Ranga Yogeshwar

Popular science journalist

Biography

The qualified physicist Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. Ranga Yogeshwar is one of the best-known science journalists in Germany and is an internationally sought-after speaker and author.

Ranga Yogeshwar was born in Luxembourg in 1959 and spent part of his childhood in India. After studying physics at the Aachen University of Technology, research work took him to Villingen (Swiss Institute for Nuclear Research (SIN)), Geneva (CERN) and the KFA in Jülich.

In 1985, Ranga Yogeshwar spent a year giving seminars and conferences in India (including: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; University of Mysore; Doon School). In 1987 he came to Westdeutscher Rundfunk Cologne, where he most recently headed the science program group. Yogeshwar has developed, significantly designed and moderated numerous TV shows. He has been working as a freelance journalist and author since 2008. Since 2019, Ranga Yogeshwar has held an honorary professorship at the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences and he was awarded another honorary doctorate by the University of Koblenz-Landau.

Yogeshwar is a brilliant communicator who inspires his audience with his sensitive manner and high level of professional expertise. He is one of the best-known science mediators and is now also an internationally sought-after speaker as a thought leader.

Topics

How we deal with innovation – a society in transition
Learning for the future – new ways of imparting knowledge
The sense information society
Reporting a catastrophe – catastrophe of a reporting?
Man & Machine – who programs whom?
Digitalization
Communication
Education
Journalism
Ethics and values

Languages

Publications

Nächste Ausfahrt Zukunft, Geschichten aus einer Welt im Wandel (2017)
Rangas Welt.Doppelband von Ach so! & Sonst noch Fragen? (2012)
Unsere Zukunft: Ein Gespräch über die Welt nach Fukushima (2011)
Ach so!: Warum der Apfel vom Baum fällt und weitere Rätsel des Alltags (2010)
Sonst noch Fragen? Warum Frauen kalte Füße haben und andere Rätsel des Alltags (2009)
Wer war das? Forscher und Erfinder (Audio CD – 2008)
Aids: was ist Aids? , Fragen u. Antworten. (1987)
diverse Fachpublikationen (Wissenschaft, Informationstechnik und Medien)
„Verantwortung für den Frieden“

Awards

„Journalist des Jahres“, Kategorie Wissenschaft 1.Platz“ (2007)
Deutscher IQ-Preis 2007 von Mensa in Deutschland (2007)
Grimme Preis (2003)

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