The field of astrobiology provides an excellent example of the cooperation among a large number of disciplines yet at the same time a challenge how to promote and disseminate a multidisciplinary field of knowledge. Scientists today are often expected to take a proactive role in this endeavour and assist the society in understanding the basic concepts of their respective fields. This applies also to the promotion of a ‘good’ science as a reaction to often misleading media or popular stories. Astrobiology outreach and disseminatio had become a contemporary challenge and an opportunity for educators, policy advisors and scientists. The session is proposed to discuss the role of astrobiology as a model case in science dissemination as well as to address current trends in the public understanding of astrobiology as a multidisciplinary science in search for life beyond Earth.