Katherina Holscher Blackman

Katherina Holscher Blackman is a research assistant at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society. Within the research programme Knowledge and Society, she is involved in two projects: In Acquisition logic as an obstacle to Diamond Open Access (ELADOAH), she supports the development and establishment of a lived Open Access culture in German research and academic practice. In Capacities and Competencies in Dealing with Hate Speech and Hostility towards Science (KAPAZ), she investigates hostility towards science in Germany in order to strengthen science communication competencies among researchers. Previously, she worked as a student assistant at HIIG from December 2023 to March 2025.

She completed her Master’s degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology at Freie Universität Berlin, focusing on environmental and psychological anthropology. In her Master’s thesis, she explored the significance of multisensory environmental education for schoolchildren in alternative learning environments.

She completed her Bachelor’s degree at Freie Universität Berlin, studying Social and Cultural Anthropology as well as Religious Studies. During her studies, she gained practical experience at the Spanish cultural institute Instituto Cervantes Berlin, where she was responsible for managing social media channels and organizing events.

Current projects

Completed projects

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Press

Current projects

Politics & law · Science & education
Acquisition logic as an obstacle to Diamond Open Access
The research project is investigating how Diamond Open Access publication model can be organised in Germany in the long term.

Completed projects

Publications

Working paper

Henkes, L. M., Wrzesinski, M., & Holscher Blackman, K. (2025). Open Access gemeinsam gemacht: Kollaborative Ansätze des wissenschaftlichen Publizierens. Zenodo. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14800427 Publication details

Other publications

Henkes, L. M., Wrzesinski, M., Holscher Blackman, K. (2025). Interviewleitfaden zum ELADOAH-Bericht Open Access gemeinsam gemacht: Kollaborative Ansätze des wissenschaftlichen Publizierens, . Publication details

Henkes, L. M., Wrzesinski, M., & Holscher Blackman, K. (2025). Interviewleitfaden zum ELADOAH-Bericht Open Access gemeinsam gemacht. Zenodo. Publication details

Activities

Lectures and presentations

Open Access als Gemeinschaftsprojekt denken – Ein Impuls aus dem Forschungsprojekt ELADOAH. Fokusgruppe Kostenkontrolle, Berlin, Germany: 17.06.2025 Further information

Lena Marie Henkes, Katherina Holscher Blackman

„ELADOAH Forschungsbericht zu gemeinschaftlichen Publikationsmodellen“
Sprechstunde der Landesinitiative openaccess.nrw. Landesinitiative openaccess.nrw. Online, Online, Germany: 25.07.2024 Further information

Lena Marie Henkes, Marcel Wrzesinski, Katherina Holscher Blackman

Moderation of workshops and panels

Debunking Science Myths: Vorurteile über Wissenschaft und was wirklich dran ist
Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften 2025. Alexander von Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany: 28.06.2025 Further information

Bronwen Deacon, Lena Marie Henkes, Katherina Holscher Blackman

Diamond Open Access als Gemeinschaftsprojekt denken – ein Blueprint aus dem ELADOAH-Projekt. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany: 12.06.2025 Further information

Lena Marie Henkes, Katherina Holscher Blackman, Marcel Wrzesinkski

Organisation of events

Summer School: Dealing with hostility in science communication
From 07.07.2025 to 08.07.2025. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany (International) Further information

Anna Aust, Katherina Holscher Blackman, Freia Kuper, Nataliia Sokolovska (on parental leave)

Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften 2025
28.06.2025. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany (National) Further information

Laura State, Sadiem Youssef, Anna Aust, Philipp Mahlow, Ann-Kathrin Watolla, Katherina Holscher Blackman, Maximilian Lukat, Paul Vilchez, Daniel Pothmann, Sarah Spitz, Sami Nenno, Frederik Efferenn, Georg von Richthofen, Lena Marie Henkes, Bronwen Deacon, Jörg Pohle, Hendrik Send

CO-CREATION WORKSHOP: Dealing with hostility in science communication. An international perspective
From 13.06.2025 to 13.06.2025. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany (International)

Katherina Holscher Blackman, Nataliia Sokolovska (on parental leave)

Train-the-Trainer Programm (4)
From 06.05.2025 to 06.05.2025. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Berlin School of Public Engagement (BSOPE) am Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin (MfN) und der Scicomm-Support (National) Further information

Anna Aust, Katherina Holscher Blackman, Nataliia Sokolovska (on parental leave)

Diamond Open Access verankern: Netzwerke und Community-Pflege
From 15.01.2025 to 15.01.2025. Online, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Verfassungsblog (National) Further information