Research area
Science cabaret, hands-on-labs and social media
Prof. Dr. Helmut Jungwirth
Helmut Jungwirth obtained his PhD in microbiology from the University of Graz. Following research fellowships at the University of Tübingen (as an Erwin Schrödinger Fellow) and the Medical University of Vienna, he completed his habilitation in molecular biology in 2009.
Since 2015, he has been a member of the award-winning science cabaret group Science Busters. In 2016, he was appointed as Austria’s first full professor of science communication.
Research Area
Helmut Jungwirth is Scientific Director of the Mitmachlabore Graz and founded its first Mitmachlabor, the Open Lab Graz, at the University of Graz in 2008. He has personally led more than 100 courses for school classes. Together with the Open Lab Graz team, he has co-authored several scientific publications, including the following:
(1) Wissenschaftsreflexion medizinischer Themen im Kontext von Gesundheitsbildung (2025). Elvira Schmidt, Julia Arnold, Heide Beranek-Knauer, Simon Blauza, Lucas Eder, Benedikt Heuckmann, Helmut Jungwirth, Hildrun Walter, Albert Zeyer und Kerstin Kremer. In: Lehr- und Lernforschung in der Biologiedidaktik. Innsbruck. Studien Verlag.
(2) Diskursorientiertes Framing als Tool zur Bewusstseinsbildung bei Schüler:innen zum Thema Antibiotikaresistenzen (2023). Walter, Hildrun; Beranek-Knauer, Heide; Eder, Lucas; Jungwirth, Helmut. In: VBIO: Herausforderung Zukunft. Fachsektion Didaktik der Biologie (FDdB). Ludwigsburg.
(3) Discourse-directed framing as communication strategy alters students’ concept of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance formation (2020). Beranek-Knauer, Heide; Walter, Hildrun; Paleczek, Dominik; Eder, Lucas, Jungwirth, Kerstin; Jungwirth, Helmut. In: International Journal of Science Education. 10,4. 2020. 319-334.
(4) 3D-vision lab @ Open Labs Graz, an out-of-school learning environment (2019). Krumphals, Ingrid; Haagen-Schützenhöfer Claudia; Jungwirth, Helmut. In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 1287,012048. 2019. 1-10.
Since 2015, Helmut Jungwirth has been a member of the award-winning science cabaret Science Busters and has already performed in more than 200 national and international stage shows. Together with linguist Lisa Korner, he authored the first scientific publication on the Science Busters.
-> current publication (publication year 2024)
For five years, Helmut Jungwirth has been running the science account @letsdogabout.science on Instagram, which has more than 10,000 followers, and in doing so, he actively takes on the role of a communicator in social media.
-> current publication (year of publication 2024)
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Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr.rer.nat. Helmut Jungwirth
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