Academic Poster Design
A workshop offered by the Bonn Graduate Center
Academic posters are a useful communication method to present your PhD project, engage people in fruitful discussions and gain new input for your research. To suit that purpose, a poster needs to be carefully designed, both from the contents' side and the visual appearance.
In-person Workshop
Friday, January 24, 2025
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Monday, February 3 or Tuesday, February 4, 2025 (individual 30-minute online coaching)
Trainer
Dr. Susanne Berger
Language
English
Location
Alte Sternwarte
Poppelsdorfer Allee 47*
Target Group
Doctoral students
Track(s)
Research
Certificate
9 units are applicable within the Doctorate plus certificate
* The premises are not barrier-free. Please contact the Bonn Graduate Center if you need assistance.
Description
Starting with the content, we will extract the key messages from your projects. All the way from the research question at hand, to the results and finally to the discussion and open questions. Keeping the target audience in mind, we will determine what should be on the poster and how we can communicate it efficiently.
With the aim in mind to reduce text to an absolute minimum, we will focus next on the visuals that should go on the poster. These can include photographs, maps, schematic drawings, diagrams or other data visualizations.
Having determined the contents, we will address the graphic design both of the individual visuals as well as of the poster as a whole. You will learn how to use a grid and white space, choose colors, fonts and font sizes etc. to produce an aesthetically pleasing and effective poster.
Requirements
During the workshop each participant will design their poster about their own PhD project. You will need to bring a laptop with a software to create your poster in (Powerpoint is fine), text and figures (diagrams, charts, schematics, photos etc.) describing your project. Poster drafts are welcome as well.
Please note that the individual 1:1 online coaching session (30 minutes) is a mandatory part of the workshop program. The sessions on February 3 or 4 will be individually scheduled with the trainer.
Content
- Typical elements of an academic poster
- How to extract and focus on the key messages from a projec
- Determination what contents at which level of detail / expertise should be on a poster and what can be skipped
- How much information in words and visuals should be on a poster (information limit)
- How to visually structure a poster with a grid
- Being able to use graphic design (color, white space, typography etc.) to achieve a visual hierarchy, guide the viewer through the poster and give an overall aesthetically pleasing result
- Know technical details such as how to save a poster for printing, required resolution of figures and file formats
Contact
Bonn Graduate Center
Address
Alte Sternwarte
Poppelsdorfer Allee 47
53115 Bonn
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