Science communication course

Illustrasjon: Show your science
Science communication course
In this three-day course you will learn how to give an engaging, concise talk on your subject of research.

You will learn the ABC of science communication (how to be audience-friendly, brief and convincing). We encourage all researchers at Nord to apply.

Expected outcomes

  • Learn the ABC of science communication; how to be audience-friendly, brief and convincing).
  • Practice on 4-minute pitches.
  • Prepare to become a key speaker in science communication events.
  • A joint certificate of participation from Nord University and Kiel University.

Training topics

  • Shaping content
  • Language techniques
  • Rhetorical techniques
  • Storytelling
  • Audience involvement
  • Body language
  • Voice

Register / Sign up

  • Please register your interest here.
  • Only 18 available seats.
  • Lunch is included, and travel costs will be covered if you will attend from other campuses than Bodø.
  • PhDs will be prioritized. If seats are available; postdocs, associate professors, and professors may also attend.

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Introduction to the Library
Library course
25 August 2026

Introduction to the Library

Teams/Zoom
12:15
12:45
Are you a new library user and a little unsure about how to find your way around the library – both digitally and physically?
Workshop: Narrative CVs in grant applications
Library course
Research
Webinar
26 August 2026

Workshop: Narrative CVs in grant applications

Zoom
09:30
11:30
What are narrative CVs? Why do they matter? What elements should I consider when writing one?
PhD defence: Annabel Josien Slettenhaar
Disputation
26 August 2026

PhD defence: Annabel Josien Slettenhaar

Nord University, Steinkjer, Auditorium B-123 and Teams
10:00
15:00
Doctoral candidate Annabel Josien Slettenhaar will hold a trial lecture and defend her thesis for the degree Philosophiae Doctor (PhD) at the Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture (FBA), Nord University
Research Data Café (Digital)
Library course
Research
PhD course
27 August 2026

Research Data Café (Digital)

Teams
12:00
13:30
Ask questions while working on data from your own research project.