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Finally, after 4 months of project work, we decided that the time for a real group meeting had come – the first one besides the Kick-off weekend. We met at our “local branch” in Zürich, where we first did some team-finding on extremely foggy ski slopes and then two days of work and discussions about our aims, goals and the group dynamics. To sum up the outcome: We will deepen our analysis of the… [read more]

As part of the call “Multimodal Science Communication”, our team has chosen to explore the roadblocks in realizing meaningful research. At first we had focused on the interactions between science and the economy and primarily on how research is funded. After exploring diverse ideas such as crowdfunding platforms for universities, the modified lottery method of distributing grants and the influence… [read more]

We interviewed 10 people, diverse in age and education, about our identified challenges to get a first feeling about the importance of our identified challenges Interview structure General question about the perception of challenges between science and society Open questions in order to explore new insights from the interviewee Specific questions and ranking of the initial… [read more]

Cooked delicious cheesy bites, roquette-salmon wraps and flummery with cream and raspberrys. We had an initial discussion about science to society challenges with Matthias Lehner. [read more]

We are now eliminating the last problems and implementing further enhancements. At the same time, we are planning the beta test and working on the final report. [read more]

We are currently planning two case studies to further examine how we want to design the breaks. We are hoping that we can visit ETH Zürich, where there is a break after 45 minutes of lecture. Furthermore, we would like to go to a university that offers a "Pausenexpress". The "Pausenexpress", if booked by the professor, visits lectures for a short active break after 45 minutes. We would like to… [read more]

Currently, our team is in the phase of gaining sufficient knowledge to be able to apply it in the project effectively. At the same time, we have plans of talking to our supervisor via Skype and Professor Müller as our project should also be implemented for one of his lectures. While our team name has changed, our mascot (a unicorn) still is called Drölf. [read more]

Tomorrow on Thursday 21 March, the team Africast will meet a delegation from the KNUST university in Ghana. The visit of the delegation is part of the TUM Africa strategy. [read more]