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BBC Documentary: China’s Great Science Leap

Posted by Joy on October 23, 2021 · Leave a Comment 

At the end of August, BBC Radio 4 launched a 2-episode programme on China’s science. Wohoo! I was so happy to see (or rather hear) it being broadcasted, for its editor Melanie Brown first got in touch with me about this idea in the summer of 2019. The original idea was to conduct interviews and … Continue reading →

Filed under Media · Tagged with BBC, China, Life sciences, public engagement, satellites and sapce, Science policy

Dec 2019 – ENGAGE 2019

Posted by Joy on February 4, 2020 · Leave a Comment 

You may find it odd, but one of my favourite annual conferences in the UK is the Engage series hosted by the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE). Although the conference seems to be mainly for public engagement professionals, I always find it extremely informative and insightful for anyone who is interested in Science and … Continue reading →

Filed under Events · Tagged with NCCPE, public engagement, science communication

Oct 2019 – World Conference on Scientific Literacy

Posted by Joy on December 11, 2019 · Leave a Comment 

Delighted to give a presentation at the World Conference on Scientific Literacy in Beijing this October at the invitation of China’s Research Institute for Science Popularisation. Hosting these international events may be the best way to speed up the creation of a more transparent and engaging research culture in China. At the end of the … Continue reading →

Filed under Events, Media · Tagged with China, public engagement, science communication

Oct 2019 – Newton Workshop

Posted by Joy on December 11, 2019 · Leave a Comment 

In October, the six of us (see below) pulled off a very successful interdisciplinary and cross-cultural workshop on ‘Promoting Social Embeddedness of New Biotechnologies:Co-Developing Public Engagement in and with China’ , funded by the Newton Fund. – No modesty reserved, as we had a group of wonderful delegates from China and the UK. I’m confident … Continue reading →

Filed under Events · Tagged with accountability, China, Life sciences, NCCPE, public engagement, Science policy, transnational collaboration

British Council Grant

Posted by Joy on December 16, 2018 · Leave a Comment 

I’m delighted that our bid for the British Council’s Newton Fund has been successful. Collaborating with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, we are to host a 3-day interdisciplinary workshop brings together and empowers a new generation of bioscientists and social scientists from both China and the UK to critically and creatively examine what effective public … Continue reading →

Filed under Events, Research · Tagged with Life sciences, public engagement, science communication, Science policy

Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing

Posted by Joy on December 10, 2018 · Leave a Comment 

It was a great pleasure to share my ESRC project’s finding over two invited presentations at the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing. My first Summit presentation focused on the causes and possible solutions to the ‘public engagement-deficit’ I identified in China’s rise as a global scientific power. I urged for a professional cultural and … Continue reading →

Filed under Events · Tagged with accountability, China, CRISPR, public engagement, Science policy, transnational collaboration

UK-China Dialogue on Governing Trust in the Biosciences

Posted by Joy on April 20, 2018 · Leave a Comment 

On 22 and 23 February, my ESRC project held its concluding conference at the British Academy. 30 delegates who are leading figures in their respective fields in China and the UK joined the discussion. The event featured two keynote presentations and six sessions. Baroness Onora O’Neill’s thought-provoking opening keynote reflected on ways of conceptualising trust, … Continue reading →

Filed under Events · Tagged with accountability, China, public engagement, Science policy

Invited RS talk on public engagement

Posted by Joy on April 20, 2018 · Leave a Comment 

I was invited by the Royal Society’s Science Policy section to give a presentation at the UK-China policy dialogue on genetic technologies on 27 March 2018. In her talk, ‘Opening Up the ‘Black Box’ of the Life Sciences’, I argued that while scientific research and its impacts are becoming increasingly transnational, public engagement is still … Continue reading →

Filed under Events · Tagged with public engagement, Royal Society, Science policy, transnational collaboration

Getting ready for my project’s final conference!

Posted by Joy on February 2, 2018 · Leave a Comment 

My ESRC project’s concluding conference, Governing Trust in the Biosciences, is now open for registration. The conference will be held on 22-23 February 2018 at the British Academy in London. It aims to promote cross-cultural dialogues on good governance and effective accountability between China and the UK. The discussion may be of particular interest to people … Continue reading →

Filed under Events, Research · Tagged with public engagement, Science poilcy, transnational collaboration

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