At PEARL 2019 Conference, 12 speakers – including PEARL 2018-19 Grant-holders – shared an extensive and diverse range of exciting activities they are carrying out engaging the public with research.  Quick-fire 10 minute talks inspired delegates with new ideas and innovative practice – see below for videos. 11 new PEARL grant-funded projects for 2019-20 were announced, followed by a Wine Reception & Poster Presentations.

“It was great seeing speakers from different backgrounds share and celebrate the outstanding range of public engagement with research activities that are taking place, and staff and students having a chance to discuss ideas in the reception, ask questions, be inspired and create new partnerships.” – Sarah Harris, PEARL Research Assistant

Ponds, Pants and Pollinators

Isobel Wright – Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology

Developing RAF100 Augmented Reality Flypast for Public Engagement

Jussi Holopainen – School of Computer Science

Can you tell the mood of these monkeys? – Raising awareness from Brussels to Skegness

Laëtitia Maréchal -School of Psychology

‘Off the Sticky Floor’: A Global Examination of Self-Limiting Barriers that Inhibit the Professional and Personal Progress of Women

Ruchi Aggarwal – Lincoln International Business School

University of Lincoln Research Garden at the Lincolnshire Show

Caroline Riley & Jordan Watson – Doctoral School

Storytelling in Science: inspiring primary school students to discover the mysterious world of microorganisms

Nadia Andreani – School of Life Sciences

Diabetes: the Sweet and the Sour

Keivan Ahmadi & Keith Spurr – School of Pharmacy

Queen and Country Pilot Study: the 2018 Royal Wedding in Lincoln

Edward Owens – School of History & Heritage