Course Type: Online-Workshop

Target Group: Doctoral researchers, postdoctoral researchers, professors

In cooperation with the staff unit Communications and Marketing.

Podcasts offer scientists a variety of opportunities to actively and creatively participate in public debates and present their research. Whether in a personal interview, a profound report or as a humorously moderated show: In podcasts, listeners also get to know the people behind the research papers.

How does a good idea develop into a viable podcast concept? What tools can you use to produce a podcast yourself? What rules should be observed during planning and implementation? And how do you edit a podcast?

The virtual seminar „Making Podcast“ offers an introduction to the world of science communication with podcasts. You will receive tips and tricks on how to use podcasts for your research topic and learn step by step through practical exercises how a podcast is created: from the concept to the production to the subsequent marketing.

The main topics of the seminar are:

- (Science) podcasts: What formats and trends are there?

- Conceptual planning and conception of your own podcast

- Writing for the ear: How are images created in the mind?

- Step by step to the first podcast audio clip

- Sound and technology: How do you create rich sound without a recording studio?

- Marketing: How does my podcast reach my listeners?

Technical information:

The seminar is implemented with the video conferencing software „Zoom“. If exercises are integrated into the seminar context, they will be carried out as Google Office solutions (e.g. google docs, sheets, slides or google forms). These applications are used within the framework of the GDPR-compliant corporate solution Google G-Suite. Participants do not need their own Google account for this. To participate in the interactive seminar, participants need a working microphone and camera on their PC/laptop. It is necessary that participants switch on the camera and microphone during the seminar.

Organisational information:

The virtual seminar will be held on three consecutive dates (15, 16, and 17 July 2024). Each session lasts 3.5 hours, including a short break. Please note: Participants will be expected to work on assignments between sessions.

Counting towards the Certificate "Leadership, Management, Science Communication and Knowledge Transfer" (Module III or IV, 16 AE).

Dr Christiane Attig holds a PhD in psychology and is currently a research associate at the University of Lübeck. Since 2018, she has developed and produced several podcasts dedicated to conveying knowledge of psychological findings and methods as well as making visible the life and career paths of women and non-binary individuals in science. She also conducts research on the personality and motivation of podcast producers and has used social media for science communication for several years.

Isabelle Rogge

Isabelle Rogge studied German philology and philosophy. Today she works as a journalist, moderator and creative director with a focus on science, environment and social justice. Since 2017, she produced numerous real image as well as animated videos for science communication. Since 2018, she developed and hosts the Audible Original Podcast ‚Planet A – Nur mal kurz die Welt retten‘. In 2020, the podcast was awarded the Bronze Online Communication Award in the ‚Science, Education and Culture Category‘.