Birkbeck scholars and collaborators were recognised for the ways in which they work with the public and non-academic communities to make their research accessible and to include non-academic expertise in their research practice.
This year’s theme is ‘Small Steps and Giant Leaps’
Discuss any event ideas with the Public Engagement Team.
Ana Maria Portugal, final year PhD student at the Birkbeck Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development (CBCD) and its affiliated TABLET Project, writes about the Bloomsbury Festival workshop she developed with the Birkbeck Public Engagement Team to get families thinking about screen time.
Einstein’s Garden fuses together performance, art, music and public engagement with research and brings science and the environment to life in fun and unusual ways. They are on the lookout for research groups and scientific organisations that would like to bring a stall to Einstein’s Garden with the aim of engaging festival audiences with science. Stalls can explore fundamental scientific ideas or phenomena, the process of science or current scientific research. It is essential that stalls include as much interactivity and participation as possible for festival goers and that they embody the creative and playful spirit of Einstein’s Garden.
Deadline for applications: Monday 15th April 2019
Do you have an amazing talk, performance or workshop that you would like to be included in the New Scientist Live 2019 programme? They welcome all submissions that will excite, entertain and educate our audience of highly engaged science and technology lovers, particularly those related to the fields of technology and engineering.
F
unding for innovative projects that engage the public with dementia and the life-changing research going on into the condition.
Three tiers of funding, going up to £30,000
Deadline: 31 May 2019
Join us at Birkbeck’s Public Engagement Awards on Tuesday 26 March to celebrate projects with a public engagement focus from across the College. There will be drinks, nibbles and a chance to network after the ceremony.