BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//pretalx//ifkw.rz.tu-bs.de//citizen-science-communication-trust-20 26//speaker//G3RYJU BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:CET BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20001029T040000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:CET TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20000326T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CEST TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-citizen-science-communication-trust-2026-FKGVCD@ifkw.rz.tu-bs.d e DTSTART;TZID=CET:20261006T093000 DTEND;TZID=CET:20261006T094500 DESCRIPTION:Building shared knowledge and trust between science and society requires communication formats that go beyond one directional and convent ional knowledge dissemination formats. Particularly for complex and interc onnected issues such as climate change\, biodiversity loss\, health\, agri cultural\, and food system resilience\, citizens increasingly seek opportu nities to explore evidence\, question assumptions\, and develop their own interpretations\, thereby requiring stakeholder-oriented approaches to sci ence communication. The Climate Museum Multitouch Table (CM) is an interac tive\, research based science communication interface designed to support participatory engagement for evidence-based or informed decision-making. D eveloped at the Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien (IWM)\, the multitouch table integrates the En ROADS Climate Solutions Simulator of the Climate Interactive and MIT-Sloan with immersive 3D visualizations\, enabling dive rse publics to experiment with policy levers\, explore cascading impacts\, and observe real time feedback on global temperature\, emissions and ecos ystem outcomes.\nA prior study of a controlled laboratory experiment at IW M (manuscript submitted for peer review and preprint is available at https ://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.21634)\, showed that interactive climate simulations can increase curiosity\, engagement\, and willingness to lear n\, particularly by reducing cognitive barriers associated with abstract s cientific information. However\, their potential improvements in trust in science\, agency\, and public participation can only be assessed from an a uthentic\, real world environment. This follow-up Climate Museum (CM) empi rical study to be conducted from April to September\, 2026 in collaboratio n with the Japainische Palais of the Senckenberg Naturkundemuseum Dresden\ , publicly deploys the multitouch table (interactive interface) to public spaces. Also to be included is an extended pop-up format in non-museum set ting. These settings attract broader audiences\, including individuals who rarely attend science museums or academic events\, making them ideal cont exts for science-society oriented communication research.\nTwo core goals are served by this empirical research activity\, namely (1) to evaluate ho w diverse publics perceive their levels of risk to climate change of a sys tems dynamics perspective of proximal and distal events and the need for a gency from the combined 3D visualized local impacts of climate risks and f actual data to interpret immersive climate simulations\, and (2) to examin e how interactive systems dynamic tools can contribute to science-society dialogue\, trust-building\, and participatory knowledge generation. A mixe d method data collection combines de-identified interaction logs\, multipl e choice questions\, and qualitative prompts\, for detailed analysis of ho w people navigate climate data\, how they reason about model outputs\, and how social interactions emerge around the multitouch table. These data wo uld shed light on the conditions under which interactive visualizations su pport understanding\, perceived relevance/risks\, and willingness to act o n climate-related issues. The findings would support an evidence based und erstanding of how interactive tools can facilitate shared meaning making a round sustainability challenges.\nAligning with the theme “Building know ledge together: citizen science\, communication and trust\,” it conceptu alizes the multitouch table dubbed “Climate Museum” as a science - soc iety interface\, where public interaction generates meaningful empirical d ata on how people understand systemic sustainability. Additionally\, it de monstrates how interactive simulations foster dialogue rich communication by enabling visitors to co explore evidence rather than passively receive messages. Last but not the least\, it provides a framework for understandi ng trust building mechanisms within science communication\, such as transp arency\, exploratory freedom\, open interpretation\, and the co presence o f peers and facilitators in public learning spaces.\nAs a pilot science-so ciety dialogue of a psychological distance theory framework (Scannell & Gi fford\, 2013\; Trope & Liberman\, 2010) to evidence-based decision-making processes\, we demonstrate how interactive\, visually grounded interfaces can transform complex scientific modelling into socially meaningful experi ences\, supporting the co creation of knowledge and fostering trust betwee n scientific institutions and diverse publics. To a lesser extent\, consid eration is also given to how museums as trusted cultural institutions toge ther with informal outreach activities of a pop-up nature could function a s accessible platforms for collaborative knowledge construction for inform ed decision-making. \nBy presenting empirical insights from the first wave of public deployment\, our contribution offers a replicable methodologica l approach for stakeholder-oriented science communication within the PCST community. DTSTAMP:20260721T212701Z LOCATION:Tagungsraum SUMMARY:The Climate Museum Multitouch Table: Interactive Science Communicat ion Interface for Strengthening Science-Society Dialogue on Climate Change - Angelina N.A. Böhnisch URL:https://ifkw.rz.tu-bs.de/citizen-science-communication-trust-2026/talk/ FKGVCD/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR