zwt - LIB

We humans are part of nature. However, our connection to animals and plants is fading to the same extent that our knowledge of fauna, flora and the connections between all life on our planet is dwindling. The LIB wants to break this downward spiral. At the Centre for Knowledge Exchange (zwt ), we want to inspire our visitors with exhibitions, events and educational programmes about the diversity of species and habitats and promote a comprehensive understanding and commitment to a sustainable future.

Inspiring enthusiasm for nature

At the Museum Koenig Bonn and Museum der Natur Hamburg as well as on excursions, we offer everyone the opportunity to feel part of nature, to discuss its use with our researchers and to reflect on our resource-intensive consumer behaviour.

Links to everyday life

We aim to make the potential and significance of science transparent to everyone, and to demonstrate why and how we study biodiversity and the changes it undergoes, and how we can protect it. In doing so, we address current issues affecting everyday life and, drawing on our research analyses, take into account the expectations and behaviour of our museum visitors.

Knowledge transfer at the LIB

Like the other research museums in the Leibniz Association, the LIB is a key centre for the dissemination of knowledge. Its programmes and activities focus on biodiversity, how it is changing, and its relevance to our society. Through our educational and outreach programmes, we aim to raise awareness of the environmental challenges facing our planet in collaboration with schools, universities and other educational institutions.

Research-Informed Museum Development

We conduct research on the dynamics of science communication in order to further develop our museums based on evidence. In doing so, we collaborate in an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary manner with the other LIB centres and with partners from the fields of politics, media, and agriculture. We reflect on our role in societal transformation processes and work together to shape our self-image as actors in science communication.

Departments

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Bonn
Centre for Knowledge Exchange (zwt)
Visitor and Educational Research
Bonn
Hamburg
Centre for Knowledge Exchange (zwt)
Research into Science and Science Communication
Hamburg
Hamburg
Centre for Knowledge Exchange (zwt)
Biocultural Collection
Hamburg

Prof. Dr. Simone Rödder

Head of Centre for Knowledge Exchange
Head of Science Communication Research Hamburg

Phone: +49 40 238317 635
E-Mail: s.roedder@leibniz-lib.de

Stefanie Schallhorn

Centre assistance

Phone: +49 40 238317 720
E-Mail: s.schallhorn@leibniz-lib.de

Employees Student Research Assistants

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2026

2026/09
Theiler, L., Rödder, S.
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Communicating wicked sustainability problems in a natural history museum – communication models, dilemmas, and societal transformation
Frontiers in Communication, 11
2026/09
Rödder, S.
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Disziplinen und Interdisziplinarität Wissenschaft und der Wissenschaftsforschung
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2026/08
Braun, M., Ibrahim, Y., Rödder, S.
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Theorizing reputation: the case of science as a social world
Distinktion Journal of Social Theory
2026/07
Rödder, S.
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Medialisation of science
2026/07
Rödder, S., Youssef, I., Oltersdorf, A.
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Wissenstransfer als Wicked Problem - eine Analyse am Fall Corona (WISDOM)
2026/07
Schwan, S., Bahnsen, S., Eschenfelder, C., Garsoffky, B., Gerjets, P., Gorman, M., Hampp, C., Kampschulte, L., Köller, O., Kuchler, C., Land‐Zandstra, A.M., Moser, S., Moussouri, T., Pierroux, P., Sichau, C., Specht, I., Storksdieck, M., Xanthoudaki, M., Lewalter, D.
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Similar or Different? Configurations of Authenticity Across Museum Types
Curator: The Museum Journal
2026/07
Rödder, S., Weingart, P.
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Science communication as a wicked problem: Revisiting the paradigms of deficits
Public Understanding of Science
2026/03
Waskow, K., Nöske, N., Miesen, F.W., Stehr, K., Busch, A., Schneider, T., Griesang, N., Hense, J., Weller, M.
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FörTax and the Future of Biodiversity Literacy: Insights and Impacts of Species Knowlegde Training and Networks
2026/03
Nöske, N., Waskow, K.
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Communicating Biodiversity through Participatory Monitoring combined with Education and Stakeholder Engagement– Best Practices from a Natural History Museum
2026/03
Van Lill, M., Joubert, M., Botes, M., Mede, N.G., Guenther, L., Rödder, S., Cologna, V.
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Honesty, transparency, and rigour: A study of public trust in scientists in South Africa
South African Journal of Science, 3/4, 122
2026/01
Brito, J., Vargas, R., Tinoco, N., García, R., Carrión-Olmedo, J.C., Koch, C., Wistuba, R., Nivelo-Villavicencio, C., Pardiñas, U.F.J.
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Mountains of diversity: a systematic revision of the Andean rodent genus Oreoryzomys (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)
PeerJ, 14

