Publications – Books, Articles, Media pieces

Anna-Sophie is recognised for her original contributions to research and teaching as well as being an enthusiastic synthesiser and a highly effective developer and manager of (international) transdisciplinary collaborations, engaging public academic events and innovative projects/creative formats that aim to excite the public imagination about science.

In 2022, Anna-Sophie founded the Popsicule, which she has been running, curating and emceeing ever since.

Qualifications

Dr. phil., summa cum laude (with Highest Distinction), Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU), Germany

Magister Artium, 1.0 (Highest Distinction), Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU), Germany

Scholarships & Fellowships ǀ Awards & Nominations (selection)

2024  Falling Walls Engage Finalist (Global Call)

2023 – 2024  Selected participant in the Silbersalz Science & Media Program (Silbersalz Institute 2024), a competitive one-year creative development program (science-art research project)

2022  Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

2021 – 2022  Selected participant in the ANU Vice-Chancellor’s Leading for the Future Program, a competitive one-year leadership development program

2017 – 2020  Feodor Lynen Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

2019  Nominated for the Max Crawford Medal of the Australian Academy of the Humanities

2018 & 2019  Leadership Academy Fellowship – a competitive leadership program in Boston and Darmstadt awarded by the German Scholars Organization with Klaus Tschira Foundation, Fraunhofer Society, Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Max Planck Society, and associated organisations including the German Association of University Professors and Lecturers

2018  ARC Kathleen Fitzpatrick Laureate Fellowship Mentoring Scheme – a competitive research leadership mentoring program: over five days, the participants (“outstanding early career female researchers”) received intensive mentoring regarding career advancement and opportunities

2017  National Library of Australia Fellowship – a highly competitive fellowship supporting researchers to make intensive use of the Library’s rich and varied collections

2012 – 2015  PhD scholarship of the ‘Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes’ (German National Merit Foundation) awarded to the top 0.5% of German postgraduate students

2004 – 2011  Scholarship of the ‘Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes’ (German National Merit Foundation) awarded to the top 0.5% of the German undergraduate student population

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT ANNA-SOPHIE’S WORK & IMPACT

Cinematic Science: Film screenings that celebrate science, cinema and art”, interview by Alice Motion for ChemistryWorld, 7 November 2024

Spielberg, a tuba, and a shark named Bruce — the cultural impact of Jaws”, Big Ideas / ABC Radio National podcast, 24 October 2024

Episode 2: Dr Anna-Sophie Jürgens/The one on Science”, Cutting Edge podcast (Australasian Humour Studies Research Network), 23 September 2024

Is Beetlejuice the comic king of parasites?”, ANU Reporter, 12 September 2024

Is the cold bothering you anyway? How Pop Culture and Science communicate climate change”, research story by Daniela Tan, CPAS, 11 July 2024

Sci_Burst: Science goes pop with Dr Anna-Sophie Jürgens”, podcast episode by Isabel Richards and Ella McCarthy, 2 May 2024

Communicating Ice through Popular Art and Aesthetics”, by Anna-Sophie Jürgens and Graham Walker, videography by Nic Vevers, CoS, 1 May 2024

ULTRA-PERCEPTION: Science goes pop”, by Anna-Sophie Jürgens and Terhi Nurmikko-Fuller, videography by Nic Vevers, CoS, 14 February 2024

I didn’t even know my work was considered science communication”, interview by Lea Neubauer, Wissenschaftskommunikation.de, 17 August 2023

How street art can communicate science and research”, with Olivia Congdon, CoS, 3 July 2023

Welcome to the Popsicule!”, by Anna-Sophie Jürgens, videography by Nic Vevers, CoS, 5 June 2023

Science & Humour”, by by Anna-Sophie Jürgens, videography by Nic Vevers, CoS, 7 June 2023