Research Communication Day
Exploring the Range of Research Communication
Talks, publications, interdisciplinary research networks, personal websites, (social) media or cooperations with non-university partners: There are many ways and options to communicate your research. Together with experienced researchers you will discuss a broader understanding of research communication. You will explore why and how integrating highly specialized research knowledge into effective communication strategies might be important – within academia and beyond.
Panel discussions, short expert inputs and interactive sessions will allow you to reflect and further develop your own research communication strategy. You can advance your understanding on how to disseminate your complex research ideas as best as possible.
Takeaways for your own research communication
Researchers from various disciplines of RUB share their knowledge and experiences on why and how they communicate their research – from highly specified expert communities to science communication beyond academia. By short inputs and panel discussions, they explain approaches for different aims and target-groups and the experiences they made. They will discuss with you if and why a broader range of communication had an impact for them being successful and visible in research. In a post-it session you will share and discuss your research project and your self-understanding as researcher with peers from other disciplines.
Join for RS Certificate: If you are interested in the Research School Certificate, participation in Research Communication Day is required once during your doctorate.
Research Communication Day 2025:
Monday April 07, 09:30 - 15:30 h - Registration open
what previous participants liked
- “Expert panel groups from various fields.”
- “Realizing that other research disciplines have entirely different approaches to publications, conferences and science communication.”
- “I especially liked the post-it session as a team.”
- “The discussion with doctoral researchers from completely different fields.”
The event is planned interactively: the invited researchers share their knowledge and experiences. You can bring in your understandings and opinions by real-time online votings and we would like to invite you to bring all your questions to discuss them with researchers and peers.
We present the participating researchers with their profiles and expertise in the neighbouring tab "Participating Researchers" instead of in the programme.
Programme
- Exploring Research Communication: Opening the scence with Participating Researchers
- Discussing Research Communication: Panel Discussion with Participating Researchers
- Post-It Session (see tab "Registration & ToDos")
Please download the programme here: PROGRAMME
We highly appreciate the engagement, many thanks for helping us:
Prof. Dr. Valentin Klaus
Urban Ecology and Biodiversity (RUB): research on vegetation and ecosystem ecology and analysis of ecological patterns and processes in urban and rural landscapes, highly experienced in cooperating with researchers from other research fields and partners from outside academia.
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Sebastian Golla
Criminology, criminal law and security research in the digital age (RUB): research on artificial intelligence in law enforcement and security, IT security and criminal law and criminal law protection of the public peace, highly experienced in cooperating with partners from outside academia and in sharing his research publicly.
Dr. Andreas Sieß
Rhine Ruhr Center for Science Communication Research (University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhine-Sieg): research on science communication with a special focus on the aesthetics of science communication, highly experienced in cooperating with researchers from other research fields and in sharing his research publicly.
Dr. Maren Freudenberg
Sociology of Religion (RUB): research on the sociology of religion with a special focus on religion and economy and religion and modernity, highly experienced in interdisciplinary research, in cooperating with partners from outside academia and in explaining her research to the public.
Dr. Dilek A. Tepeli
Social Sciences (RUB): inter- and transdisciplinary research on social conflict dynamics in science-practice co-operations, highly experienced in inter- and transdicsiplinary research.
Paula Weitz
Science communication and press work officer at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS): completed her master in Communication Science; prepares research topics of researchers in an understandable and target group-oriented way and participates in planning and realizing science communication formats.
We highly appreciate your participation in the complete programme. If you would like your participation in the Research Communication Day acknowledged for RS Certificate participation in the complete programme is needed.
Part of the programme will be a Post-It Session to get to know your projects beyond disciplinary boarders. Please fill in the following "Post-It" file by summing up your research project in 2-3 sentences comprehensible also for researchers who are not from your field. Please bring the filled and printed out Post-It to the Research Communication Day: DOWNLOAD "POST-IT" FILE
Please register online until 31. March 2025: REGISTRATION
Research Day 2020: Communicating research beyond (disciplinary) borders, 13 February 2020
The event focussed on explaining research to an interdisciplinary community or to the general public. It supported the participants in understanding and reflecting how to communicate their research beyond their research field or even beyond academic borders. In a panel discussion experts and experienced researchers from RUB shared their experiences about why and how to communicate research to a wider community or public actors. In Mini-Workshops experts offered state-of-the-art and alternative formats supporting the participants to start working on strategies to communicate their research beyond borders: sketching a graphically recorded poster, gamestorming with e.g. Lego or Playmobil and developing an elevator pitch. The programme closed by a “Post-It” session to which the participants brought a Post-It summing up their research in one sentence. During the Post-It session they presented their research project to participants from completely different research fields. You can find the programme here.
