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You are warmly invited to this week’s research process seminar. Hosted in FMC but open to all staff and research students

Summary of talk:

Whether explaining scientific details, introducing concepts from postcolonial politics or quoting archival texts, turning research into news is always a challenge. In this seminar I introduce my process for identifying ‘infobites’ and tailoring them for an intended audience to maximise the reach and impact of your academic research. I also offer tips on ‘what not to wear’ and how to deal with journalists’ questions that you don’t want to answer. This seminar draws from my extensive experience working with media outlets ranging from Vice News to the BBC, from Elle magazine to Business Insider. At the end of this seminar, you will know:
– How to identify ‘infobites’ that target a specific outlet and audience
– How to deal with difficult questions
– How to link research to impact via engagement with the media

Speaker bio:

Anna Feigenbaum is a Professor in Digital Storytelling here at BU where I also co-direct the Science, Health and Data Communications Research Centre. My research spans these fields of communication. I am the author of Tear Gas (Verso Books 2017) and an author of Protest Camps (Zed/Bloomsbury 2013), Protest Camps in International Context (Policy Press 2017) and The Data Storytelling Workbook (Routledge 2020). I am currently working on a monograph for Verso about infertility and the IVF marketplace and publishing findings from my UKRI/AHRC COVID-19 Rapid Response research project that investigated the use of webcomics on social media to share public health messages.

About the research process seminar series:
The purpose of this research seminar series is different to your typical research seminar and conference presentation. Instead of presenting the results and outcomes of research, we want to share good practices around the process of doing research. This might often involve a focus on research methods but it also includes aspects of publishing, writing, time management, career management etc.

The idea here is that the speaker takes us through the anatomy of the project or approach focussing particularly on the process – the challenges, the successes, and the failures. For the audience, we walk away with a practical application of a method or approach we may not be familiar with or may not have applied in this way before. Our ambition is to make us all better researchers as a result.

Tuesday 31 October at 2pm on Zoom

https://bournemouth-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/85099274751?pwd=TEhYU2VBSlBGU3oxMWRnUzU3V2E0UT09

Meeting ID: 850 9927 4751
Passcode: 4KegP$#Z

We hope to see you there!

Dan