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 of political decision-makers on research, we ultimately decided to reflect upon the problems we as students face in contributing to science. In our discussions with professors and highly engaged students we noticed a great potential to bring these people together to create valuable research.

You can read more about our new goal and project idea here.