Personally, I tend to be overcritical with my own work and often think that it is of no greater value or use for others or “the society”. That is why I would like to get in touch with interested “non-scientist” citizens to just discuss and hear their opinions and thoughts on this and fundamental research in general. For this, specific panel discussions open to the public could be suitable, where researchers present their work in an entertaining but scientifically valid way (I know this is harder as it seems) followed by an open moderated discussion. Such a format would provide an appropriate framework, where both researchers and citizens could potentially mutually enrich each other.

In addition, I like the idea of carefully preparing one’s research in a popular-scientific way, e.g., writing an article or creating a video, and posting it online. In this way, one may take on a different perspective on the own work, which sometimes can really help, and further get in touch with people interested in the topic.