Research Day 2019: Requirements and Attitudes for a Successful Research Career, 28 February 2019
The morning programme addressed both: the most important factors for a research career and the personal attitudes that make researchers successful. The participants discussed with invited experts the established and distinct criteria for a research career and reflected their meaning and impact for appointment procedures of university chairs. The participants specially discussed with experienced Postdocs personal career attitudes and experiences. In the second part of the day the participants introduced and proposed their own research project in an interdisciplinary poster session with doctoral researchers from different research fields. In an interactive part at the end of the programme they reflected the question if, why and how to describe the meaning of their research related to broader societal questions. You can find the programme here.
Research Day 2017: Career factors for your research career and communication of your research beyond disciplinary borders, 9 November 2017
This event addressed the most important personal factors for a research career. Established postdocs shared their experiences and career strategies on developing individual research profiles, building research reputation, raising third-party funding, working on international visibility, developing teaching portfolios and shaping personal skills. They explained how they deal with personal challenges and decisions to build a successful research career. The participants could bring in their career knowledge in interactive parts and discussed their career perspectives. A plenary table on different career options in research closed the morning session. In the second part of the day the participants discussed their own research projects in an interdisciplinary setting. They started with poster sessions in interdisciplinary groups, followed by an expert input giving tips and strategies to explain research to non-experts and a practical exercise in re-designing posters to communicate their research to non-experts. You can find the programme here.
Research Day 2016: Academic Profile and Effective Communication, 14 November 2016
The first half of the day addressed postdoc career options by providing strategic information on how to start and consolidate a research postdoc career. The second half of the day has been dedicated to exchanging about the research projects of the participants within and beyond disciplinary boundaries and to analyzing the importance of communication in research. The first half of the day started with an expert input and interactive discussions about strategic issues and essential skills to become a successful independent researcher. Successful Postdocs shared their experiences and gave tips and recommendations on career building strategies. In the second part of the day an expert panel of experienced researchers of RUB discussed about the relevance of subject specific and non-subjects specific communication in research. Recent interdisciplinary graduate schools of the RUB exemplified how communication cross disciplines work and effects joint research projects. The day closed by interdisciplinary poster sessions supporting the participants to exchange with researchers from within their field and from very different research fields to start a dialogue cross disciplines. You can find the programme here.
Research Day 2015: International Aspects of an Academic Career, 19 November 2015
You can find the programme here.
Research Day 2014: Developing a successful profile for an academic career, 6 November 2014
You can find the programme here.
Research Day 2013: Research Takeway - Get tips and hints for a successful research career!
You can find the programme here.
Research Day 2012: Working in Research – Perspectives for Post-Docs, 21 November 2012
You can find the programme here.
Research Day 2011: InterDisciplinary Research, 10 November 2011
You can find the programme here.
During the first 4 years doctoral researchers from the three sections Humanities & Social Sciences, Life Sciences and Natural & Engineering Sciences organised a section day as a one-day research conference for each section. The programme combined lectures on recent research topics by experienced researchers with presentations of research projects of doctoral researchers. Encouraged by these experiences and the strong interest of the doctoral researchers in a scientific exchange beyond disciplinary borders the concept has been changed to organising a one-day meeting for doctoral researchers from all sections, transforming the "Section Days" into the “Research Day”.
Section Days 2010, 3-5 November 2010
Natural Sciences and Engineering: “Nanotechnology”
Life Sciences: “Communication”
Humanities and Social Sciences: “Borders – Conflicts - Innovations”
You can find the programme here.
Section Days 2009, November 4-6, 2009
Humanities and Social Sciences: “The Archaeology of Science and Knowledge”
Life Sciences: “The Art of Nature”
Natural Sciences and Engineering: “Functional Materials”
You can find the programme here.
Section Days 2008, 5-7 November 2008
Life Sciences: “Signal Transduction and its Medical Relevance”
Natural Sciences and Engineering: “Surface Science and Engineering”
Humanities and Social Sciences: “Narration/Mediation: The constitution of the ‘Self’ in interdisciplinary perspective”
You can find the programme here.
Section Days 2007, 5-7 November 2007
You can find the programme here.
To let you know:
We offer the event in English to integrate all research areas and research languages on campus.
Getting to know each other
How a chance encounter at Research Communication Day 2023 gave rise to an interdisciplinary reading group at RUB.
Retrospect
Read the report on the latest event on LinkedIn.
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