Vital research on the Climate Crisis is ongoing, providing much needed evidence about the changes that are happening to our world. But what are your questions and concerns? Join us for a discussion where we will be sharing recent research on issues related to the current Climate Emergency and discussing how it relates to your … Continue reading How to Fix a Broken Planet?
Date: 28/11/2020Join Dr Rox Middleton to learn about tiny structures that change the way we think about colour and materials. Physicist Rox Middleton from the department of Biological Sciences at University of Bristol will talk about light and the surprising way nature uses it to create spectacular colours without using colourful pigments. Rox will be talking … Continue reading Discovery Talks: Bubbles, Butterflies, Beetles and the Optics of Fruit
Date: 28/11/2020** We’re sorry to announce that we have had to cancel this event due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologise for any disappointment.** This talk looks at a time when shipwrecks were staged in theatres, and newspaper hawkers would shout ‘shipwreck! Shipwreck!’ to sell newspapers illustrating the last devastating wreck. From the mystery of the … Continue reading Discovery Talks: Staring into the Abyss: Victorian Shipwrecks and Maritime Disaster
Date: 28/11/2020What histories can you find at home? Even without being locked down it’s a good place to start, and it can help us understand how that thing ‘history’ involves all of us. This talk illustrates the ways in which an unexceptional personal family story can showcase one wider facet of British history, the experience of … Continue reading Discovery Talks: History from Home
Date: 28/11/2020Using two examples, I’ll introduce the subject of music and the (new-ish) phenomenon of Social Prescribing. This promises a revolution in wellbeing. Hopefully, this talk will become an interactive discussion. Presented by David Dewar, Department of Music at the University of Bristol. “I’m a ‘classical’ musician (conductor; harpsichordist; horn-player), and also a doctoral researcher in … Continue reading Discovery Talks: Music for the Shy?
Date: 28/11/2020Quantum theory describes how our universe behaves at the smallest scales, where atoms and their constituent particles interact, and underpins almost all of modern physics. In this talk, I will give a brief introduction to this hidden quantum world, highlighting some crucial and surprising differences between it and our everyday experiences. One way to understand … Continue reading Discovery Talks: Quantum Parallel Worlds
Date: 28/11/2020The ‘future of work’ has been and gone several times already over the past few hundred years. Utopian and dystopian visions of automated worklessness arrive every few decades or so, and are seldom realised. Typically brought into being on the back of one crisis, they quickly fade as another crisis comes along and lays waste … Continue reading Discovery Talks: A Short History of the Future of Work
Date: 28/11/2020This collaboration between University of Bristol and Kilter Theatre aims to envisage the impact of current STEMM research on the daily lives of future Bristolians. Participants will be shown video monologues written by two current postgraduate researchers in chemistry (protein design) and engineering (composite materials), projecting the applications of their research into the future. The … Continue reading Discovery Talks: How will STEMM research affect the daily lives of Bristolians in the future?
