Professional Learning Community

The members of the Professional Learning Community (PLC) and multiple guests in the fields science education, science communication, primate research, animal science and welfare, and veterinary medicine support our Ö01-Project “Learning dispositions on nonhuman primate research” of the DFG CRC 1528 “Cognition of Interaction”. We collaborate on quality development by evaluating and optimising the methodological approaches of Ö01 science education and communication research, as well as the associated educational materials and outreach activities. Our multidisciplinary PLC work is essential for identifying appropriate ways to address the complex socioscientific issue of animal experimentation in science education and communication.


Presentation and discussion of the results from the evaluation of the CRC’s Virtual 360° Tour (2025). Left to right foreground: Ayuno Nakahashi, Laura Behm, Mechthild Wiegard; background: Christa Thöne-Reineke, Roman Stilling, Nele Haertel, Sophie Schuster, Jackie Dischereit, Sebastian Löser. Photo: Susanne Bögeholz.


Focus group to develop educational material about socioscientific argumentation on animal experimentation (2024). Left to right: Sophie Schuster, Mechthild Wiegard, Petra Baisch, Susanne Diederich. Photo: Nele Haertel.


Meeting on science communication about animal experimentation (2023). Left to right: Carola Garrecht, Roman Stilling, Laura Behm, Mechthild Wiegard, Wendy Jarrett. Photo: Susanne Bögeholz.


Visit of the CRC facilities at the German Primate Centre and exchange with neuroscientist Zurna Ahmed inside the Exploration Room Platform (2022). Left to right: Nadine Tramowsky, Vera Vollmer, Roman Stilling, Zurna Ahmed, Carola Garrecht. Photo: Susanne Bögeholz.

Standing PLC Members (first funding period: 01/2022–06/2026)

Ö01 Project Members (first funding period: 01/2022–06/2026)