Populärvetenskaplig kommunikationskurs
- two days of lectures and discussions about the need for popular science communication and which tools are available
- comparison of scientific and popular science texts
- where to publish and how to do it and to what kind of audience one is writing.
After this, independent work follows when PhD students practice on giving interviews and interviewing somebody else, writing on Wikipedia, writing a synopsis, and a manuscript ready to be submitted to a journal.
The written products are evaluated by the other PhD students and the teaching team. After feedback the manuscripts are prepared for publishing.
Kursplan och övrig information
Kursplan
PLG0046 Populärvetenskaplig kommunikationskurs, 3,0 Hp
Ämnen
Other Social ScienceUtbildningens nivå
ForskarnivåSpråk
EngelskaFörkunskapskrav
All PhD students can apply, including those who plan to register in a near futureMål
To become aware of available popular science communication tools and channels.
To plan and perform popular science communication adapted to different audiences.
To identify "core stories" about your research that can be communicated to a wider audience.
To write popular science texts that could be published.
To present your research orally during interviews.
PhD students will learn about and practice popular science communication. A large part concerns training to write popular scientific texts, with the aim to publish the texts produced during the course.
Innehåll
The course starts with
two days of lectures and discussions about the need for popular science communication and which tools are available
comparison of scientific and popular science texts
where to publish and how to do it and to what kind of audience one is writing.
After this, independent work follows when PhD students practice on giving interviews and interviewing somebody else, writing on Wikipedia, writing a synopsis, and a manuscript ready to be submitted to a journal.
The written products are evaluated by the other PhD students and the teaching team. After feedback the manuscripts are prepared for publishing.
Ytterligare information
Online course with max. 16 studentsLectures
Exercises
Seminars where students discuss and give feedback on popular science texts
Feedback by professional journalists and other external teachers on popular science texts
Ansvarig institution/motsvarande
Institutionen för växtskyddsbiologi