All these and more were topics students brought to the course “Communicate Outward: Convey scientific knowledge to non-scientist” I taught together with Elisa Palme in March 2025. Together with the students, we explored various science communication formats ranging from recording short videos or podcasts, creating memes or writing children’s books. The important part: communicate your scientific interest to people who are not familiar with it.
With this article, I have the honor to introduce a series of blog posts that were created for the student journal. In typical Cognitive Science manner, you will read about topics from various disciplines. With every article, you have the chance to explore another facet of science from the perspective of the students who explored it.
Even more exciting, we will expand this series beyond the original course participants. From now on, guest authors can contribute blog posts about their scientific interests.
Dive in and enjoy!
Sabrina
P.S.: If you cannot wait for the first blog post, you might want to check out some of the other student projects. Like this children’s story about the super powers of octopuses by Fabienne or this podcast interview about the Symmetry Theory of Valance featuring Michael Edward Johnson 🐙
Sabrina Frohn is a co-founder of the Cognitive Science Student Journal and instructor at the Institute of Cognitive Science.