Call for "Journalist in Residence" (m/f/x)

HITS is a private, non-profit basic research institute where about 150 scientists from more than 30 countries work in 11 research groups. Research is conducted along three main topical threads: complex simulations across scales, data structuring and analysis, and enabling software and tools. The fields of research range from molecular biology to statistics and astrophysics. An essential characteristic of the Institute is interdisciplinarity, implemented e.g. in the “HITS Lab”, an internal program that fosters cross-group and cross-disciplinary projects at HITS.

One aim of the institute is to raise public awareness of the importance of computer-aided, data-driven research. The institute is located in Heidelberg, Germany, a city with a leading university and many other top-tier research institutions.

Since 2012, there have been fourteen “Journalists in Residence”– from the U.S., Canada, Spain, Germany, Australia and India – many of them utilized their stay for long-term projects. For example, science journalist Volker Stollorz developed a concept for a German Science Media Center during his stay at HITS. In 2016, the Science Media Center Germany was established.