Approaches to the Development of Dialogue-reflexive forms of Interface Communication between Science and Policy
Chair: Dr. Cordula Kropp

Brain Exchange – Brain Drain? Intersector Mobility of Researchers
Chair: Dr. Bernd Beckert

Computerbased Simulation – New Tools of Knowledge Production. Methods of Validation, Uncertainty and Public Mediation
Chair: Prof. Dr. Sybille Krämer / Dr. Gabriele Gramelsberger

Ethical Governance? Knowledge, Values and Political Decision-making in Germany, France and Great Britain
Chair: Prof. Dr. Kathrin Braun

Expert Knowledge, the Public and Political Decisions. Ethics Commissions and Public Involvement as Instruments of Political Consultation in Germany and Austria
Chair: Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Schumm

Impact of Evaluation-based Research Funding at Universities on the Content of Research Programs
Chair: Prof  Dr. Uwe Schimank / Dr. Jochen Gläser

The Integration of Scientific Expertise into Media-based Public Discourses (INWEDIS)
Chair: Prof. Dr. Hans Peter Peters

Non-Knowledge Cultures. Analyses of Approaches to Non-Knowledge between Epistemic Cultures and Publics
Chair: Dr. Stefan Böschen / Dr. Peter Wehling / Dr. Jens Soentgen

Problem-oriented Research and the Dynamics of Science. Example: Climate Research
Chair: Prof. Dr. Jost Halfmann

Spin-offs as Border Crossing and a New Type of Knowledge Production: Opportunities for Innovation, Risks for Scientific Quality?
Chair: Dr. Dagmar Simon / Prof. Dr. Andreas Knie / Dr. Heike Jacobsen

The Transnationalization of Knowledge Dissemination and its Consequences for the Process of Political Opinion-Forming. Example: Stem Cell Research
Chair: Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Wink

Visualization in the Communication of Knowledge. Analyses of a 'Digital Divide' and its Consequences for Research Practice and Public Communication
Chair: Prof. Dr. Martina Heßler