The INSIGHTS project at the Berlin School of Economics aims to support and promote the communication of research and to contribute to its transfer to the public. The WZB and the DIW have obtained project funding from the Leibniz Gemeinschaft for this purpose. INSIGHTS includes all Berlin School of Economics institutions and the DIW.
The communication of academic research in economics is of vital importance to stimulate public debates and inform political decisions. However, successful communication and research-based policy advice is difficult: the advice needs to be timely and it needs to be supported by solid research findings. The communication needs to be clear and concise, while uncertainty and caveats need to be identified and explained. These high standards of communication are the basis for INSIGHTS.
Today, transfer and policy communication is mainly in the hands of a few generalists who are popular experts, very experienced in communication, and therefore highly in demand by the media. We aim to encourage and support specialists who are working at the research frontier of relevant topics to communicate their research results to the public and to policymakers.
INSIGHTS has two main pillars, a platform of exchange between researchers, policymakers, the media, and the public, and the provision of professional guidance and formal training on how to interact with the public and communicate academic methods and results for junior researchers.
In practice this means:
Navigation
INSIGHTS Pieces
Discussion Papers
Skills
INSIGHTS Events
Workshops
Conference Presentations
Policy Fellowships
Research Projects
Internships
Communication
Forms & Brochures
INSIGHTS Team
Lena Gatscha - Press Officer
Annica Gehlen - Research Fellow
Peter Haan - Project Lead
Babette Hagemann - Research Manager
Dorothea Kübler - Project Lead
Claudia Nentwich - WZB office for INSIGHTS
Oya Tükel - Student Assistant
Social Media
LinkedIn
X/Twitter (@BSE_Berlin)
Partner Network
Berlin Centre for Consumer Policies (BCCP)
This booklet showcases twelve INSIGHTS pieces. In each of them, researchers present the results of a research paper in an accessible manner, also providing links to current policy questions and societal demands.
You can download the print and web version here.