Effective Visual Communication for Scientists & Researchers
Make your research clear, compelling, and visually engaging
Good research deserves good communication — and visuals are often the first thing people notice (or misunderstand). This workshop helps researchers and science communicators understand the fundamentals of visual communication, and apply those principles to the posters, slides, figures, and materials they create every day.
Whether participants are designing presentations, creating posters, or publishing infographics, they’ll learn how to reduce visual clutter, improve clarity, and communicate with greater impact.
Our foundations workshop introduces key principles, while optional add-on modules provide hands-on opportunities to apply them to real-world scientific communication formats.
All sessions are lightly tailored using your input and a pre-training survey — with examples adapted to your discipline and participants’ level of experience.
Delivery options & formats
Foundations of Visual Communication (2 hours)
Introduces the basics of effective visual design — including perception, colour, contrast, fonts, layout, accessibility, and focus. Couple this session with add-on modules (see below) to develop specific skills for different communication channels.
→ Recommended as a starting point for any group working with visual materials
Add-on Module: Critique & Feedback Lab (1.5–2.5 hours)
A live review session where participants submit their own visual materials (slides, posters, handouts, or figures) and receive structured feedback based on the principles introduced in the Foundations and other workshops.
→ Can be general or format-specific
Perfect for:
- Researchers creating posters, slides, and teaching materials
- PhD students preparing for conferences or public engagement
- Science communication professionals and support staff
- Research teams aiming to improve internal and external visibility
- Institutions running summer schools, transferable skills programmes, or writing retreats
Delivery locations
We run these workshops online for institutions worldwide, and in person across Europe.
(If we can get there by public transport, we’re happy to travel!)
Request more information and pricing
Want to bring a data visualisation training session of workshop to your team, research group, students, faculty, or science and research communication programme?
Send us a quick note using our short form, and we’ll send you a detailed 2-page overview with format options, pricing, and information about customisation.
If you like what we’re suggestion, we can schedule a call to discuss details and answer your questions.