Research thrives on exchange. Therefore, we were pleased to be part of the networking event hosted by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in June 2023.
The ministry had invited the people in charge of various research projects to Bonn. This included those responsible for project MIRKKOMM, in which mecom is involved as a practice partner, together with the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) and several universities. The project investigates the risk and crisis communication of governments, authorities and health protection organisations during the corona pandemic. Our colleague Michaela Weber represented our MIRKKOMM team on site in Bonn.
The main focus of the BMBF event was networking with the leaders of other projects. Topics of exchange included (risk) communication with the public, the population as an affected party and actor, the transformation caused by the corona pandemic as well as multi-level politics and governance. Other subjects of debate were social media and cross-sectional issues such as interdisciplinary cooperation.
In addition, the effectiveness of the projects and possible cooperations were discussed, so that even more profitable synergies can be created between the projects in the future.
In the photo (from the left): Dr. Annett Schulze (BfR), Katrin Schleicher (TU Ilmenau), Prof. Dr. Martin Löffelholz (TU Ilmenau), Bettina Boy (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie KIT), Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Bucher (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie KIT), Fabian Brand (BfR), Alena Biegert (Bfr), Michaela Weber (mecom).
