Workshop with Prof. Dr. Simon Meier-Vieracker, known as @fussballinguist

Prof. Dr Simon Meier-Vieracker is Professor of Applied Linguistics at TU Dresden. As @fussballinguist, he is active on various social media platforms, particularly on TikTok – where, with 119,000 followers, he runs one of the largest science communication accounts in the German-speaking world – and on Instagram (102,000 followers). For his accounts, he was awarded the Golden Blogger Award 2023 and the TUD Prize for Excellence in Science Communication 2025.

In this workshop, he will provide a practical insight into the key features of TikTok and Instagram with a view to the individual implementation of science communication in the short-form video format.

About this workshop series

This event is part of a series on science communication at JGU. If you attend four or more events in the series, you will receive the “WissKomm-Basics” certificate. All events are automatically open to participants from the RMU partner universities.
Through the Open Science and Science Communication project (COM Department), JGU is establishing a campus-wide advisory and professional development programme on science communication. Researchers and staff from all disciplines and at all levels of expertise benefit from support services and programmes designed to develop their skills. The project thus expands on existing science communication initiatives in Rhineland-Palatinate (WissKomm Academy) and at the Rhine-Main Universities (RMU).

Contact: scicom@uni-mainz.de