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Dear all, Our next seminar will be held on Wednesday 25th February. We are very pleased to welcome Melanie Smallman (UCL) to discuss her research into impact of public dialogue exercises on UK science policy. All are welcome. If you'd like to join the email list then please contact Simon Lock. We look forward to seeing you there. Professor Martin Bauer, Dr Simon Lock, Dr Jane Gregory Date, Time and Location: Wednesday 25th February 2015 16.15-18:00 Venue: St Clement's, S314, LSE http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/mapsAndDirections/findingYourWayAroundLSE.htm Speaker: Melanie Smallman, Department of Science and Technology Studies, UCL Title: Has ten years' of public dialogue in the UK had any impact on science policy? Abstract: In the UK, in response to controversies around BSE and GM foods, since 2000, there has been a move to involve the public in discussions about the future of science and technology. But what impact has dialogue activities like those organised by ScienceWise had on policy? In this seminar, I will describe my research which has set out to answer this question through an analysis of ten years' worth of public dialogue, expert and policy reports, as well as a series of interviews with government Ministers, civil servants and Chief Scientific Advisers. Along the way, I will talk about what the outputs of public dialogue can tell us about public attitudes to new technologies, how policymakers view expertise and evidence and how the public fit into decisions about scientific futures. Melanie is a researcher in UCL's department of science and technology studies, currently writing up her PhD research and setting up a hub for Responsible Research and Innovation. Alongside this, she runs the science communication practice Think-Lab and has worked as an adviser to the Chief Scientific Adviser in Defra and as a dialogue and engagement specialist for ScienceWise. About the Seminar Series The London PUS seminar is an interdisciplinary intercollegiate seminar concerned with the broad range of topics that fall under the headings of public understanding of science, public engagement with science, science communication, and science-in-society. It has been run jointly between LSE and UCL since 1993 and is open to all. Our participants predominantly come from a wide range of academic disciplines, and the science policy and science communication/public engagement communities. It is currently supported by the Public Understanding of Science journal published by SAGE and the Department of Science and Technology Studies, UCL. Future seminar dates for your diaries (speakers tbc): 18 March 19 Apr 27 May 24 Jun Dr Simon J Lock Lecturer in Science Communication and Governance Department of Science and Technology Studies UCL Gower Street London WC1E 6BT [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 020 7679 3763 (internal: x33763) www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/staff/lock twitter: @simonjlock ********************************************** NEW PAPER: "Nuclear energy sounded wonderful 40 years ago": UK citizens views on CCS http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421513011312 NEW Special Issue of Public Understanding of Science - 'Why Should We Promote Public Engagement with Science?' Guest edited by myself, Jack Stilgoe and James Wilsdon http://pus.sagepub.com/content/23/1/4.full.pdf+html Have you heard about our two new MSc degrees? http://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/prospective/msc/uclmastersdegrees ********************************************************************** Commands - send an email (any subject) to [log in to unmask] with one of the following messages (ignoring text in brackets) • set psci-com nomail (to stop receiving messages while on holiday) • set psci-com mail (to resume getting messages) • signoff psci-com (to leave the list) • Subscribe here https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=psci-com Contact list owner at [log in to unmask] Small print and JISCMail acceptable use policy https://sites.google.com/site/pscicomjiscmail/the-small-print **********************************************************************