The DFG-funded network brings together scientists from the research fields of science communication and science education to jointly create a basis for evidence-based science outreach (e.g. science communication projects in Collaborative Research Centers or Clusters of Excellence). A central goal of the network is the development of a framework model to capture the motivation for and effects of science outreach on target persons (e.g. pupils), but also on communicating scientists and their institutions.
The network aims to initiate further empirical research on science outreach and thus points the way to evidence-based practice.
