Johanna Barnbeck is an expert in audiovisual science communication and format development. Having trained as a cultural analyst and artistic researcher, she oversees the production process, produces creative concepts, and offers consulting and support for science communication.
She gets particularly excited about creative science videos and audiovisual formats. She has served as a jury member for the Fast Forward Science film prize and for the university competition Year In Science, as well as teaching at a.o. the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany’s National Institute for Science Communication (NaWik), and the University of Tübingen. She’s passionate about using modern communication to work creatively in the areas of tension between theory and praxis.
Current Projects:
- MRI Techno – a creative science communication project that brings MRI research into dialogue with music, culture, imaging and public engagement. The transdisciplinary project is supported through the Science x Media Tandems programme of Stiftung Charité.
- COLLAB Postcolonial – a game-based format fostering dialogue and collaboration around postcolonial perspectives in research and society. COLLAB Postcolonial is funded by UNESCO Chairs in Germany.