Science Communication Agency Berlin – Research Transfer, Knowledge Transfer & Visual Research Communication

Good research communication starts long before the final publication. We develop transfer concepts, dissemination strategies and visual formats for funders, expert audiences, practice partners and public audiences. In projects like the energy-transition atlas Strom Netz Fluss, the CASA science comics, or our work for the BAuA, research becomes material that actually gets read and reused.

Research often needs an image before it can be understood. We develop infographics, data visualisations, science comics, explainer videos and digital formats for topics with a high level of technical density. Our science comics for the CASA Cluster of Excellence show how research can take a form that stays technically accurate and still gets picked up voluntarily.

In research consortia, disciplines, practice partners and funding logics all meet at once. Here, communication also has to work internally. We help clarify terminology, make interim results visible and create shared orientation. In projects like the Decarbonisation of Industry cluster or in the Indeland region, we combine foresight, participation and visual condensation.

Participation starts with the question of what research actually wants to communicate. We develop workshops, dialogue formats and materials for projects that involve citizens, practitioner knowledge or stakeholders. In the Wissenschaftsjahr (Science Year), on biodiversity topics, in the Engage consortium project, or in our collaboration with the Natural History Museum Berlin on bioeconomy and speculative design, research becomes a shared field of work.

Since 2020, we've been supporting the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation's Com. There, science communicators, journalists and researchers meet and develop new forms of knowledge transfer. Labs like this are valuable because they don't treat communication as a finished product. They create space for testing, learning and rethinking.

Research consortia need to show early on why their work matters. For funding applications, project launches, advisory boards, websites or stakeholder communication, you need clear narratives and good material. We help explain complex projects so that funders, partners and practice actors understand faster what's at stake.

Researchers today need more than good results. They need to explain their work, think visually and know how to engage audiences. We develop seminars, learning formats and workshops on storytelling, infographics, visual condensation and science communication. When PhD programmes or research teams come to us, we work directly on their own topics.