Am 24. September fand ein deutschlandweiter Klimastreik statt, anlässlich der anstehenden Bundestagswahl. Im Rahmen des Streiks und der Wahl, wurde in wissenschaftlichen Kreisen intensiv diskutiert, inwieweit man sich denn nun thematisch politisch positionieren dürfe.Die Wahl war entscheidend. Sie würde bestimmen, welche Parteien die letzte Entscheidungsgewalt bekämen, noch Maßnahmen zu ergreifen, die zumindest Deutschlands Anteil am […]
About being alone
For over a year now, I have been managing the public relations of the three ocean research projects CUSCO, EVAR and REEBUS. A lot has happened since then – Corona, lockdown, (temporary) home office. But now something new has happened that I didn’t expect.I am alone. Alone in the office, alone in the hallway, alone […]
Vom Alleinsein
Seit über einem Jahr betreue ich die Öffentlichkeitsarbeit der drei Projekte der Ozeanforschung CUSCO, EVAR und REEBUS. Seitdem ist viel passiert – Corona, Lockdown, (vorübergehende) Homeoffice-Pflicht. Doch nun ist etwas Neues geschehen, mit dem ich nicht gerechnet habe.Ich bin allein. Allein im Büro, allein im Flur, allein in der Abteilung. Hintergrund ist, dass meine Kolleg*innen […]
Research topic for 2022: GAME continues with investigating the effects of light pollution on marine benthic organisms
While the GAME teams of this year are still collecting data about the influence of artificial lighting at night (ALAN) on benthic grazers such as sea urchins and snails, it has now been decided that ALAN will also be the GAME research subject in 2022 and 2023. These projects will be funded by the Klaus […]
The competitive teamplayer – interview with marine biologists Allanah Paul and Kevin Becker
Working in ocean science sometimes resembles tip-toeing through a mine field. On the one hand one is supposed to be a good teamplayer, work together with others and share data to achieve progress. On the other hand one is supposed to be competitive and achieve a high number of scientific publications. Publish or perish.The competitive […]
Terveisiä Suomesta! We say “Hello” from Northern Europe!
A few months ago, we didn’t know either that our team would exist nor that we would be participants in this year’s GAME project in Finland. We are a team consisting of two marine biology students from Germany: Helen Lichtenstein & Sarah-Vanessa van Dahl. Helen is studying at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel and […]
The competitive teamplayer
A workplace presents challenges – always, in fact. These can consist of shift times, changing work locations or character requirements. What the challenges are depends on the workplace. In some workplaces, the situation is particularly complex. A good example of this is science. A characteristic feature of scientific work is to constantly network and cooperate […]
Die einzelkämpferischen Teamplayer
Ein Arbeitsplatz birgt Herausforderungen – immer, eigentlich. Diese können aus Schichtzeiten, sich ändernden Arbeitsorten oder charakterlichen Anforderungen bestehen. Worin genau die Herausforderungen bestehen, hängt vom jeweiligen Arbeitsplatz ab. An manchen Arbeitsplätzen ist die Situation besonders komplex. Ein gutes Beispiel dafür ist die Wissenschaft. Ein kennzeichnendes Merkmal wissenschaftlicher Arbeit ist es, sich laufend mit anderen Wissenschaftler*innen […]
Living the Light: What influence can artificial lighting at night have on the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus in Madeira?
Hello, greetings from Portugal. We are Bruna and Marian, a Portuguese-German joint venture. We are based on Madeira Island in the Macaronesia region, which comprises a group of four volcanic archipelagos in the North-Atlantic Ocean (Acores, Canary Islands, Cabo Verde and Madeira). Due to its location about almost 1000 kilometers south-west of Lisbon, the climate […]
Dancing in the spotlight – Researching the effects of ALAN on sea urchins and snails
Dobar dan from Pula, Croatia! A few months ago, nobody even planned that there would be a “Team Croatia”. In fact, all three of us team members – Marie & Franz from Kiel, Germany and Anamarija from Umag, Croatia – were having different plans and never expected to spend the summer together in the wonderful […]