Science Communication & Science Studies

Sociology of Science Communication:
Conceptual – Empirical –
Reflexive

Our research focuses on communication dynamics between science and society. We analyse how scientific knowledge is produced in inter- and transdisciplinary contexts, how it is communicated to the public, and what role it plays in contexts of application such as museum communication, activism and scientific policy advice. A current focus is on the emotional dimension of science communication in museums. We are particularly interested in how museums can address sustainability issues and nature conservation. We also investigate how people in various museum professions perceive their own roles and how museums can be developed in a participatory manner.

Cooperation

We have inter- and transdisciplinary collaborations with the other centres at the LIB and with partners from politics, media and agriculture. The Professorship of Sociology, science communication and museum development, acts as a bridge between the LIB and the University of Hamburg and is involved as principal investigator in the “Climate Emotions” research project and theme lead for “Social Dynamics” in the DFG Cluster of Excellence “Climate, Climate Change and Society” (CLICCS). The team is active in the Leibniz Network “Evidence-Based Science Communication”, the Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) network, and in national and international professional associations.

Prof Dr Simone Rödder

Head of Centre for Knowledge Exchange
Head of Science Communication & Science Studies Hamburg

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

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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
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
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

2025

2025/11
Ibrahim, Y., Rödder, S.
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Repräsentative Organisationen: Stellvertretungsansprüche am Beispiel wissenschaftlicher Expertise
Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 4, 54
2025/10
Rödder, S., Winkler, L., Reif, A.
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Emotionen in der Wissenschaftskommunikation
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

2023/05
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
2023/03
Hinks, E.K., Rödder, S.
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The role of scientific knowledge in Extinction Rebellion's communication of climate futures
Frontiers in Communication, 8
2023/02
Engels, A., Marotzke, J., Gresse, E., López-Rivera, A., Pagnone, A., Wilkens, J., Rödder, S.
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Hamburg Climate Futures Outlook: The plausibility of a 1.5°C limit to global warming - social drivers and physical processes

2022

2022/12
Hidalgo, C., Ramírez‐i‐Ollé, M., Mazel-Cabasse, C., Landström, C., Rödder, S.
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Más allá de las expectativas de rol: 'Devenires' en la investigación interdisciplinaria sobre el cambio global, el clima y el ambiente
Redes Revista de Estudios Sociales de la Ciencia y la Tecnología, 54, 28
2022/09
Rödder, S., Schaumann, F.
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“It’s something that I do every day.” Exploring interdisciplinarity and stakeholder engagement in tsunami science
Frontiers in Earth Science, 10
2022/08
Rödder, S., Pavenstädt, C.N.
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‘Unite behind the Science!’ Climate movements’ use of scientific evidence in narratives on socio-ecological futures
Science and Public Policy, 1, 50
2022/06
Ibrahim, Y., Rödder, S.
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Schlüsselwerke der sozialwissenschaftlichen Klimaforschung
2022/06
Ibrahim, Y., Rödder, S.
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Staff

Prof Dr Simone Rödder
zwt Science Communication & Science Studies Hamburg Scientist
Phone: +49 40 238317 635
E-mail: s.roedder@leibniz-lib.de
Linda Winkler
zwt Science Communication & Science Studies Hamburg Doctoral candidate
Phone: +49 40 238317 637
E-mail: l.winkler@leibniz-lib.de

Science Communication & Science Studies, Hamburg

Sociology of Science Communication:
Conceptual – Empirical –
Reflexive

Cooperation

Contact person

Prof Dr Simone Rödder

Publications

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Staff

Prof Dr Simone Rödder

Linda Winkler

Sociology of Science Communication:Conceptual – Empirical –Reflexive

Cooperation

Contact person

Prof Dr Simone Rödder

Publications

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2026/09

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Staff

Prof Dr Simone Rödder

Linda Winkler

Sociology of Science Communication:
Conceptual – Empirical –
Reflexive