Dear Colleagues,
We are delighted to announce that we have two London PUS events planned for May 2016.
Firstly, on 11th May 2016, we will be hosting a special PUS 'China in Focus' Day (LSE, Department of Social Psychology, Q328, 11.00-18.00). While the conduct of science has
become a global affair, science culture and the public understanding of science
remain local matters. This day offers an opportunity to reflect on such
similarities and differences and to engage in international comparisons and understanding
diversity in the field. The programme
for the day is below, and more details and abstracts on our website http://londonpus.wordpress.com
Secondly,
the next ‘regular’ London PUS Seminar will be taking place at 4.15pm on Wednesday 25th May 2016, in room QUE3 28/29 at LSE
(map here http://www.lse.ac.uk/mapsAndDirections/home.aspx). We are
delighted to announce that our speakers will be Ethan Greenwood from the
Wellcome Trust, and Patrick Sturgis from University of Southampton, who will be
talking about Wave 3 of the Wellcome Trust Monitor Survey of UK public
attitudes to medical research. Their
abstract is below and also on our website http://londonpus.wordpress.com
We hope to
see you at at least one of these interesting events.
Best
wishes
Jane
Gregory, Martin Bauer, Simon Lock, Melanie Smallman
The PUS ‘China in Focus’ Day
LSE, Department of Social Psychology, Q328, 11.00-18.00, 11th May 2016.
China
is a large and diverse cultural space. It has lively discussions on science and
public understanding of science, stimulated nationally by CAST (China
Association for Science and Technology), CAS (China Academy of Sciences), MOST
(Ministry of Science and Technology) and in many provincial initiatives.
This
PUS Focus Day of presentations and discussions will raise the awareness of PUS
diversity with doctoral and post-doctoral research currently conduced in the
UK. While the conduct of science has become a global affair, science
culture and the public understanding of science remain local matters. This
day offers an opportunity to engage comparative benchmarking of similarities
and differences in the people’s relationship to science as this is represented
in various streams of observation and performance.
Programme
11.00
Welcome and introduction (Martin Bauer
for The London PUS team)
11.15 Kristiansen, Silje (IPMZ. Zurich): Responses to Fukushima in Switzerland –
‘risk’ is a complex story
12.15 ZHANG
Huiliang (CAST-CRISP / LSE) Creative
imagination among Chinese school children
Lunch
14.00 LIU
Xuan (CAST-CRISP / LSE) DAO, MAO and
Master MENG - attitudes to science in China
15.00 SONG
Jia-Ou (University of Manchester) Two Case Studies on Contemporary Science
Museums in China from a UK Perspective
16.00 YIN Lin (CAST-CRISP / LSE) What Chinese scientists think about
‘engaging the public’
17.00 Final discussion leading into the PUB and
beyond
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PUS Seminar 4.15pm, Wednesday 25th May 2016, Room QUE3 28/29 LSE
Ethan
Greenwood, Wellcome Trust; Patrick Sturgis, University of Southampton What do
the UK public think about medical research?
This seminar with explore
the latest and previous findings from the Wellcome Trust Monitor Survey. For
Wave 3, around 1500 adults were interviewed last year. The themes discussed
will be trends in public opinion, how health and environment consideration
affect food and drink choices, understanding of antibiotic resistance,
confidence in understanding of medical terms and interacting with doctors.
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