There are a number of different ways to display your data or ideas visually and it depends on who you are aiming to engage and what you want to tell them. Building excellent graphics and summary figures takes time, practice and a willingness to learn the appropriate software. This workshop will provide an overview of information visualisation and further resources for participants to explore in their own time.

Data and information visualisation is a vast and rapidly growing field. This workshop covers the principles of visualising data, examples of excellent visualisations and poor visualisations and case studies including examples from the instructor’s own publications and experience.

Learning outcomes

After this workshop participants will have:

• been introduced to the principles of good information visualisation
• an overview of various types of visualisations and considered how they can represent their own work visually

Target audience

Postgraduate researchers in the mid-late stage of their research degree and from all disciplines, and ECRs from all disciplines, broadly encompassing research assistants, postdoctoral researchers and research fellows at grades 6-8.

About the facilitators

This workshop is designed and delivered by Dr Joanna Young from the Scientific Editing Company.

About this theme

Thrive workshops get you thinking about communicating and disseminating your research and how it can make an impact. Visit our Thrive workshops page for more sessions.

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By: Zydrune Jasiunaite
Last updated: Thursday, 20 March 2025