Cross University Research Event: Public and Policy Engagement

Come along to the final Cross University Research Event for 2022/23, as leading researchers from across our faculties give three-minute presentations focusing on Public and Policy Engagement.

We’ll also be hearing from some of our Public Voice Scholars, who have been appointed to provide thought and practice leadership on public and policy engagement, as they share their research.

Confirmed speakers:

Science and Health

• Dr Jon Chamberlain, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering
• Monika Steinke, Department of  Psychology

 Arts and Humanities

• Justice begins in the archives. Why it mattes whose records we keep, how we organise them and who gets access - Dr Alix Green, Department of History

 Social Sciences

• Professor John Bartle, Department of Government
• Dr Laura Fumagalli, ISER
• Professor Rashedur Chowdhury, Essex Business School

 
Public Voice Scholars

• Raising Awareness and Challenging Accentism Through Public Engagement - Dr Amanda Cole, Department of Language and Linguistics
• Telling the stories of our un-furry friends: Voices from the sea - Dr Anna Sturrock, School of Life Sciences
• The Essex BioBlitz - Photographing the Fingerprints of Climate Change in Essex - Dr David Clark, Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Institute for Analytics and Data Science), School of Life Sciences
• Neuromarketing at Essex: Interdisciplinary Research from the Circular Economy to Dementia Treatments - Dr Erik Jacobi, Essex Business School
• Professor Gina Yannitell Reinhardt, Department of Government
• Decolonising Heritage Sites: Engaging the Public in Hidden Histories Through Story Driven Experiences - Dr Holly Maples, East 15 Acting School
• Dr Katerina Hadjimatheou, Department of Sociology
• Postdigital Performances of Care - Dr Liam Jarvis, Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies 
• Tattooing the World: Engagement, Outreach, Impact and Exhibitions arising from Recent Research - Dr Matt Lodder, School of Philosophy and Art History
• Sex, Sheds and Rock 'n' Roll: Reflections on Co-Produced Research - Dr Ruth Lowry, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences

Presentations will be followed by a networking session (available for those attending in person only), and will provide a fantastic opportunity for our staff and postgraduate researchers to come together, share ideas and develop new research collaborations.

Register here for this event. 

More information on the CURE series can be found on our CURE webpage.

CURE is aimed at University of Essex staff and our PG researchers.

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