Presentation at #JoDoc2020. Talk to PhD students for UdG Doctoral School

1. Miquel Duran @miquelduran http://miquelduran.net miquel.duran@udg.edu
Research Communication
#JoDoc2020 15/7/2020, 16:20, Medical School
Miquel DURAN
Institute of Computational Chemistry and Catalysis
Càtedra de Cultura Científica i Comunicació Digital
Universitat de Girona
miquel.duran@udg.edu @miquelduran
Doctoral School, @univgirona – 15/7/2020
This presentation is available at http://slideshare.net/quelgir

2. Miquel Duran @miquelduran http://miquelduran.net miquel.duran@udg.edu
This is me
• MicroCV at twitter: University professor. Research in Quantum Chemistry.
Digital Science Communication, Magic and Science, MOOCs, TEDx events,
Open Knowledge
• Full Professor of Physical Chemistry at Universitat de Girona. Research in
quantum Chemistry - Nonlinear optical properties of molecules, two-
electron densities, and weak molecular interactions.
This is me too
• I like magic, railways, lateral thinking, food markets,
humour, mountain biking, languages, …
• Best friends: our cats Auri and Zuri
https://twitter.com/arnauduran/status/441597227241177088/photo/1/large
And this is even me

3. Miquel Duran @miquelduran http://miquelduran.net miquel.duran@udg.edu
Many keys and ways for digital communication of
knowledge

4. Miquel Duran @miquelduran http://miquelduran.net miquel.duran@udg.edu
Workshop Outline
 This is me and my digital circumstances
 Five reasons not to communicate research
 Open Science, Open Research, Wikipedia
 Artificial Intelligence and Science
Communication
 Me, online
 #covid19 times

5. Miquel Duran @miquelduran http://miquelduran.net miquel.duran@udg.edu
#Selfie: it’s all about reputation
(Not a CC image)

6. Miquel Duran @miquelduran http://miquelduran.net miquel.duran@udg.edu
But the new #selfie is the appearance at
videoconferencing tools
 New skills:
 Videoconferencing (delivering talks)
 Managing videoconferencing
 Keeping discussions
 Attending
 Hybrid – online and face-to-face
 New possibilities
 Now many opportunities to attend relevant talks and
meetings

7. Miquel Duran @miquelduran http://miquelduran.net miquel.duran@udg.edu
What has changed recently in (y)our neighborhood?
• Almost everyone has now a smartphone
(mobility)
• High bandwidth (video consumption)
• Ease of video production and streaming
• And the Internet of things
• And now… #covid19 – hybrid space,
synchronicity and people groups

8. Miquel Duran @miquelduran http://miquelduran.net miquel.duran@udg.edu
Does Research Communication actually matter in a
(post-)Covid-19 Society?
 #Covid-19 will be over someday … or we'll
manage to live with it
 #Covid-19 is pushing new ways of society
organization
 Unfortunately, we have seen tons of bad
practices in science (or biased science-based
politics) communication to the so-called
stakeholders – i.e., people

9. Miquel Duran @miquelduran http://miquelduran.net miquel.duran@udg.edu
Do you realize that now…
 Rubik's Cube gatherings are more
complicated?
 Card magic is more difficult?
 Because
 Cubes, Cards, and other props cannot be touched at all
 Online gatherings, contests, magic, live performances, ...

10. Miquel Duran @miquelduran http://miquelduran.net miquel.duran@udg.edu
The -less age
 We already had wireless…
 Now we have got
 Touchless
 Contactless
 Closenessless
 New adjectives and concepts
 Virtual
 Remote, online, face-to-face, hybrid, blended, inverted, ...

11. Miquel Duran @miquelduran http://miquelduran.net miquel.duran@udg.edu
This is me…
• And my archive…
• And my laptop
• And my tablet
• And my smartphone
• And my smartwatch
• i.e., …

12. Miquel Duran @miquelduran http://miquelduran.net miquel.duran@udg.edu
This is me and my digital circumstances
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikebabcock/3600077025/

13. Miquel Duran @miquelduran http://miquelduran.net miquel.duran@udg.edu
But…
This is also me
my battery
my plugs
my WiFi
and my 3G
Is it sustainable?

14. Miquel Duran @miquelduran http://miquelduran.net miquel.duran@udg.edu
@LSEImpactBlog
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/

15. Miquel Duran @miquelduran http://miquelduran.net miquel.duran@udg.edu
Warwick Knowledge Centre
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/knowledge/

16. Miquel Duran @miquelduran http://miquelduran.net miquel.duran@udg.edu
So here are 5 reasons not to communicate
Science... especially in the Net

17. Miquel Duran @miquelduran http://miquelduran.net miquel.duran@udg.edu
I don’t have any good idea
Why don’t you consider
Science dissemination as an
opportunity for expanding
your research activity into
teaching and leaving your
usual expertise field, while
adventuring into new
areas?

18. Miquel Duran @miquelduran http://miquelduran.net miquel.duran@udg.edu
I don’t have any money
Why don’t you consider
Science dissemination as
an opportunity to get
some funding through
calls, international
collaboration,
transdisciplinar work?

19. Miquel Duran @miquelduran http://miquelduran.net miquel.duran@udg.edu
I don’t have time nor energy left
Why don’t you consider
Science Communication
as an opportunity for task
cleanup and lean time
management?

20. Miquel Duran @miquelduran http://miquelduran.net miquel.duran@udg.edu
I don’t have enough digital skills
Why don’t you consider
Science Dissemination as
an opportunity to enter
the amazing world of the
Internet, online learning,
open knowledge, social
networking, …?

21. Miquel Duran @miquelduran http://miquelduran.net miquel.duran@udg.edu
I get no recognition
Why don’t you consider
Science Disseminaton as an
opportunity to recharge your
personal batteries?
(personal note: the number of
cycles is limited – like actual
chemical batteries)

22. Miquel Duran @miquelduran http://miquelduran.net miquel.duran@udg.edu
SO
There are many reasons to communicate science in the Net, they are
APPEALING
Communicating Science means having the right attitude, rather than
having the suitable resources.
WHY DON’T YOU
Start a blog, open a twitter account or set up instragram photostream
AND
Tackle an idea, talk about an event, deal with a moment in history,
criticize science in newspapers and media, curate content
AND PLEASE COMMENT
my blog post at http://edunomia.net

23. Miquel Duran @miquelduran http://miquelduran.net miquel.duran@udg.edu
Caution
Your attitude is a choice!
Continued, strong and
stressful involvement in
Science Communication
may cause adiction.
Do Clicks & bricks
Do MOOCs, books & cooks
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24. Miquel Duran @miquelduran http://miquelduran.net miquel.duran@udg.edu
Key ideas to (tweet and to) take away
• The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the
one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I
found it!) but 'That's funny ...‘ (Isaasc Asimov) (also
“Oh My God!, as noted by Nobel Prize S Glashow)
• Education is not a preparation for life. Education is
life itself
• Thank you!!!!!