1. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme
for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 643330
Public Engagement
Dean Hogan
2. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme
for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 643330
Public Engagement
The object of this training is to make researchers aware of public
engagement skills and opportunities within the context of a EU-
funded project.
3. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme
for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 643330
Public Engagement
• The aim of the first exercise is for participants to be better able
to communicate their own research to non-specialists.
• Gain an insight into some of the challenges of raising public
awareness of research.
4. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme
for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 643330
Exercise
• Break into groups of three. Explain your research project to
your partners
• Decide which research topic to take forward
• Plan a 90 second presentation to the group on your partner’s
research.
Editor's Notes
Participants break into groups of three. Each person briefly explains their research to their 2 partners (5 minutes). Each group decides which of the three research topics to take forward to the next stage of the exercise and the chosen researcher gives the other 2 partners a broader explanation of their research so that they can plan a 90 second presentation on the explained research. They must then make the presentation to the room and take one or two questions without any input from the researcher whose work is being discussed.