Date: 28/11/2020Learn more about how researchers from across the University of Bristol are working hard to understand the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and its associated illness, COVID-19. This session, hosted by the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute, features six researchers speaking for ten minutes each about their projects, including what the pandemic means for young people’s mental … Continue reading Discovery Talks: Understanding COVID-19
Date: 28/11/2020Are you a parent, an entrepreneur, a feminist, a libertarian, all of these, or none? By using machine learning, Dr Miriam Koschate will tell you from your writing style which group was influencing you while you were writing. You may be able to deceive the person next to you but our models will know who … Continue reading Who do we think you are? Online social identity detection
Date: 28/11/2020Join Jerry Fox and Dr Kristin Liabo for mindfulness exercises and discussion. Jerry is from the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services; he has developed mindfulness therapy for young people and their carers. He’ll be chatting about how the success of the therapy was measured with data collected from groups in this project. He will … Continue reading Talking about Mindfulness Therapy for Young People
Date: 28/11/2020Working with the Natural History Consortium, we’ve brought together scientists researching the natural world with Instagrammers to share their work using social media platform Instagram. Head over to Instagram and follow the Festival of Nature and the accounts of researchers and Instagrammers to discover more from scientists who are working on a variety of animals, … Continue reading FUTURESxInstagram
Date: 28/11/2020Do you have a burning question you’ve always wanted to ask a scientist or a researcher? Head over to social news website Reddit and meet researchers from the University of Bath to ask them anything. On Reddit, you’ll find: Michelle St Clair – Saturday 28 November, 7pm Join Dr Michelle St Clair from … Continue reading I’M A RESEARCHER – ASK ME ANYTHING
Date: 28/11/2020Discover how computer games are used by engineers to simulate and solve problems – and try them yourself. At the University of Exeter, a great tool has been developed to connect complex scientific information and explore the interactions between water, energy, land, and food resources management in the context of Climate Change. During the event, … Continue reading Serious Games: learn by doing
Date: 28/11/2020FUTURES2020 is taking to the airwaves! Futures on Air is a specially curated series of programmes broadcast on Community Radio stations across the South West. Climate change, feminism and South Asian music are just some of the topics that will be covered in a series of programmes delivered in collaboration with Bath Radio, Phonic FM … Continue reading FUTURES on Air
Date: 28/11/2020Take to social media site Twitter for a FUTURES2020 digital science festival in collaboration with The Global Science Show. Meet researchers at the University of Bath and the University of Plymouth, find out about newly discovered penguin species, how flood defences keep cities safe, the science of buildings and much more and get a chance … Continue reading Global Science Show
Date: 28/11/2020Enjoy a unique opportunity to join ecological artist Pete Ward and Senior Politics Lecturer Dr Joanie Willett to share the stories of your local Cornish ecology through conversation and making. Through a dynamic afternoon of guided activities, we will explore the potential of the organic materials on our doorsteps to re-imagine our local communities and add their … Continue reading Gathering for a Future
Date: 28/11/2020A fun evening of brain teasers for all the family, hosted by historian Professor James Daybell, Associate Dean of Research at the University of Plymouth and co-creator of acclaimed, alternative History podcast ‘Histories of the Unexpected‘. Join us to test your knowledge of the world around us, featuring mind boggling facts on literature, plants, the human … Continue reading The Big Family Quiz
Date: 28/11/2020Explore underwater heritage and naval history with experts from the University of Plymouth – filmed on location at several of Plymouth’s most renowned maritime landmarks. The Land ahoy! talks are an exciting opportunity for all to learn more about the people that work to protect our seas. The Disaster that Obscured Near Catastrophe: A Fresh … Continue reading Land Ahoy! Talks on Maritime History and Heritage
Date: 28/11/2020An exclusive insight to the work of Marie Curie Fellows at the University of Plymouth, join us for a glimpse into the daily activities of these researchers and some top tips on pursuing a career in research. Featuring: Dr Anton Ilderton, Association Professor of Theoretical Physics Hear about Anton’s work using high-intensity lasers to explore … Continue reading A Day in the Life of a Researcher, EU Corner
Date: 28/11/2020Is breathing at the centre of what it means to be alive? Is it fundamental to being human or being conscious? If robots could ‘breathe’, would that make them human? Can the way that we breathe improve our mental health and even our ability to fight disease? In this panel event, our postgraduate researchers will … Continue reading Discovery Talks: A matter of life and breath
Date: 28/11/2020Is eating organic better? Is going vegan an environmentally friendly option? And how can we make farming more effective? In this panel event, our postgraduate researchers will consider how we can re-imagine our food systems and our relationship with food. It is well documented that our current global food system is unsustainable causing unacceptable environmental … Continue reading Discovery Talks: Sustainable foods: knowing, thinking, doing.
