AccessLab - Climate, Environment and Health (November)
The AccessLab project is about broadening access to scientific evidence, particularly in the areas of climate, environment and health. We do this through pairing scientific researchers with people who are seeking reliable information for their work or personal lives. Our focus is on developing skills for finding scientific information and judging its reliability, rather than just transferring subject-specific knowledge.
During the workshops we:
- Look at how scientific research is funded and published, and how you can access it.
- Cover basic fact-checking for media stories that relate to science.
- Have time to co-research a science-related topic of your choice one-to-one with a paired researcher. This can be anything you like and is not necessarily limited to the theme of each workshop - it's best to pick a question or topic that's useful for your day to day life decisions or for your work.
The workshop is free and open to anyone, just send us an email to sign up, together with a science-related question/topic that you are interested in looking into on the day. Don't come expecting a definitive answer to your question, instead you'll pick up the skills to be able to find answers to this and other questions yourself.
The event will be run online - if you don't have internet or a computer, do get in touch as we can provide various options. There is funding available to cover childcare or other similar costs, if you need this to be able to come then just mention it in your email and we'll see what we can do.
This series of workshops has been funded by the Engaging Libraries scheme from the Carnegie Trust, Wolfson Foundation and Wellcome Trust, and is in collaboration with Falmouth Library and the European Centre for Environment and Human Health.