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Pernille F. Langeland, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, September 2014

Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet

Popular dissemination

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When and where to communicate

• When the journalist calls– Remember your personal profile!

• When a relevant topic is in the public debate

• When you have your own research story to tell – big

or small (the small stories are important too!)

• Events– Open seminars at the Department

– Researcher Grand Prix: www.ntnu.edu/researcher-grand-prix

– Researchers’ Night: www.ntnu.no/forskningsdagene/night

– Campus visit / Open Campus

• When you’ve (almost finished):

Summary of your thesis

• Just for fun

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• Bilder fra CD – Kai Torgeir

Foto: Kai Torgeir Dragland /NTNU

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Researcher Grand Prix

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blog.nt.ntnu.no/en

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What?

1. What did you discover/ what are your trying to

discover? (Relate the story to a more general topic the public can relate to - pretend you’re talking to the cab driver?)

1. How? (remember, you’re still talking to the cab driver, not your colleague)

2. Why is this new knowledge important? (Contribution to more precise climate change predictions? Better quality of solar cells? Possible reduction of micro chip size? )

3. Can you give any advice based on the study? (bonus)

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Translation examples

Evolutionary process in age-structured moose populations: Towards sustainable management strategies in fluctuatingenvironments

What happens to the mooseflock when we hunt them?

Biotechnological production of materials-FP

Can solar cells become more effective if we learn from algaes how they harvest light?

Lead-free ferro- and piezoelectric K0.5Na0.5NbO3-based materials

Developing new, environmentally friendlycomputer materials

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How to edit your profile - information on Innsida: https://innsida.ntnu.no/wiki/-/wiki/English/Edit+your+profile+page

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Register your activities in Cristin

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This afternoon

1. Check your personal profile– No photo? Contact per.henning@ntnu.no

2. Check out NTs page on Facebook

and the blog- www.facebook.com/nt.ntnu

- Blog.nt.ntnu.no

- read, «like», contribute

3. Be inspired– http://lolmythesis.com/

– http://physicsworld.com/cws/Landing/100secondscience.do

4. Plan your blog/Facebook-contribution

5. Poke your research group

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Pernille.f.langeland@ntnu.no

73 59 63 08/957 976 43

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