Team Science Communication

The Science Communication Team bridges the gap between research at the HBI and the society for which this research is conducted. It makes scientific findings visible and accessible, brings them into public debates, and creates spaces for exchange between academia, the media, politics, the professional community, and the general public.

The team adapts research topics and findings for different target audiences and formats and supports the institute’s researchers in communicating their work. It is responsible for the HBI’s press and public relations work, as well as for communication via the institute’s website and social media channels.

The team’s responsibilities include providing editorial support for the journal “Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft” and the HBI’s publication series “Working Papers”, as well as conceptualizing and organizing public events such as the Lunch Talks, the Media Lectures, and the Hamburg Media Symposium. With our podcast BredowCast and the Media Research Blog, the team offers additional formats in which research topics are addressed, contextualized, and made accessible to different target audiences.

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Last update: 24.09.2026

Blog Articles, News, Projects, Publications, Podcast Episodes

Der Schiftsteller Siegfried Lenz vor Hafenkulisse
Three-Volume Annotated Edition

Broadcasting Pieces by Siegfried Lenz

Hans-Ulrich Wagner spent five years researching in archives and now presents in three volumes everything the famous author Siegfried Lenz wrote for radio, mostly for NDR, between the 1950s and 1970s.

Das Logo der Leibniz-Geschmeinschaft zeigt die geschungene Unterschrift von Namensgeber Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Regular Evaluation after 7 Years

Funding for the HBI Continues

The joint funding of the Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI) by the federal government and the Länder is to be continued. This was recommended to the federal government and the Länder by the Senate of the Leibniz Association on 26 November 2020.

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Millions in Funding for Media Research

HBI Receives Extensive Funding from Federal And State Governments

The HBI will receive additional funding of 10.3 million euros for the funding period 2026 to 2029. In addition, the institute's basic budget will be permanently increased by 3.3 million euros from 2030. This was decided by the Joint Science Conference (GWK) in Cologne on November 22.

Available in the ARD Media Library

Michael Reiss at the ARD Youth Media Day

In the SWR live session “Fühl ich! Nachrichten & du” [Feeling it! News & You] as part of the ARD Youth Media Day, Michael Reiss talked about current trends in news consumption, particularly news avoidance. The stream is available in the ARD media library (in German) until the 13th of November, 2029.

Successfull Defence of Dissertation

Congratulations, Christian Ollig!

Christian Ollig has successfully defended his dissertation on the topic “European Platform Constitutions - The Constitutionalization of Digital Communication Spaces through Art. 14 Para. 4 Digital Services Act”. Congratulations!

Cover des Podcasts "Freiheit" mit den Porträts der drei interviewten Professorinnen
Podcast of the Science Year 2024

On the Future of Freedom

In the podcast FREIHEIT, Judith Möller and other experts discuss the following questions: What hurdles will challenge our freedom in the future? How will our ideas of freedom change in view of the internet, artificial intelligence or the economic and power-political strengthening of autocratic states?

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Available Open Access

Options for Increasing the Security for Children in the Digital Space

Children and young people are exposed to considerable security risks in online worlds. The SIKID compass shows options for action to interlink actors and measures in the protection of minors in the media, based on the results of the project “Security for Children in the Digital World” (SIKID).

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SIKID Compass Published

How Can We Make the Digital World a Safer Place for Children?

On the International Day of Children's Rights on 20 November, the joint project Security for Children in the Digital World (SIKID) is publishing a compass. This offers specific fields of action and options for strengthening the security of children in the digital space.

Keno C. Potthast und Wolfgang Schulz vor einer Bücherwand
Congratulations

Congratulations to Dr. Keno C. Potthast!

Keno C. Potthast has successfully defended his dissertation on ‘The Law of Party Political Communication. Constitutional Guidelines for the Technical-Distributive Dimension of Political Parties’ Communication on Social Media Platforms'. We are very happy for him!

Der Schiftsteller Siegfried Lenz vor Hafenkulisse
Literature on the Radio

Siegfried Lenz: How the Author Uses the Media

The project examines the radio works of the renowned Hamburg author Siegfried Lenz (1926-2014) and documents in three extensive volumes what Lenz wrote for radio from the 1950s to the 1970s, mostly for the NDR.

Wolfgang Schulz
Reform Treaty for ARD, ZDF and DLF

It May Not Feel Like It, but Everything Will Be Okay?

On 25 October 2024, the German states agreed on a reform of public broadcasting, but failed to resolve the question of financing, writes HBI Director Wolfgang Schulz in his commentary on Legal Tribune Online (LTO).

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Relaunch of Website

New Website with Barrier-Free Seal

When relaunching its website, the HBI placed great emphasis on making the website barrier-free, which has been verified by a test. In the BIK BITV test (web), 7 out of 7 pages of an independent, representative page selection were evaluated as BITV-/EN 301 549-compliant.

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