Date: 27/11/2020Science doesn’t have to be serious, Never Explain is a science comedy game show like no other by the team behind Science Showoff. Researchers from the University of Bath makeup Team Perception, Naomi Heffer and Mike Richardson from the Department of Psychology and Team Chemistry, Jon Noble and Eleanor Roake from the Centre for Sustainable … Continue reading Science Showoff presents: Never Explain
Date: 27/11/2020Pull up a chair and settle down to hear the stories behind the research as our researchers share their very personal stories of what has inspired, surprised and encouraged them during their careers. Come to Researchers’ Tales to hear short stories from researchers who work on varied topics. These include the 5G network, lasers, self-healing … Continue reading Researchers’ Tales
Date: 27/11/2020Do you have a burning question you’ve always wanted to ask a scientist or a researcher? Head over to social news website Reddit and meet researchers from the University of Bath to ask them anything. On Reddit, you’ll find: Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh – Friday 27 November, 5pm Join Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh, director of … Continue reading I’m a Researcher – Ask Me Anything
Date: 27/11/2020The interactive session explores an ancient Greek’s programme for healthy living. Written 1800 years ago, Galen’s medical system was the basis of Western and Islamic Medicine for 1600 years. Might Galen’s healthy living be useful for us in the 21st century? Join Professor John Wilkins to consider Galen’s advice on the environment, eating and drinking, … Continue reading How the Ancient Greeks Can Improve Your Health
Date: 27/11/2020Working with the Natural History Consortium, we’ve brought together scientists researching the natural world with Instagrammers to share their work using social media platform Instagram. Head over to Instagram and follow the Festival of Nature and the accounts of researchers and Instagrammers to discover more from scientists who are working on a variety of animals, … Continue reading FUTURESxInstagram
Date: 27/11/2020FUTURES2020 is taking to the airwaves! Futures on Air is a specially curated series of programmes broadcast on Community Radio stations across the South West. Climate change, feminism and South Asian music are just some of the topics that will be covered in a series of programmes delivered in collaboration with Bath Radio, Phonic FM … Continue reading FUTURES on Air
Date: 27/11/2020Roll up roll up, to our very special FUTURES 2020 Research Fair. Join our team of researchers as we host a carousel of exciting events designed to intrigue and amaze. At the Curiosity Carousel you can hear from and talk to a variety of researchers, and a special video presentation from the SS Great Britain … Continue reading The Curiosity Carousel Knowledge Fair
Date: 27/11/2020This lively online discussion with scientists, researchers and audience interaction, looks at communicating science, the psychology behind our actions, and the politics of Climate Change. Chaired by Radio 4 journalist Ritula Shah, we’ll be asking why is Climate Change so hard? “The danger of global warming is as yet unseen, but real enough for us … Continue reading Why is Climate Change so hard?
Date: 27/11/2020Do you have the lockdown blues? This hour-long online workshop is about connection and catharsis through shared creativity. Dr Fred Cooper from the Wellcome Centre will talk briefly about the Beacon project on loneliness, show you some things that other people have been making, drawing, writing (or singing!) during Covid-19, and lend you some inspiration … Continue reading Lockdown Blues
Date: 27/11/2020“We live on a rock-coated metal ball hurtling at 66,000 miles per hour through space, yet despite our breakneck orbit through a crowded cosmic neighbourhood it is the changes happening closer to home that present the greatest threats to humanity.” Professor Iain Stewart MBE, Director of the Sustainable Earth Institute and Professor of Geoscience Communication, … Continue reading Discovery Talks: Expedition Earth: An Explorer’s Guide to a Planet in Peril
Date: 27/11/2020Spend the day with researchers from University of Plymouth as they investigate some of the biggest challenges in the science world today from Plymouth’s favourite marine venues, including the National Marine Aquarium. Schools and young people are invited to enjoy all or a selection of the following 20-minute talks, each is accompanied by a 5-minute … Continue reading Research on your Doorstep: Online Science
Date: 27/11/2020FUTURES Exhibits will host four virtual exhibitions online. These will open on the FUTURES2020 website on Friday 27 and will remain accessible until December 11th. Bristol Botanic Garden – An Unusual Spring and Summer The Botanic Garden was built for people to view, arms behind back and looking at the exhibits doing their thing, learning … Continue reading FUTURES Exhibits
Date: 27/11/2020Vital research on the Climate Crisis is ongoing, providing much needed evidence about the changes that are happening to our world. But what are your questions and concerns? Join us for a discussion where we will be sharing recent research on issues related to the current Climate Emergency and discussing how it relates to your … Continue reading How to Fix a Broken Planet?
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