re-posted with permission from authors: https://www.psa.ac.uk/insight-plus/blog/greece-facing-imminent-humanitarian-crisis by Roman Gerodimos and Sofie Edlund On Tuesday, March 1st, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency warned that Greece is facing an imminent humanitarian crisis. Over the last few months UNHCR has been monitoring arrivals to South-East Europe on a daily basis and collating data from various sources into a daily… Read more

The emergence of Graphic Medicine, and now Graphic Social Sciences, seeks to make connections with audiences, in part, through their focus on emotion, empathy, point of view, and ability to capture multiple perspectives. As such, graphic narratives are well suited to qualitative research and its methods. But how can quantitative social science data best be… Read more

The numerical and factual information are not the only elements in data visualisations that are being interpreted by end users. For example, when used ambiguously symbols can confuse how a visualisation is read. (gingerbread man shape = male…every time…this figure is gendered) And, while this simplified bookmark can’t help you solve the data viz world’s challenges… Read more

Looking to shift your communications and wanting to try something new? The comics medium is approachable, accessible and relatable and can communicate serious topics of health, wellbeing and illness. These works, categorised as Graphic Medicine, both create emotive narratives and deliver information in an accessible medium. Here are a couple resources for you to have… Read more

Date: 12/11/2015 Time: 10:00 – 16:30 Location: The Old School House, Gladstone Mews, Bournemouth, BH7 6BG Event Description: The move in recent years toward open data brings with it opportunities for information re-use, increases transparency, and encourages civic participation in data analysis and communication. From human rights issues to climate change, this increased emphasis on… Read more

Posted on July 21, 2015July 21, 2015 by Dan Weissmann The Data Storytelling Workshop for the BU Festival of Learning This entry was tagged bournemouthuni, bufest15, datavis, scijourn. Bookmark the permalink. Read more

Join us for a discussion on climate change, capitalism and security: EB202 (Lansdowne Campus) Friday 3 July 12:30-16:30 Sea levels rise, droughts, floods and superstorms destroy livelihoods and force migration. Entrenched in militarised security cultures, nature is rendered unstable, a risk, a threat to be mitigated and controlled. And those people, displaced and disenfranchised, are… Read more

When: Thursday 9th July 2015     10am – 6pm  Friday 10th July 2015       9am – 4pm  Where: Executive Business Centre, Holdenhurst Road, Bournemouth Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/politics-emotion-and-protest-workshop-tickets-14749786007 Keynote Speakers: Professor Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, Cardiff University Professor Barry Richards, Bournemouth University From Hong Kong to Kiev, from Ferguson to Madrid, we are living in a time of global… Read more

On the 14th May we were joined by Malachy Browne from the social media news service Reported.ly. Their role is to encourage social media users to report on humanitarian crises and disasters to get a fuller picture of events and involve people on the ground in journalism. This means that stories from ordinary citizens are… Read more

GeoNet, the fusion-funded interdisciplinary seminar project, held our first lunchtime session ‘A conversation about climate change’ recently. We were really pleased to see the Coyne so packed out (come early next time to be sure of getting a cookie!) with a wide range of students, PGRs and staff from across the university. Short talks to… Read more