8. Who are you? Turn to your neighbour and find out: Who they are? Where they are from? What turned them on to science?
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10. Public Engagement can be: Science Communication Education (e.g. scientists talking in schools) University outreach New Media (e.g. Twitter to update people) Science festivals Policy consultations Debate and dialogue Collaborative research
11. How many do you recognise? Lectures Citizens’ juries User Panels Future Search Open Space Neighbourhood Forums Deliberative Polling™ Local Involvement Networks Focus Groups Participatory Appraisal Planning for Real™ Public Engagement E-Petitions Citizens’ Summits Participatory Budgeting Online forums Wikis World Cafe Forum Theatre Democs™ Public talks Citizens’ Panels Opinion Polls
20. Different reasons Social Cohesion Governance Improved Services Learning Law & Regulations Ownership
21. Making it all add up Outcome (What) Process / Structure (How) People (Who) Context (Where) Purpose (Why) Process/ Structure (How)
22. Public Engagement Triangle Transmit To inspire, inform, change, educate, build capacity and involvement or influence decisions of others (e.g. the public) Receive To use the views, skills, experience, knowledge of others (e.g. the public) to inspire, inform, change, educate or build your own capacity or decisions Collaborate To collaborate, consider, create or decide something together
23. Thinking about the benefits Engagement as an end in itself Engagement as an means to an end Engagement as an external requirement Engagement to benefit institution Engagement to benefit participants Engagement to benefit society
32. Lessons learned Don’t engage unless you mean it Resource properly Support staff to develop the skills Understand your participants Communicate clearly
33. Where to go for more information BSA www.britishscienceassociation.org Wellcome Trust www.wellcome.ac.uk NCCPE www.publicengagement.ac.uk Sciencewise ERC www.sciencewise-erc.org.uk People&Participationwww.peopleandparticipation.net
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Editor's Notes
Over the next 45 minutes
Public engagement -What is it?
What is Engagement?
Public engagement -Why do it?
A key element of understanding why you are doing PE Is to understand which of the drivers within society are that you are responding to:Governance –democratic legitimacy, trust, active citizenshipSocial cohesion and social justice –relationships, ownership and social capital; empowering peopleOr Better decisions and outcomesImproved services – creating more efficient services that meet real needs and reflect community values Capacity building and learning – building confidence and skills, and helping to create stronger communities Or Building understanding of trade offsGreater ownership – building community buy-in to policies, services and service deliveryOr Increasing public ownership of scienceIncreasing public participation in scienceNew legal and regulatory structures – Duty to Involve, CAA, Cabinet Office guidanceOther reasonsContributing to civic engagementIncreased public knowledge Policy influence
[bullet]One of the reasons that people get it wrong is because they start with the process or the structure they want for engagementthe way they want to run an engagement event[bullet]And they hope that it is going to lead to the outcome they want[bullet]But doesn’t work like that[bullet]shouldn’t start with process but ratherAND THEN GO THROUGH THE FORMULA Note at the end that it isn’t in fact linear, but is rather an iterative process
Public engagement -Who does it?Is it someone like you?
