Dr. Mir­jam Jen­ny holds a doc­to­ra­te in decis­i­on rese­arch and is a sci­ence com­mu­ni­ca­tor and net­wor­ker. Her goal is to empower indi­vi­du­als and orga­niza­ti­ons at the inter­sec­tion of sci­ence, socie­ty, and poli­tics to make evi­dence-based, risk-com­pe­tent, and sus­tainable decis­i­ons and to com­mu­ni­ca­te the­se effec­tively.

Dr. Mir­jam Jen­ny is the Mana­ging Direc­tor at Die Jun­ge Aka­de­mie in Ber­lin. Befo­re, she co-foun­ded the Insti­tu­te for Pla­ne­ta­ry Health Beha­viour at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Erfurt as sci­en­ti­fic direc­tor whe­re she focu­sed on cli­ma­te and health pro­tec­tion, public and pla­ne­ta­ry health, and sci­ence com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on. At the same time, she was respon­si­ble for the Science2Society divi­si­on as a mem­ber within the Chair of Health Com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on.

Pre­vious­ly, she foun­ded and led the Sci­ence Com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on Pro­ject Group at the Robert Koch Insti­tu­te and sup­port­ed the com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on efforts of the WHO Hub for Pan­de­mic and Epi­de­mic Intel­li­gence in Ber­lin. In addi­ti­on, she also advi­ses various govern­ment and civil socie­ty orga­niza­ti­ons. Her work has been repor­ted on in natio­nal and inter­na­tio­nal media. Her rese­arch has been reco­gni­zed with awards inclu­ding the Otto Hahn Medal from the Max Planck Socie­ty.

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