Visualizing Science – Make Your Research Visible
Science is often not visible: It remains hidden behind closed doors, complicated technical terms or cryptic tables. In our workshop we want to change that and teach you how to visualize and animate your research. You will acquire the communication tools that enable you to graphically prepare and sketch your research topics. The aim is to learn how to prepare scientific results and abstract research topics for a non-specialist audience.
The two-day seminar with practical exercises covers basic design principles and methods and focuses on applying them on the clear and engaging visualization of data and scientific information. Specific visualization techniques and tools are practiced to visualize the participants’ own research projects.
Contents
- The nomenclature of styles for scientific figures
- Basic design principles for visualizations
- Paper, presentation, poster: Different aims and design language
- Defining the essential aspects: Finding your own core message
- Achieving more: Planning and designing infographics
Requirements
- You already have some basic knowledge in the field of science communication.
- This workshop includes homework on the first day – please block approx. 1 hour for this after the workshop in your schedule.
HRA’s Project for Research Communication: This workshop is part of a larger research communication project which is funded by the Claussen-Simon-Stiftung. It can be credited to the topics & formats module of the certificate in research communication.
Details
Date:
Wed, 12 June 2024, 09:00 AM - 12:30 PM, online
Thu, 13 June 2024, 09:00 AM - 12:30 PM, online
Requirements for participation:
- Attendance: Participation is only possible, if you can guarantee an uninterrupted attendance.
- Attention: Online events require the same undivided attention as face-to-face events. Please refrain from parallel activities.
- Interaction: In general HRA events are interactive and require your active participation.
- Visibility: Please turn on your camera, if possible. Especially in our workshops, this is essential for a productive working environment.
Target groups:
doctoral researchers, postdocs, junior research group leaders, w1 professors
Language:
English
Organizer:
Hamburg Research Academy
Trainer:
Johanna Barnbeck studied Cultural Analysis and Artistic Research in Amsterdam and realized cultural research projects at the Rijksmuseum (App interfaces for museum visitors). Currently she works as a freelance creative consultant in the field of science. Therefore she develops strategies, concepts and creative formats for research projects, universities and scientific institutions and helps implementing them. Johanna Barnbeck is a juror at the Fast Forward Science-Award. 2018 she was nominated for the „Junge Akademie“. As a lecturer at the National Institute for Science Communication (NaWik), she teaches visualization courses.
Chris Spatschek is a communication designer and a science enthusiast. Already during his studies, Chris focused on the intersection of art, science and the public. He is the co-founder of the collective Science Vision and realized a number of projects for institutions, research groups and scientists. He joined NaWik in 2016 and is involved in the design aspects of all projects.
Maximum number of participants:
10