2025

2025/11
Ibrahim, Y., Rödder, S.
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Repräsentative Organisationen: Stellvertretungsansprüche am Beispiel wissenschaftlicher Expertise
Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 4, 54
2025/11
Specht, I.
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On your marks, get set, go: Research on an educational escape game
2025/10
Rödder, S., Winkler, L., Reif, A.
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Emotionen in der Wissenschaftskommunikation
2025/05
Specht, I.
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Building theory on person-led guided tours for adults: A study of German museum guides
2025/01
Cologna, V., Mede, N.G., Berger, S., Besley, J., Brick, C., Joubert, M., Maibach, E.W., Mihelj, S., Oreskes, N., Schäfer, M.S., van der Linden, S., Abdul Aziz, N.I., Abdulsalam, S., Shamsi, N.A., Aczel, B., Adinugroho, I., Alabrese, E., Aldoh, A., Alfano, M., Ali, I.M., Alsobay, M., Altenmüller, M., Alvarez, R.M., Amoako, R., Amollo, T., Ansah, P., Apriliawati, D., Azevedo, F., Bajrami, A., Bardhan, R., Bati, K., Bertsou, E., Betsch, C., Bhatiya, A.Y., Bhui, R., Białobrzeska, O., Bilewicz, M., Bouguettaya, A., Breeden, K., Bret, A., Buchel, O., Cabrera-Álvarez, P., Cagnoli, F., Calero Valdez, A., Callaghan, T., Cases, R.K., Çoksan, S., Czarnek, G., De Peuter, S., Debnath, R., Delouvée, S., Di Stefano, L., Díaz-Catalán, C., Doell, K.C., Dohle, S., Douglas, K.M., Dries, C., Dubrov, D., Dzimińska, M., Ecker, U.K.H., Elbaek, C.T., Elsherif, M., Enke, B., Etienne, T.W., Facciani, M., Fage-Butler, A., Faisal, Md.Z., Fan, X., Farhart, C., Feldhaus, C., Ferreira, M., Feuerriegel, S., Fischer, H., Freundt, J., Friese, M., Fuglsang, S., Gallyamova, A., Garrido-Vásquez, P., Garrido Vásquez, M.E., Gatua, W., Genschow, O., Ghasemi, O., Gkinopoulos, T., Gloor, J.L., Goddard, E., Gollwitzer, M., González-Brambila, C., Gordon, H., Grigoryev, D., Grimshaw, G.M., Guenther, L., Haarstad, H., Harari, D., Hawkins, L.N., Hensel, P., Hernández-Mondragón, A.C., Herziger, A., Huang, G., Huff, M., Hurley, M., Ibadildin, N., Ishibashi, M., Islam, M.T., Jeddi, Y., Jin, T., Jones, C.A., Jungkunz, S., Jurgiel, D., Kabdulkair, Z., Kao, J., Kavassalis, S., Kerr, J.R., Kitsa, M., Klabíková Rábová, T., Klein, O., Koh, H., Koivula, A., Kojan, L., Komyaginskaya, E., König, L., Koppel, L., Koren Nobre Cavalcante, K., Kosachenko, A., Kotcher, J., Kranz, L.S., Krishnan, P., Kristiansen, S., Krouwel, A., Kuppens, T., Kyza, E.A., Lamm, C., Lantian, A., Lazić, A., Lecuona, O., Légal, J., Leviston, Z., Levy, N., Lindkvist, A.M., Lits, G., Löschel, A., López Ortega, A., Lopez-Villavicencio, C., Lou, N.M., Lucas, C.H., Lunz-Trujillo, K., Marques, M.D., Mayer, S.J., McKay, R., Mercier, H., Metag, J., Milfont, T.L., Miller, J.M., Mitkidis, P., Monge-Rodríguez, F., Motta, M., Mudra, I., Muršič, Z., Namutebi, J., Newman, E.J., Nitschke, J.P., Ntui, N.V., Nwogwugwu, D., Ostermann, T., Otterbring, T., Palmer-Hague, J., Pantazi, M., Pärnamets, P., Parra Saiani, P., Paruzel-Czachura, M., Parzuchowski, M., Pavlov, Y.G., Pearson, A.R., Penner, M.A., Pennington, C.R., Petkanopoulou, K., Petrović, M.B., Pfänder, J., Pisareva, D., Ploszaj, A., Poliaková, K., Pronizius, E., Pypno-Blajda, K., Quiñones, D.M.A., Räsänen, P., Rauchfleisch, A., Rebitschek, F.G., Refojo Seronero, C., Rêgo, G., Reynolds, J.P., Roche, J., Rödder, S., Röer, J.P., Ross, R.M., Ruin, I., Santos, O., Santos, R.R., Schmid, P., Schulreich, S., Scoggins, B., Sharaf, A., Sheria Nfundiko, J., Shuckburgh, E., Six, J., Solak, N., Späth, L., Spruyt, B., Standaert, O., Stanley, S.K., Storms, G., Strahm, N., Syropoulos, S., Szaszi, B., Szumowska, E., Tanaka, M., Teran-Escobar, C., Todorova, B., Toko, A.K., Tokrri, R., Toribio-Florez, D., Tsakiris, M., Tyrala, M., Uluğ, Ö.M., Uzoma, I.C., van Noord, J., Varda, C., Verheyen, S., Vilares, I., Vlasceanu, M., von Bubnoff, A., Walker, I., Warwas, I., Weber, M., Weninger, T., Westfal, M., Wintterlin, F., Wojcik, A.D., Xia, Z., Xie, J., Zegler-Poleska, E., Zenklusen, A., Zwaan, R.A.
