The working group public relations seeks contact with the media, aims to initiate specific projects and to participate in their implementation. Current active projects are:
- SEC Internet pages. The SEC Internet pages provide information about the activities of the Senior Expert Chemists. They encourage participation and structure the information about these activities: www.gdch.de/sec.
- Newspaper columns. Members write newspaper columns on individual chemical substances. The texts are aimed at an audience without a scientific background and familiarise readers with chemistry through easily understandable and engaging texts. 34 columns have been published to date. Most of them have also been adapted for the GDCh website "Fascination Chemistry" in the section "Chemistry everywhere". more...
- Pro-and-con reports. The working group public relations actively promotes professional discussion of scientific topics related to the public. Through pro-and-con reports, the working group provides topical information on the current status of politically relevant chemical controversies. more...
- Current topics. The working group intensively discusses current chemistry topics of significance to society and takes a position on them. Examples include glyphosate, plastic waste in the sea, the energy transition, the NOx limit value and the hydrogen economy. On the subject of glyphosate , the SEC sent an open letter to the EU Commission on 16 June 2020. In the case of the energy transition, the working group organised a major symposium "Energy transition, yes – but how" (Frankfurt, DECHEMA-Haus, 30 October 2019).
- SEC lecturer. SEC lecturers are experts who can give clear and engaging talks on their specialist knowledge. In this way, they enrich the GDCh colloquia held by the local groups. more...
- Conference reports. Reports on conferences covering topics of general interest are presented promptly, e.g. report on the 7th SEC annual meeting, Nachr. Chem. 2018, 66, 921.
