About Us
The RespectScience Team…
… is an interdisciplinary team of young and prospective scientists who are committed to improving the scientific landscape in Germany
… works with science communicators, researchers, and journalists to bring attention to issues such as publication pressures and poor working conditions.
…has the long-term goal to initiate a change of the scientific system and a relief of the people working in science through education.
Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim
Dr. Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim, who holds a doctorate in chemistry and is a science journalist, has accompanied RespectScience from the very start. Through her active time in research, she knows […]
Oliver Ruf
Prof. Dr. Oliver Ruf is a specialst on the field of media cultural sciences and holds the research professorship “Aesthetics of Communication” at Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences. In 2021, […]
Ranga Yogeshwar
Ranga Yogeshwar is an experimental physicist and science journalist by training. He developed the science program Quarks for Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) and is known for his analyses of sociopolitical issues. […]
Under Pressure
First Campaign Welcome to the first RespectScience campaign “Under Pressure – False Incentives in the Science System”. The goal is to use theses to point out and educate about the […]
For an all encompassing reformation of the WissZeitVG
Nearly one year after the evaluation of the amendment of the Wissenschaftszeivertraggesetzes (WissZeitVG) and after a number of stakeholder meetings, the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forchung (BMBF) published its first […]
11th GEW Science Conference
On September 21, 2022, RespectScience e.V. presented its first and preliminary results of its survey on “Working Conditions in the Science System” at the 11th Science Conference of the German […]