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Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries
Nature Human Behaviour, 4, 9
2025/01
Mede, N.G., Cologna, V., Berger, S., Besley, J., Brick, C., Joubert, M., Maibach, E.W., Mihelj, S., Oreskes, N., Schäfer, M.S., van der Linden, S., Abdul Aziz, N.I., Abdulsalam, S., Shamsi, N.A., Aczel, B., Adinugroho, I., Alabrese, E., Aldoh, A., Alfano, M., Ali, I.M., Alsobay, M., Altenmüller, M., Alvarez, R.M., Amoako, R., Amollo, T., Ansah, P., Apriliawati, D., Azevedo, F., Bajrami, A., Bardhan, R., Bati, K., Bertsou, E., Betsch, C., Bhatiya, A.Y., Bhui, R., Białobrzeska, O., Bilewicz, M., Bouguettaya, A., Breeden, K., Bret, A., Buchel, O., Cabrera-Álvarez, P., Cagnoli, F., Valdez, A.C., Callaghan, T., Cases, R.K., Çoksan, S., Czarnek, G., De Peuter, S., Debnath, R., Delouvée, S., Di Stefano, L., Díaz-Catalán, C., Doell, K.C., Dohle, S., Douglas, K.M., Dries, C., Dubrov, D., Dzimińska, M., Ecker, U.K.H., Elbaek, C.T., Elsherif, M., Enke, B., Etienne, T.W., Facciani, M., Fage-Butler, A., Faisal, Md.Z., Fan, X., Farhart, C., Feldhaus, C., Ferreira, M., Feuerriegel, S., Fischer, H., Freundt, J., Friese, M., Fuglsang, S., Gallyamova, A., Garrido-Vásquez, P., Garrido Vásquez, M.E., Gatua, W., Genschow, O., Ghasemi, O., Gkinopoulos, T., Gloor, J.L., Goddard, E., Gollwitzer, M., González-Brambila, C., Gordon, H., Grigoryev, D., Grimshaw, G.M., Guenther, L., Haarstad, H., Harari, D., Hawkins, L.N., Hensel, P., Hernández-Mondragón, A.C., Herziger, A., Huang, G., Huff, M., Hurley, M., Ibadildin, N., Ishibashi, M., Islam, M.T., Jeddi, Y., Jin, T., Jones, C.A., Jungkunz, S., Jurgiel, D., Kabdulkair, Z., Kao, J., Kavassalis, S., Kerr, J.R., Kitsa, M., Klabíková Rábová, T., Klein, O., Koh, H., Koivula, A., Kojan, L., Komyaginskaya, E., König, L., Koppel, L., Cavalcante, K.K.N., Kosachenko, A., Kotcher, J., Kranz, L.S., Krishnan, P., Kristiansen, S., Krouwel, A., Kuppens, T., Kyza, E.A., Lamm, C., Lantian, A., Lazić, A., Lecuona, O., Légal, J., Leviston, Z., Levy, N., Lindkvist, A.M., Lits, G., Löschel, A., López-Ortega, A., Lopez-Villavicencio, C., Lou, N.M., Lucas, C.H., Lunz-Trujillo, K., Marques, M.D., Mayer, S.J., McKay, R., Mercier, H., Metag, J., Milfont, T.L., Miller, J.M., Mitkidis, P., Monge-Rodríguez, F., Motta, M., Mudra, I., Muršič, Z., Namutebi, J., Newman, E.J., Nitschke, J.P., Ntui, N.V., Nwogwugwu, D., Ostermann, T., Otterbring, T., Palmer-Hague, J., Pantazi, M., Pärnamets, P., Parra Saiani, P., Paruzel-Czachura, M., Parzuchowski, M., Pavlov, Y.G., Pearson, A.R., Penner, M.A., Pennington, C.R., Petkanopoulou, K., Petrović, M.M., Pfänder, J., Pisareva, D., Ploszaj, A., Poliaková, K., Pronizius, E., Pypno-Blajda, K., Quiñones, D.M.A., Räsänen, P., Rauchfleisch, A., Rebitschek, F.G., Refojo Seronero, C., Rêgo, G., Reynolds, J.P., Roche, J., Rödder, S., Röer, J.P., Ross, R.M., Ruin, I., Santos, O., Santos, R.R., Schmid, P., Schulreich, S., Scoggins, B., Sharaf, A., Sheria Nfundiko, J., Shuckburgh, E., Six, J., Solak, N., Späth, L., Spruyt, B., Standaert, O., Stanley, S.K., Storms, G., Strahm, N., Syropoulos, S., Szaszi, B., Szumowska, E., Tanaka, M., Teran-Escobar, C., Todorova, B., Toko, A.K., Tokrri, R., Toribio-Florez, D., Tsakiris, M., Tyrala, M., Uluğ, Ö.M., Uzoma, I.C., van Noord, J., Varda, C., Verheyen, S., Vilares, I., Vlasceanu, M., von Bubnoff, A., Walker, I., Warwas, I., Weber, M., Weninger, T., Westfal, M., Wintterlin, F., Wojcik, A.D., Xia, Z., Xie, J., Zegler-Poleska, E., Zenklusen, A., Zwaan, R.A.
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Perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries – the TISP dataset
Scientific data, 1, 12
2025/01
Rödder, S., Guenther, L., Joubert, M.
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“They never appear on TV and if they have, I might have missed that moment.” How publics in South Africa and Germany view visible scientists
PloS one, 1, 20

