What is a good topic?

You may deal with a wide range of  research and teaching topics. Here are some pointers to help you select a good topic for the right target group:

What editors are interested in

  • Research results. Results are generally more more interesting than initial research assignments. New assignments can be relevant if they they touch on topics of general interest, involve large sums of money, or are expected to bring about major changes.
  • Original and innovative teaching projects
  • Scientific activities with regional relevance
  • Large equipment, infrastructure
  • Personalities, prizes, big names
  • Connection to a current discourse
  • Unique selling points and superlatives
  • Colorful topics, curiosities

Do you have a topic for the media?

The "Communications Office supports scientists in bringing research and teaching topics to the public and thereby positioning themselves in the public eye. This includes advice and the preparation of topics suitable for the media, the writing of press releases, videos and other formats, the coordination with cooperation partners, if necessary the organization of press talks and finally the dissemination via target group-oriented distribution lists and the Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (idw).

Your contact person: Sebastian Mense

Spokesperson
Deputy Head of Communication, Press and Public Relations Office

Your contact person: Sebastian Mense: Send an email

What interests the academic community:

  • Follow-up reports from conferences, meetings, congresses
  • Presentations of your own events: planning, programme, speakers, topics, locations
  • Introductions of new employees
  • Project launches
  • Inside reports: places, people, goals, methods, daily processes
  • Job advertisements
  • Topics in the daily press (social media: like, share, comment)
  • Monographs, articles in collective works

Your own communication and social media for researchers

Topics from these categories are suitable for your independent science communication, for example in social media. The University of Kassel welcomes independent research communication, as you make an important contribution to ensuring that science has an impact on society and participates in the opinion-forming process.