INSTRUCTIONS
Individual Task:
Design a poster that addresses the course question:
What are –or could be –our key contributions to researching and shaping climate futures?
Poster topic: Select one specific strategy of adapting to or mitigating global change (e.g., a regulatory intervention, specific consumer behavior, a nature-based solution).
Your poster should deal with
1) the knowledge/research which is necessary to support this strategy
and
2) an effective way to communicate/implement this strategy.
Group Organisational Task:
– Two poster sessions will be held on July 2nd and July 9th, where posters will be
exhibited and presented.
– You will work in groups to organise the two poster sessions; groups include Chair, Scientific Committee, Technical Team, Advertising Team, On-Site Logistics Team.
– Organisation of groups and tasks will commence on April 30th.
GRADING
Design (30 %)
➢ Follows format guidelines (A0, portrait orientation)
➢ Visual appeal
➢ Clear and organized layout
➢ Logical flow of information
➢ Text and graphics readable from 1-2 m
➢ Efficient use of space
➢ Correct formatting and orthography
Content (50 %)
➢ Relevant and appropriate content:
– Poster contributes to answering the central course question
– Poster addresses one specific strategy of adapting to or of mitigating
global change
– Poster deals with both: 1) knowledge/research which is necessary to
support this strategy and 2) an effective way to communicate/implement
this strategy. Both aspects do not need to be addressed equally.
➢ Clear structure of poster content: clear objectives, clear take-home
messages
➢ Good depth of coverage
➢ Correctness regarding content
➢ Usage of relevant literature
➢ Useful images/figures
➢ Figures intuitively comprehensible
➢ Appropriate references of sources
➢ Precise language
Poster presentation to poster visitors (20%)
➢ Precise, concise and clear oral presentation (2-3 min)
➢ Convincing and comprehensible “guided tour” through poster
➢ Able to competently answer questions
Timeline
| Due | homework |
| 16. Apr | Think about what important components of the climate system are and of the social system(s) that in their interaction shape climate futures. Draw a conceptual map of these components and their interactions on a paper. Bring it with you to the next class on April 16th. |
| 23. Apr | Read text about transformative science and rehearse notes about Pielkes role models(from the introductory class). |
| 30. Apr | Post first ideas for a poster (100-200 words blog post), comment one poster idea: 50-100 words |
| 07. Mai | Prepare 1st role-play |
| 21. Mai | Post proposal for poster topic including references (200-400 words blog post), comment one poster idea: 50-100 words |
| 28. Mai | Blog post on Desired Climate Future (you may work in pairs of two students writing one post together): best posts might be published on climatematters. Organize poster session. |
| 04. Jun | Prepare 2nd role-play; continue to work on poster. Organize poster session. |
| 11. Jun | Finish first draft of poster (digital and A4 printout). Organize poster session. |
| 25. Jun | Prepare final version of poster for poster clinic. Organize poster session. |
| 02. Jul | Poster Session event I |
| 09. Jul | present and discuss own poster, give feedback to fellow students |
| 16. Jul | Reflect and provide course feedback. |
CURRENT SCHEDULE:
Resources for Poster Session Organization
All groups: Please meet and start working in your task groups to advance the organization of our public poster session events.
Group 1: Most importantly, prepare a time and milestone plan covering the period until the poster session events.
Group 2: Discuss suitable rooms. Find out how to book rooms.
Group 3: Discuss who should be invited. How to announce the event?
Group 4: Discuss if you would like to serve food/drinks. We would provide a moderate budget for this.
| 1: Scientific Committee: Screening and clustering of abstracts, thinking about moderation time, and milestone planning |
Chair: Alyx
Committee: Marlene, Ibolya, Rami |
| 2: Technical Team: Booking of rooms, organizing poster walls |
Chair:
Committee: Divanshu, Lucy, Mareike, Prashamsa(?) |
| 3: Advertising Team: Invitation emails, poster and/or flyer, social media? |
Chair: Alicja
Committee: Asli, Alicja, Tara |
| 4: On-site Logistics Team:
Prepare room, poster walls, tables registration desk, tables, ordering of food/drinks? |
Chair:
Committee: Carmen, Toni, Eva, Alina, Sarah |
EXAMPLE of Poster Session Timeline from SuSe24:
Contacts of Poster Session Task Groups from SuSe25:
| 1: Scientific Committee | Chair: Garmani |
| 2: Technical Team: | Chair: Mats |
| 3: Advertising Team | Chair: Jan |
| 4: On-site Logistics Team | Chair: Valentina |