2024

2024/11
Rödder, S., Braun, M.
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Academic Air Travel: Debates, Tensions and the Need for a Sociology of Science Perspective
Sociology Compass, 11, 18
2024/09
Pavenstädt, C.N., Rödder, S.
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Between evidence first and political fight – understanding dynamics of (de-)politicization in US climate movements’ future narratives
Environmental Politics, 6, 33
2024/09
Rödder, S., Braun, M., Karnik Hinks, E., Pavenstädt, C.N.
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The dramaturgical infrastructure of counter-summitry – ethnographic insights from the Glasgow climate conference
Social movement studies
2024/07
Aykut, S.C., Rödder, S., Braun, M.
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Collaborative Ethnography of Global Environmental Governance
2024/02
Guenther, L., Ibrahim, Y., Lüdemann, J., O’Brian, C.I., Pavenstädt, C.N., Sievert, I.J., Brüggemann, M., Rödder, S., Schnegg, M.
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Social Constructions of Climate Futures: Reframing Science’s Harmful Impact Frame Across News Media, Social Movements, and Local Communities
Environmental Communication, 3, 18

2023

2023/10
Specht, I., Bonnes, J.
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Museumsführungen und ihr Beitrag zu sozialer Interaktion und positiven Erfahrungen im Museum aus Sicht der Vermittelnden
Standbein Spielbein – Museumspädagogik aktuell
2023/05
Ibrahim, Y., Rödder, S., Schnegg, M.
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World organisations, world events and world objects: how science, politics, and the mass media co-produce climate futures
Globalizations, 1, 21

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