We can offer a number of tailored workshops and dialogues to suit you and your organisation. Why not use our expertise and see how we can work for you.

Our Approach

We are a friendly and approachable team and offer impartial and inclusive expertise to help support your public engagement projects. We have the confidence and the contacts to draw on the expertise of the entire science communication community to provide a big impact from a small team.

Our strong links and relationships with a wide variety of experts and the media place us at the centre of the community and cement our reputation for professional and cutting-edge delivery.
 

Communication training
We provide science communication skills training for scientists, students and clinicians. Whether you want to deliver compelling public lectures, design an eye-catching research poster, or just develop your communication skills, we can design and deliver a course to help. Current workshops include 'Communicating Science' workshops at Imperial College, Newcastle University and Guy's & St Thomas' hospital.

Public engagement workshops
If you're applying, or thinking about applying, for a public engagement grant or award, we run workshops to help you out. We recently ran workshops on behalf of EPSRC interested in public engagement. 

Public dialogues
If you're running a public dialogue we can help source speakers, scientific experts, facilitators, venues and catering. Past public dialogues include 'Experiment Earth', a series of deliberative workshops and open access events about geoengineering for the Natural Environment Research Council (Feb-April 2010) and dialogues about the use of human material in animals for the Academy of Medical Sciences. All dialogues helped feed public and stakeholder views into science policy development.

Recent collaborators include: Ipsos MORI, Dialogue by Design, Sciencewise-ERC and the Training Group

Learn more about or projects and events here.

Know about all the latest opportunities to engage the public with your work in our free Scientists in Society e-lert. 

Meet the team

Mónica Lobo is Science in Society Manager. She ran science engagement projects and events in different scientific areas, from Genetics to Space Science, at the European Space Agency, the Portuguese National Agency for Scientific and Technological Culture- Ciência Viva and at Amadora Science Centre.
She has a master in Biochemistry from the University of Lisbon and a postgraduate diploma in Economy and Management of Science, Technology and Innovation from the Technical University of Lisbon.

Amy Lothian is Science in Society Officer. She has a BSc in Cognitive Science from the University of Exeter and an MSc in Science Communication from the University of Bath. She used to work at the Institute of Physics looking after their members and branches.

Toby Shannon is Science in Society Officer. His position is partly funded by BIS and he is implementing the recommendations from the Science for All expert group. He has a BSc in Physics from the University of Surrey and an MSc in Science Communication from UWE. He specialises in digital engagement, science on Twitter and new media.

Alice Taylor-Gee is Science in Society Manager and has worked at the British Science Association since 2003 running a year-long programme of events for science communicators, scientists and the public. She has an MChem from UEA and a postgraduate diploma in Science Communication from Australia National University.  She sits on the judging panel for various public engagement grants and is a guest lecturer at UWE. She has presented a travelling science show around Australia and worked for ScienceLine. (currently on maternity leave)

If you have an idea or would like to collaborate with us email  or call Monica 020 7019 4939.