What we are up to
We are currently developing and supporting dialogue projects on rapidly emerging areas of science and technology, such as autonomous vehicles, the use of data and genomic medicine.
Find out more about these projects below.
Deliberating online to inform policy making: examples to learn from
During the Covid-19 pandemic there has been an increased focus on the possibilities for deliberation and dialogue to be run online as policymakers try [...]
Public dialogue commences on Carbon Capture Usage and Storage
With support from Sciencewise, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) have commissioned a public dialogue project to explore citizens’ attitudes towards [...]
Engaging citizens in the future of mobility
On 24th July, Sciencewise brought together policy makers, researchers and NGOs working on the future of mobility to explore where citizen voices would add [...]
Why Public Dialogue now – in a time of Covid-19
In early July we ran a webinar for policy makers to discuss why despite the challenges of Covid-19, government departments should be considering and [...]
Webinar: Opportunities for public dialogue in a time of Covid-19 in the Health and Social Care sector
Sciencewise is hosting a webinar for Patient and Public Involvement and Public Engagement Leads exploring the opportunities in the Health and Social Care sector [...]
Better, longer lives for everyone: public dialogue on ageing
In October last year, Sciencewise hosted a roundtable on ageing, at BEIS. The roundtable focused on the Ageing Society Grand Challenge mission to "Ensure [...]
Opportunities for public dialogue in a time of Covid-19 and beyond: A Sciencewise webinar exploring possibilities and challenges
Update: this webinar has now happened, but we will be hosting similar events in the near future. To keep up to date with future [...]
Don’t stand so close to me: dialogue in the time of distancing
The dialogue and engagement world is abuzz with chatter about online tools. Covid-19 has forced us all - practitioners, advisers and commissioners - to [...]
How Sciencewise can help with public dialogue during the covid-19 lockdown
Covid 19 has forced us all to think differently about our working practices. As a country, we are now starting to think about how [...]
Putting good into practice: making public benefit assessments when using health and care data
A National Data Guardian for Health and Care project, co-funded by Understanding Patient Data and the Sciencewise programme has commenced. The dialogue will explore [...]
National Food Strategy public dialogue launched
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, NFS is working with Sciencewise, UKRI and the contractor, Hopkins Van Mil, to run some online engagement activities [...]
CDEI report on online targeting published
The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation, with support from Sciencewise, has completed a dialogue which explored public attitudes towards online targeting. The dialogue [...]
Connected and Automated Vehicles Report Published
The Department for Transport, with support from Sciencewise, has just completed a dialogue exploring public views and aspirations around Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAV). [...]
Reflections on running the Genomic Medicine public dialogue
This is a blog post from Simon Wilde, who was the project lead of the dialogue at Genomics England, reflecting on the experience of [...]
Public attitudes to online targeting
The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI) is beginning a dialogue, with support from Sciencewise, to explore public understanding, perceptions of and attitudes [...]
Public attitudes on clean growth
Around the world, a growing number of people consider climate change to be one of the greatest global threats their countries face (Poushter & Huang, [...]
Genomic medicine public dialogue report published
A Genomics England public dialogue, co-funded by Sciencewise, has published its final report. The dialogue explored public aspirations, concerns, and expectations about the development of [...]
What do the public think about connected and autonomous vehicles?
A Department for Transport dialogue project, co-funded by the Sciencewise programme, has commenced to explore the public acceptability of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs). What [...]
Public dialogue on genomic medicine begins
Update: Please note this dialogue has now concluded. To see the latest from the dialogue, including the report, click here. Genomics England is beginning a [...]
Findings of a public dialogue about human tissue and health data research
In July, the final report of a public dialogue commissioned by the Health Research Authority (HRA) and the Human Tissue Authority (HTA) was made available. [...]
New Sciencewise case studies available
Sciencewise has completed over 50 major national public dialogue projects and case studies are available on all of them. Here are some of our most [...]
Genomics Literature Review Published
Genomics England, and Ipsos MORI have published a literature review which summarises gaps in our knowledge about public attitudes to genomics and recommends areas for [...]
Cross-cutting data issues and the public
Advances in data science are transforming society. They have the potential to significantly improve the lives of all citizens through, for example, the more effective [...]
Genome editing and public engagement
Genome editing involves the deliberate alteration of DNA in a living cell. Genome editing techniques can be used to add, remove, or alter a selected [...]