What happens when a public university decides to use the Fediverse as part of a whole strategic approach to science communication? I’ll share honest lessons from our work at the University of Innsbruck, including insights from our Open Science Communication position paper https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/public-relations/kommunikation/open-science-communication/. We’ll talk about what actually helped, what didn’t, and how Wikimedia projects like Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons fit into the strategy. This isn’t a polished success story—it’s an open exchange about what it really takes to get institutions comfortable with decentralized platforms. All interested in this topic very welcome. No special
Melanie Bartos runs the Open Platforms and Fediverse initiative at the University of Innsbruck.