UX design: an essential asset for our communications agency

This blog post aims to show the importance of UX design, or user experience design, and its benefits.
New MEIE funding to accelerate our development!

Our agency is pleased to announce that it has received salary support funding from the Ministère de l’économie, de l’innovation et de l’énergie du Québec through the NovaScience program.
Green open access to free publications

Open science has become a major concern for the scientific community, aiming to make research results accessible to all, without financial barriers.
We’re looking for a project manager!

Founded in December 2021, Agence PhDesign is a young communications agency dedicated to the research community. Our mission is to work with researchers to increase the reach and visibility of research in society.
The art of communicating your research orally at a conference: launch of three fact sheets to help you prepare.

Discover 3 summary sheets to help you communicate better with your audience, capture and maintain their attention, and make your presentation easier to understand and remember.
Knowledge transfer: from theory to implementation

This post aims to highlight the elements of the process leading to the use of knowledge. They are taken from the MOOC in Knowledge Transfer – Knowledge Brokering developed by the RENARD research team.
The OPEN Project: An attractive, effective site to increase research visibility

Project OPEN is a modern virtual showcase, like a digital business card, a one-page site that will speak succinctly to the media, your future partners or students.
Best practices for podcast production

Best practices for podcast production OR First and foremost, as with any project, there is a very important question to consider: is there an audience for my message?
How to improve an organization’s environmental performance

How can managers be brought to understand the importance of psychological factors in encouraging employees to adopt environmentally responsible behaviors in order to improve the environmental performance of organizations? This is the research goal of Virginie Francoeur, assistant professor in social sciences at Polytechnique Montréal. In a research project she conducted with Pascal Paillé, tenured […]
Key principles of graphic design

This blog post is intended for research and academic staff interested in developing basic graphic design skills to improve the visual appearance of their documents. The material discussed is a summary of graphic designer Robin Williams’ (not the actor!), The Non-Designer’s Design Book. This book is written for people who are new to design and […]