"Polar Disaster Risk Reduction and Response".
https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/the-arctic-institutes-2026-polar-disaster-risk-reduction-response-series-an-introduction
Edited with Jeevan Toor for The Arctic Institute. The introduction is available and the articles will appear over the next month.
Communication is a crucial skill for researchers, regularly topping the list of skills that are most valued by future employers of PhD graduates. The ability to explain research findings in ways accessible to diverse audiences can increase future success in individual careers in all sectors, help to gain funding, generate media and policymaker interest, and inspire the next generation. Visuals of any kind can add great value to this communication. Highlighting research findings through an engaging image is effective, but sometimes just as important is the process of collaborating and working with creatives to develop ideas, which can lead to new insights.
In this talk, artist and UNRISK CDT manager James Mckay will highlight some lessons learned from over 15 years of routinely working with environmental scientists and engineers (including many PhD students and post-docs) to create visuals for public engagement. James has produced everything from simple sketches to full-colour detailed paintings and animations, within scientific papers, popular books, films, TV and live events.Links to some of James' projects:
https://www.robhopkins.net/2019/01/07/james-mckay-the-man-who-draws-the-future/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-52125369Dreams of a Low Carbon FutureSupergen Bioenergy Comic
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09p85b4
https://sustainability.leeds.ac.uk/our-work/biodiversity/bodington-fields/
https://theconversation.com/our-climate-projections-for-2500-show-an-earth-that-is-alien-to-humans-167744
Both events will be held on Google Meet and are open to anyone interested. Meeting details will be sent out on registration.
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If you have any requests for speakers/topics or would like to give a seminar yourself please don't hesitate to get in touch! We also have a form for talk submissions to the seminar series: https://forms.gle/rbsnHZxfBPS35WLB8
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Helen Wheeler
Associate Professor
School of Life Sciences
Anglia Ruskin University
https://aru.ac.uk/people/helen-wheeler
Google scholar profile: https://scholar.google.dk/citations?user=xHTgSzwAAAAJ&hl=en
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Helen_Wheeler3
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