Public Engagement

Selected public talks and media appearances

Climate language

What We Understand by ‘Climate Change’ Is Largely Over

Metastases Instead of Tipping Points: A Researcher Wants to Change the Climate Language

MSN & Phys.org: Lethal climate destruction: Linguistics researcher makes the case for using medical language in climate discourse

The Flaws of Climate Metaphors

What We Understand by ‘Climate Change’ Is Largely Over

Berliner Zeitung, interview by Torsten Harmsen, August 16, 2024 (in German)

Ungarischer Forscher: „Was wir unter ‚Klimawandel‘ verstehen, ist größtenteils vorbei“Der Neurolinguistiker Bálint Forgács fordert aktive, negative, klare Begriffe, um die Gefahr für alle deutlich zu machen. Das könnte auch Lösungen vorantreiben.

Metastases Instead of Tipping Points: A Researcher Wants to Change the Climate Language

Berliner Zeitung, report by Torsten Harmsen, June 29, 2024, Berlin (in German)

„Metastasen“ statt „Kipppunkte“: Ein Forscher will die Klimasprache verschärfenHat es keine Wirkung, wenn von „globaler Erwärmung“, „Treibhauseffekt“ und „Klimakatastrophe“ die Rede ist? Der Neurolinguist Bálint Forgács sagt: So ist es.

Climate change as cancer

Radio interview, June 24, 2024 (in German)

Klimawandel als Krebsgeschwür?Vielleicht ist ein Problem des Klimawandels auch das Wording. Ein Neurolinguist empfiehlt drastische medizinische Sprache, um die Probleme klar zu machen.

MSN & Phys.org: Lethal climate destruction: Linguistics researcher makes the case for using medical language in climate discourse

June 23, 2024

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/lethal-climate-destruction-linguistics-researcher-makes-the-case-for-using-medical-language-in-climate-discourse/ar-BB1qvjyl

Lethal climate destruction: Linguistics researcher makes the case for using medical language in climate discourse"Global warming," "greenhouse effect," and "climate catastrophe" are all terms we are familiar with from international public discourse on the looming effects of climate change. But these terms seem to be limited in their efficacy.

The Flaws of Climate Metaphors

Talk at the DAAD Alumni meeting in Berlin, March 17, 2022

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