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

Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet

Popular dissemination

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Science communication

• Why?• When?• What?

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Why?

• It’s a part of the university’s responsability• Build awareness and knowledge in the society• Recruitment• Possible contact with other research groups

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When?

• 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• 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

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• Bilder fra CD – Kai Torgeir

Foto: Kai Torgeir Dragland /NTNU

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Foto: Kai Torgeir Dragland /NTNU

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Researcher Grand Prix

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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 examplesEvolutionary 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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The day is still young

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

2. Check out NTs page on Facebook- www.facebook.com/nt.ntnu- Check, «like», contribute

3. Be inspired– http://lolmythesis.com/– http://physicsworld.com/cws/Landing/100secondscience.do

4. Poke your research group

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Pernille.f.langeland@ntnu.no73 59 63 08/957 976 43D1-196