** APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING **

Please forward this message to others who may be interested


Dear Colleagues,

We still have a number of places left for Fridays Public Understanding of
Science Lunch Club meeting, the programme for which can be found below. If
anyone would like to attend please contact Tim Rogers by e-mail or
telephone, or register via the SPSG website at www.spsg.org/pus.

Details for the July 16 and 26 lunch clubs can also be found below.


Yours,


Tim Rogers

-----


Science Policy Support Group Lunch Club Series 1999
The Public Understanding of Science

JUNE 18 1999

12:00 - 12:15 Welcome

12:15 - 13.00 Hot and Cold Buffet Lunch

13.00 - 13.40 Presentations from the Fellows

Wolfgang Rudig. Green Filters: Alternative Knowledge Intermediaries and
Environmental Policy. An examination of the role of the Intermediary
organisations (government lead or alternative research institutes) that have
arisen as a result of environmental mobilisation over the past twenty years.

Simon Locke. Rhetoric and the Public Understanding of Science. What is the
role of written and spoken language in the relationship between science and
its publics?

Jonathan Osborne. Towards a Science Education for the Public Understanding
of Science. How far does the science taught in our schools go towards
producing a scientifically literate public?

13.40 - 14.00 Questions and discussion

14.00  Close

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++


The Science Policy Support Group (SPSG) is pleased to announce a special
three part series of lunchtime events detailing the work of the Fellows in
the ESRC New Opportunities Programme on the Public Understanding of Science.

These will be held on June 18th, July 16th and July 26th 1999 at SPSG's
offices at 1 Birdcage Walk, Westminster, London.

Attendees will have the opportunity to discuss some of the issues currently
heading the public understanding of science debate and to question the
Fellows on the implications of their work for policy, practice and future
research.

The cost of each lunch club is £18.00 including lunch and refreshments.
Places are limited so early booking is advised.

For further details on topics and speakers please visit the SPSG website:

www.spsg.org/pus

An electronic booking service and further details of the programme can be
found here.

If internet access is limited please contact Tim Rogers at the address
listed at the bottom of this  page, or by sending an e-mail to
[log in to unmask], and a programme and booking form will be sent by post
or by fax.

-------------------------------------

JULY 16 1999

12:00 - 12:15 Welcome

12:15 - 13.00 Hot and Cold Buffet Lunch

13.00 - 13.40 Presentations from the Fellows

Laurie Cohen. Managing Producer User Relations in Research Science
Institutes. How have recent changes in the organisation of public sector
research institutes altered their relationships with users?

Jeanette Edwards. Expertise in Understanding of new Reproductive and Genetic
Technologies. What kind of understanding do Œlay¹ people bring to bear on
burgeoning and increasingly prominent technologies of assisted conception?

Ian Robinson. Public Understanding of Science in Medicine: An
Anthropological Perspective     How do medical scientist, particularly those
involved in medical trials, understand and evaluate their work?

13.40 - 14.00 Questions and discussion

14.00  Close

------------------------------------

JULY 26 1999

12:00 - 12:15 Welcome

12:15 - 13.00 Hot and Cold Buffet Lunch

13.00 - 13.40 Presentations from the Fellows

Rebecca Boden PUS: A Governance perspective. An evaluation of the
contribution made by contemporary UK accounting based governance practices
to the public understanding of science.

Steve Yearley. Public Understanding Models and Simulations. How useful are
technical models and simulations in demonstrating scientific ideas and
concepts to the public?

Josephine Anne Stein. The Changing Mores of Science: Public Understanding
and Public Accountability. How can public participation in civic affairs
concerning scientific and technical issues be improved?

13.40 - 14.00 Questions and discussion

14.00  Close

------------------------------------
Tim Rogers
Science Policy Support Group
1 Birdcage Walk
Westminster
London SW1

T.    +44 171 799 3335
F.    +44 171 799 3336



%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%