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Last few spaces available on this *free* (travel and accommodation all covered) workshop on *Science Communication and Religion* being held by the *British Science Association* and the *Science and Religion: Exploring the Spectrum project*, next week on *Weds 10th & 11th May *in central Birmingham. The event is particularly recommended for science communicators with an interest in religion and faith, or those working with emotive or sometimes controversial themes. You can read more about the project here: http://sciencereligionspectrum.org/about-2 The event aims to: - Improve familiarity and literacy in communicating on science and religion - Explore areas of faith, trust, belief, and religion in science communication - Support attendees to develop new outputs, partnerships and projects Sessions will be led by science communication practitioners and academics from a variety of disciplines researching the intersection of science and religion in public spaces. The sessions will be framed by preliminary data from the Science and Religion: Exploring the Spectrum project and there will be practical exercises built around case-studies, proposals and evaluation plans. Sessions will include: - Storytelling: balancing narrative and ‘truth’ - Hosting constructive debates - Science and religion, past and present - Partnerships and participation: an external perspective - Beyond box ticking: The evaluation, revision, and re-delivery cycle - Trust in science, trust in sci-comm? Moving the conversation forward Presenters and panelists include: Dr Alexander Hall (Newman University <https://sciencereligionspectrum.org/about-2/dr-alexander-hall/>), Professor Fern Elsdon-Baker (Newman University <https://sciencereligionspectrum.org/about-2/dr-fern-elsdon-baker/>), James Riley (Rising Ape <https://rising-ape.com/>), Ivvet Modinou (British Science Association <https://www.britishscienceassociation.org/>), Charlotte Hale (FLUX: Moving Science <http://www.fluxdancetheatre.com/>), Brian Lobel (Sick of the Fringe <http://www.blobelwarming.com/>), and more. The event is free to attend, including travel and accommodation costs associated with attendance. A deposit of £15 is payable to secure your place on this event, which will be refunded upon attendance. Note that this workshop is funded by the Science and Religion: Exploring the Spectrum project. Attendance, travel, and accommodation are provided free of charge on the understanding that participants contribute to the workshop debates and engage with the project’s research. Post workshop there will be opportunities for attendees to create science communication materials and outputs related to the workshop content and wider research findings of the project. For more information and registration, please go to https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/science-religion-a-bsa-science-communication-masterclass-tickets-33486703632 If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me at this address, or via [log in to unmask] -- Kind Regards, Dr Alexander Hall ----------- Please note that my official work email address is: [log in to unmask] Tel: 07523731186 If you are so inclined please follow me on twitter @Green_gambit <https://twitter.com/Green_Gambit> <https://twitter.com/Green_Gambit> ********************************************************************** psci-com how-to: Once subscribed, send emails for the list to [log in to unmask] If not subscribed, either subscribe here https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=psci-com or send requests for items to be posted on your behalf to [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe (or silence messages while away) send an email (any subject) to [log in to unmask] with one of the following messages (ignoring text in brackets) • signoff psci-com (to leave the list) • set psci-com nomail (to stop receiving messages while on holiday) • set psci-com mail (to resume getting messages) Contact list owner at [log in to unmask] Small print and JISCMail acceptable use policy https://sites.google.com/site/pscicomjiscmail/the-small-print **********************************************************************