I strive to devote the bulk of my work to questions of societal importance and have thus also an interest in science communication. Here are some recent examples in this regard (please direct any inquiries to patrick.mellacher (at) uni-graz.at):

Own contributions to popular media:

• Patrick Mellacher: Corona nach Omikron: Quo vadis, Virus?, Die Presse, 12.01.2022 (comment in a major Austrian daily newspaper summarizing my paper “Endogenous viral mutations, evolutionary selection, and containment policy design”)

Podcasts:

• Gerhild Leljak & Patrick Mellacher: “Wohin entwickelt sich das Virus?“, HörSaal: 15 Minuten Forschung, 17.2.2022 (podcast about my paper “Endogenous viral mutations, evolutionary selection, and containment policy design” and my Covid-19 research in general)
• Nikolaus Forgó & Patrick Mellacher: „Ars Boni 401 Covid Skeptizismus - Covid Populismus “, 28.04.2023 (podcast about my paper “The Impact of Corona Populism: Empirical Evidence from Austria and Theory”)

Science to Public Talks:

• Patrick Mellacher: Covid-Simulationsmodelle (Talk at the “Uni Graz Pop-Up Store”), 02.05.2022

Panel discussion:

• Corona: Was kommt im Herbst auf uns zu? Panel discussion with Peter Klimek, Oliver Fritz, Jana Lasser and Patrick Mellacher, 12.10.2022