Welcome to the workshop 17-19 October 2025! Get inspired and develop your fungal pedagogy with Alison Pouliot, one of the world's most inspirational and innovative fungal communicators.
Alison is a very knowledgeable fungal ecologist based in Australia and Switzerland. For 25 years, she has aroused curiosity and spread knowledge about fungi in various contexts with workshops, lectures, excursions, exhibitions, articles, interviews, films and in recent years also with several popular science books worth reading. As a photographer, she also has a magical ability to capture the essence of fungi in pictures.
The purpose of this workshop is to:
- To take part in Alison's rich experiences of communicating about fungi.
- Share our experiences and get inspired by each other.
- Discuss challenges in conveying what fungi are, how they function, and how to popularise their ecological significance.
Read more about Alice Pouliot.
To arouse curiosity and to popularize knowledge sufficiently correct
In this highly interactive workshop Alison will demonstrate the various techniques she uses to capture people’s curiosity and convey vital information about fungi. It will include both indoor and outdoor activities. How can mushroom exhibitions be made more interesting? How do you arouse interest and meet the needs of different demographics? How do you convey and visualize complex scientific concepts? There will be plenty of opportunity for discussion and reflection as we explore the pros and cons of communicating fungi using specimens and images, story and metaphor, in-situ multi-sensory encounters, and other techniques. We especially welcome your ideas and experiences.
The workshop is aimed at anyone who communicates mycology in a broad sense to various target groups and in different contexts. Whether you’re a mycologist, mushroom consultant, researcher, teacher, non-profit association, journalist, artist, or other mycophile, we welcome your attendance. We hope to gather participants with many different experiences from Sweden and our neighboring countries Denmark, Finland and Norway. Maximum number of participants 35.
Expression of interest
On the Swedish version of this page (click on "Swedish" in the upper right corner and fill in the form on the page) you can submit an expression of interest. We will send out detailed information, program and costs for the workshop in the spring of 2025 to those who signed up.
