Albert Gerdes

1973 High school diploma

1974 – 1980
Study: economics, education science, journalism

until June 1997
Free lance science writer and photographer working for major German media companies (radio, print, TV)

from July 1997
Public relations officer at MARUM, Bremen

I am a member of the outreach groups mentioned below:

Since 2007:
Chair of the working group Public Relations of the German Marine Research Consortium

Since 2006
Member and secretary (since 2008) of the Outreach Group of the European Geosciences Union (EGU)

Since 2004
Programme advisory committee "Haus der Wissenschaft Bremen" (House of Science)

Since 2003
Outreach Group of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) and
Public Relations Officer for ECORD Science Operator (ESO) within IODP

Since 2002
European Marine Board Communications Panel (Chair until 2004)

April 2013
EGU General Assembly, Vienna:
Blogs and social media in scientific research
Conveners: Bárbara Ferreira, Albert Gerdes, and Sara Mynott


December 2012
AGU San Francisco:
Skills and Strategies for Communicating Ocean Drilling Science; Workshop organized by the US Science Support Program within IOPD, San Francisco
(together with Matthew Wright, Consortium for Ocean Leadership/USA, and Dan Brnkhuis, Science Media/The Netherlands)


November 2012
A Matter of Choice – Engaging scientists in video communication ; Workshop held during the networking conference of Danisch University outreach colleagues
(together with Dr. Verner Ernstsen; Copenhagen University)


October 2012
First European Conference on Ocean Literacy, Bruges:
Poster and video imagery


July 2012
ESOF European Science Open Forum, Dublin:
Session Convener
Ocean Literacy – A Grand Challenge for Marine Science Communication and Education


April 2012
EGU General Assembly, Vienna:
Session on Education and Outreach:
Communicate Your Science!
Convener: B.T. Ferreira / A. Gerdes


Oktober 2010
Annual Meeting Geologische Vereinigung, Darmstadt.
Co-cordination of the science communications session and talk: Science TV, YouTube & Co –
Neue Wege der Wissenschaftskommunikation


November 2009
nd. Forum Wissenschaftskommunikation, Berlin:
Dem Ozean auf den Grund gehen - Wie das Meer an Land kommuniziert wird
together with M. Pätzold, F. Schmieder, G. Wefer


June 2009
3rd ESF Communications Network meeting, Berlin:
Communicating Marine Sciences. The ESF-Marine Board Communications Panel


April 2009
EGU General Assembly, Wien:
The ocean in depth - Marine technology and science communication


July 2008
European Science Open Forum ESOF, Barcelona:
Revealing the hidden map of Europe - How to best communicate marine sciences


June2007
OCEANS`07 Aberdeen:
The Significane of Marine Technology in Science Communication - Challenges, Opportunities, Best Practise Examples


January 2007
University of Dortmund, Institute for Journalism: Lecture on "Fields of Work in Science Journalism“


September 2006
Annual Meeting Geologische Vereinigung, Potsdam: Geosciences in the Media – how to raise public awareness


April 2006
EGU General Assembley, Vienna: Key Note Session: The Art of Communicating Geosciences - Perspectives, Opportunities, Examples


September 2005
Annual Meeting Geologische Vereinigung, Erlangen: Science for the public – examples from the program “City of Science 2005” together with Prof. G. Wefer)


August 2004
ESOF European Science Open Forum, Stockholm: Science with Kids in Europe – New methods, new approaches, new potential


Mai 2004
EurOceans, European Conference on Marine Science & Ocean Technology, Galway: Communicating Marine Science

Albert Gerdes, Martina Pätzold:
Wie das Meer an Land kommuniziert wird:
Zielgruppen orientierte Öffentlichkeitsarbeit am MARUM
in: Handbuch der Wissenschaftskommunikation
Herausgeber: B. Dernbach, C. Kleinert, H. Münder
Wiesbaden 2012

Poster, EGU 2011, Wien:
Marine Science on YouTube - The Role of Video Documentaries in Science Communication



Der antarktische Schokoriegel
in: Realismus-Kontor: Die Wirklichkeit der Dinge - Ein interaktives Kunstprojekt für Besucher der Ausstellung "Realismus - Das Abenteuer der Wirklichkeit"; Kunsthalle Emden; 2010.

Wieviel Wasser hat das Meer?
Die wichtigsten Fragen und Antworten zu einem unbekannten Universum
Editors: Albert Gerdes, Kirsten Achenbach
Fischer-Verlag Frankfurt, November 2007

The book contains about 200 questions and answerts which have been published in the German magazine "mare" since 1998. In an entertaining way they cover the fields of ocean, climate, and environment.