Seminar: Popularizing research

Date and time: November 26, 12-17

Place: Astra, Porthansgatan 3, Auditorium Stella

How can we make our research accessible, engaging, and relevant beyond academia?

The Turku Hub for Research on Religion invites researchers and students to a seminar exploring the possibilities and challenges of popularizing research. The program includes talks by Ann af Burén (Södertörn University) and Svante Lundgren (Lund University/Åbo Akademi University), discussions about why, how, and perhaps even why not to popularize research, and examples of different ways of bringing research to wider audiences. The seminar also includes a hands-on workshop where participants can experiment with ways of popularizing their own research.

Registration
To help us plan the catering, we kindly ask everyone to register for the seminar via this link no later than Sunday November 22: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/EP/5AFE9030A9630DDA

Program
12.00-12.45 Joint lunch in Astra, Solsidan. The Mimosa-room is booked for us – Lunch will be covered for everyone who has registered for the seminar.
12.45-13.00 Introduction
13.00-14.00 Popularizing research: Experiences from the field – Ann af Burén and Svante Lundgren
14.00-14.45 Panel discussion: Why/why not popularize? – Ann af Burén, Svante Lundgren, Reima Välimäki, Heidi Jokinen, moderator Kim Groop
14.45-15.15 Coffee
15.15-16.15 How to popularize: Pods, social media, blogs, popular books – Päivi Salmesvuori, John Björkman, Sofia Sjö and Anna-Stina Hägglund
16.15-17.00 Hands-on workshop exploring creative, effective and fun ways to communicate research beyond academia – Annika Hämäläinen
17- After work (optional)