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Ingenious bookshelf
Ingenious
engaging citizens; engaging engineers
This bookshelf provides
potential applicants and Ingenious grant holders with further information
on public engagement and evaluation.
This is an evolving resource and additional suggestions for this bookshelf, such
as a particularly valuable publication, are welcomed
and should be forwarded to Lesley Paterson.
Ingenious
An
article on Ingenious in The Royal Academy of
Engineering’s quarterly magazine Ingenia.
A
list of the Awardees from the first round of
Ingenious.
Public Engagement
See-through Science: Why public engagement needs to
move upstream (Demos, 2004) provides a thought
provoking argument for a new phase of debates
between science, technology and society.
Factors affecting science communication: a survey of
scientists and engineers (Royal Society, 2006)
provides evidence to support the development of
activities to encourage scientists and engineers to
communicate with the public, policy makers and
media.
The
Engaging Science publication from the Wellcome Trust features public engagement
essays from a variety of perspectives.
The following
RCUK best practice
guides
contain good advice on the following topics: Dialogue with
the public; Communicating science; Communications toolkit;
Communicating your ideas; PPA good practice guide.
The Parliamentary Office of Science and
Technology POST Note entitled
Open Channels: Public dialogue in science and technology (2001) is a summary of a
larger report and provides an overview and guidance for effective public dialogue. Public dialogue on Science & Technology (2002) is a more extensive POST Note
containing information on public attitudes and consultations in addition
to advice on the values and limitations of dialogue, and good practice
guidelines for effective planning and evaluation.
Evaluation guides
The
online toolkit provides grant holders and potential applicants with all the information
and resources required to evaluate an Ingenious project. However, for
further reading, grant holders may find the following resources useful:
Practical Guidelines: Evaluation
(RCUK, 2005) is for projects intended to engage general audiences in the social, ethical
and political issues raised by the science, technology and engineering research.
So did it work? (COPUS, 1996) is a
guide to evaluating events and includes a useful example questionnaire
and interview schedule.
Making a Difference: A guide to
evaluating public participation in central government (Involve, 2007) is
intended to help those involved in planning and organising effective
public participation activities.
Example evaluations
The
Psci-com
web-portal provides an online bibliography of public engagement-related literature
(including evaluations) and is updated monthly.
The Science Communication Unit at the
University of West England have published a
series of evaluations
on their website.
An
Evaluation
of a public engagement with science grants scheme
Pulse, is available from the Wellcome Trust.
Contact Details
If you have any queries, please contact:
Dr Lesley Paterson
Head of Public Engagement
Lesley Paterson
0207 227 0584
Ingenious is supported by the Office of Science and Innovation, now within the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills DIUS.
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