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By definition, the research and scholarship of our disciplines are entangled with the social; with a plethora of cultural and economic questions, and with fundamental inquiry into what it is to be human and to engage with the world around us.
This raises long-standing challenges about how university-based research should interact with its publics. How do we connect the conversation within the Academy to that taking place outside it? What strategies are we currently employing - and could we, or should we, be doing things differently?
Whether you're looking to engage specific communities as part of your research practice; bring informed, evidence-based thinking to a contested issue; or inspire others to pursue further study, the School Communications Team wants to hear from you.
Join us for an interactive workshop and share your thoughts on:
- What is 'research communication' and why might we do it?
- What strategies are we currently employing for this purpose? How is the landscape changing - and how might it change?
- How can the School's communications infrastructure best support researchers to engage a wider community of audiences and publics with their work? Should it do so? And if so, what form might a future research communication service take?
The session will be led by communications practitioners working in the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences and the discussions will inform development of a School research communications strategy.
