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Workshop: Expand the global reach of your research with The Conversation

Science communicator Tove Smeds. Photo.
Tove Smeds, Science communicator and the faculty contact person for The Conversation. Photo: Ingemar Hultquist.

On 29 April and 12 May, workshops will be held in Malmö and Lund on how to share your research via the platform "The Conversation". Don’t miss this opportunity to get expert tips on how to best pitch your idea!

The University’s researchers published no fewer than 76 articles in The Conversation in 2025 – a new record. Altogether, the University’s articles reached an audience of 1.45 million readers last year. 

Christel Nielsen from the Faculty of Medicine reached 87,000 readers with her article about tattoos and skin cancer – thanks in no small part to it being republished by The Independent.

“It helped raise the profile of the research and made it possible to reach a wider, international audience than would have been possible through traditional academic channels”, says Christel Nielsen.

Want your research to reach a wider audience?

Workshops will be held in Malmö and Lund on 29 April and 12 May. Whether you are passionate about reaching policymakers, industry leaders or the general audience, this workshops will provide inspiration and ideas on how to elevate your communication. You’ll learn how to reach out on the platform The Conversation, a global forum for researchers to share their expertise with wider audience.

The workshops is led by science communicator Tove Smeds, and is intended for researchers and PhD students at the Faculty of Medicine. Light lunch is served! Limited number of places, first come first served.

More information and registration on Intramed calender:

Workshop in Malmö, 29 April, 12.00–13.00
Workshop in Lund, 12 May, 12.00–13.00

Welcome!

About The Conversation

The Conversation is a politically independent, non-profit international news outlet. The site’s articles reach a total audience of 10 million readers every month. Readership figures are on a par with science articles from The Guardian and The New York Times. Lund University is a member of The Conversation, which gives researchers here a chance to interact with the outside world and other news media through The Conversation. Articles that are published are written by researchers who are supported in the process by experienced journalists and editors.

More information about The Conversation (on the Staff Pages)