Arlene Birt

Information design and Graphics officer

IPCC

An information designer, Arlene Birt creates visuals that explain the complexities of science and social topics to non-expert audiences –to help individuals connect emotionally to abstract topics.

As graphics officer with the IPCC’s 2023 Synthesis Report (AR6), Birt co-created figures with 60+ climate scientists – including several that landed on the front page of global news media.

As a professor for 11 years in the US, she taught courses on data visualization and visual communication. Birt was visiting fellow at Seoul National University, adjunct faculty of Wuhan University of Technology (China), a Fulbright fellow in the Netherlands.

Birt is also founder and creative director of design consultancy, Background Stories. Her work has been featured across global media and she has published chapters in several books.

Contact : arlene.birt@universite-paris-saclay.fr