The MAPEX Doctoral Qualification Programme supports doctoral candidates in acquiring transversal skills and competencies useful for future leading tasks inside and outside of academia.
In cooperation with MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, we are organising a workshop on how to communicate your research by using infographics, posters and graphical abstracts.
Workshop Description:
Create beautiful and effective infographics, posters and graphical abstracts. You will learn the best practices in science communication and design to make sure your work gets noticed and understood.
This course is the starting point to kick off your science communication skills. Learn to think about the goal and audience of your communication, the essentials of good design, how to avoid common design mistakes, and create your own designs that will help you get your message across.
Topics you will learn during the workshop:
- Think about the goal of your communication
- Define your audience and what they want
- Create a compelling title to get your message across
- Learn the value of narrative techniques and storytelling
- Learn the design principles to create clear designs. Hierarchy, contrast, emphasis, colours, consistency and white space
- Examples of good and bad posters, presentations, visual abstracts and infographics
- How to incorporate images and icons effectively in diagrams
- Overview of tools and resources to use for your work
- Data visualisation: learn how to create better graphs and other forms of data visualisation
- Accessibility and creating inclusive designs
Please note that you will not learn how to use design software (although you might get some useful tips). You can work with any tool you’re familiar with, from PowerPoint to Canva or Adobe Illustrator.
Schedule:
Day 1: 13.00 – 17.00 hrs.
- Basics of science communication (define your goal and audience)
- Storytelling
- Writing a plan and title for your design
Day 2: 09.00 – 17.00 hrs.
- A crash course on graphical design with practical examples and tips
- Translating your message into design
- Work on your own design project (poster/graphical abstract/science graphic) and get professional feedback and help with your story and design
Day 3: 09.00 – 17.00 hrs.
- Questions from the group and help with your design project
- Pitch your design to the group and receive feedback
Practical information:
- Bring your laptop and charger
- Create a first version of your design, or collect all the texts and graphs you want to include
Target group:
All members of MAPEX and MARUM (including GLOMAR) who would like to improve their graphical projects and/or learn what makes a good graphic to deliver a message.
Workshop Instructors:
Dr. Liesbeth Smit and Stephan Duin
https://www.theonlinescientist.com/
Date/Location:
01.04.25: 1pm - 5pm
02.04. & 03.04.25: 9am - 5pm
MARUM I, room 2070
Registration:
Complete your registration via this online registration form. The registration deadline is 28 February 2025.
Please note that your registration will be binding. Participants are expected to attend all three days of the course. If a critical number of registrations is not met by the deadline, the course must be cancelled.
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