This training aims to teach researchers public engagement skills and opportunities for an EU-funded project. The goals are to help researchers communicate their work to non-experts, and to give insight into challenges of raising public awareness of research. An exercise has participants explain their research to each other in 90 second presentations to practice these skills.

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.