Taking the step from the academic writing template to essayistic prose is very much a question of rethinking one’s ideas about a text’s meaning. What is discouraged in a peer review article may be considered stylistically appropriate in writing aimed at the wider public.

Which linguistic features typical of today’s academic writing should be avoided when the aim is to communicate with wider audiences?

Magnus Linton, non-fiction writer and editor at the Institute for Futures Studies, elaborates on seven crucial points in his book Text and Style – Using Science in storytelling.

Date & Time: May 3, 10:15 AM–12:00 PM
Location:  St Algatan Hörsal, Lund
Registration: Secure your spot by emailing ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir)

This event is open to all researchers, with a special invitation extended to researchers from our strategic research areas. Feel free to share this invitation with your colleagues if you think they might also be interested.

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P.S. We have a session in Swedish from 13:00 to 15:00, which is also open for registration.