Events
The Institute for Policy and Engagement runs regular events that help connect policymakers and the public with the exciting research taking place.
If you have any suggestions for events you’d love to see us organising, or if you’re running an event where our research might make a contribution, please get in touch.
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- Date
- 28/06/2023
- Location:
- Royal Society
- Description
- Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam will be giving his Attenborough Award Lecture at the Royal Society on Wednesday 28 June 2023 at 19:00. In his talk, Professor Van-Tam will discuss how science was communicated in both political and public spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic and will reflect on his own journey through this challenging landscape. This free event is open to everyone. Find out more about the event: https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2023/06/attenborough-award-lecture-2022/
- Date
- 15/06/2023
- Location:
- B1 Physics Building
- Description
- This interactive lecture uses archive footage of the Apollo 11 spacecraft landing on the Moon in July 1969 and how engineers (from many backgrounds) made this happen. We will briefly look at the Artemis programme to get the first woman and the first person of colour to walk on the Moon in the next few years!There will also be UK built rocket engines from the 50's and 60's as well as some examples of how you can get involved in Space Engineering at home. We will also highlight some of the amazing work the University of Nottingham does in Space and spaceflight applications.
- Date
- 02 - 04/06/2023
- Location:
- Dryden Enterprise Centre, Nottingham city centre
- Description
- We are delighted to be supporting this year's Green Hustle festival in Nottingham! Check out the many different ways that our academics are getting involved with at this exciting free public event.
- Date
- 18/05/2023
- Location:
- B1 Physics Building
- Description
- Professor Emma Wilson presents this public lecture, sharing personal and professional reflections on breast cancer research whilst living with a breast cancer susceptibility gene.
- Date
- 20/04/2023
- Location:
- Physics Building (lecture theatre B1) University Park Campus, School of Physics & Astronomy
- Description
- Did you know that China manufactured COVID-19 to wage war on the USA, or that climate change is all just a hoax so scientists can make money? In this talk, Dr Daniel Jolley will showcase why people find conspiracy theories so appealing and debunk some of the misconceptions (e.g., are all conspiracy believer's paranoid?).