University of Hamburg’s climate cluster CliSAP

Reiner Grundmann

Professor of Science and Technology Studies at the University of Nottingham (UK)

Sara Nofri

Researcher, an entrepreneurial linguist, a consultant, media analyst, family person and foodie

Shorouk Elkobros

Shorouk Elkobrosi is an internationally experienced cinematographer and documentary filmmaker. Her production house, Anthropotpourri, focuses on human communities and their connection to nature, wildlife, and the environment in a climate changed world.

Stefanie Walter

Post-Doc at the Chair of Communication Research, Climate and Science Communication of Prof. Brüggemann at the University of Hamburg

Susan Jörges

Student of the Master Journalism and Communication Studies at the University of Hamburg with a Bachelor in Social Sciences. As a student assistant, she is a member of Professor Brüggemann’s team and publishes articles for different media. She is interested in issues about sustainability, health and climate change

The Blog Team

Warren Pearce

Research Fellow on the University of Nottingham’s Making Science Public programme

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