Beatrice Lugger
Writer, Editor, and Director in Karlsruhe, Deutschland
Actually I am looking forward to relocate back in Munich in March 2025. Seeking for new job opportunities in science journalism and science communication.
Till the end of 2024 I was Managing Director at the National Institute for Science Communication, NaWik, in Karlsruhe, Germany. The insitute offers diverse courses in science communication for scientists and scicomm professionals – from basics to special skills for social media of writing – from giving interviews to risk communication and more.
I have a diploma in chemistry and a background of nearly two decades as a science writer. Social media for scientists are ideal for the direct interaction and a dialogue with the public or on an interdisciplinary level. So I launched and established Scienceblogs in Germany in 2007 and I worked as a social media consultant for several Laureate Meetings – the Nobel Week Dialogue, the Heidelberg Laureate Forum and the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.
In addition, I have had the pleasure of participating in various committees and juries for many years, such as #FactoryWissKomm of the BMBF (Steering Commitee plus Task Forces), Jury Wissenschaftsjahre BMBF (Chair 2016 - 2021), Expert SciComm Wissenschaftsrat, Jury FastForwardScience, Evaluation Commission DAM, Strategy Commission Akademienunion ...