Martin Enserink takes over Nature Marsilius Visiting Professorship for Science Communication at Heidelberg University
Journalists can inspire their readers when they write about scientific discoveries. Yet they also have the responsibility of reporting on the "shady sides" of academia, such as careless research practices, plagiarism or fraud. Martin Enserink - a Dutch science journalist and deputy news editor of "Science" - is making his advocacy for critical journalism the main theme of the Nature Marsilius Visiting Professorship for Science Communication, which he is taking forward at Ruperto Carola in the 2023/2024 winter semester. ...