Environmental Engagement in Practice: An interactive events programme
Are you working with environmental research? Do you want to deliver high-quality, inclusive environmental engagement that raises awareness, builds knowledge, and inspires action and change? Join our Environmental Engagement in Practice events!
Please note all events will take place online.
Funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE) has developed the Environmental Engagement in Practice programme, a series of free, practical, day-long events, exploring essential themes and skills for public engagement with environmental research.
The events will bring people across the sector together, from researchers and policy makers to creative and community practitioners, to learn and share ideas. Each event is tailored around a specific theme, informed by the Insights Report published earlier this year. Our first event will be on Monday 25th May 2022 and focus on practical skills that support public engagement – registration for this event is now open.
The programme
Through a combination of plenary sessions, interactive workshops, reflection, and networking opportunities, we will explore three key themes:
Public engagement skills
25 May, 10.00 -16.00
This event will focus on practical skills that support public engagement work. All delegates will have the opportunity to participate in an inclusive engagement session, and then choose from a range of practical skills workshops including working with schools, working with policy makers, and creative storytelling.
Register for this event
Ethics of engagement and dealing with controversy (save the date)
6 September, 10.00-16.00
This event will explore the ethical considerations needed to do engagement well. Through case studies and discussion, delegates will have the opportunity to explore the nature of controversy, and how these can be managed in an appropriate way. This session will include a reflection on what people value and how values play out when working alongside others.
Evaluation, sustainability and making a case (save the date)
12 January 2023, 10.00-16.00
This workshop covers three main challenges for those seeing to embed engagement into their work: how to evaluate your programme effectively; if and how to sustain your work; and how to advocate for the value of engagement within your research. These separate but interlinked challenges will be explored through interactive workshops, reflective sessions, and panel discussions.
Are these events for me?
This event is intended for anyone working with environmental research with an interest in engagement and knowledge exchange, particularly those who are keen to develop or enhance their public engagement practices.
This includes:
- Environmental researchers at any career level
- Policy makers working with environmental research / researchers
- Creative and community practitioners working with environmental research
- Others who can demonstrate a connection with environmental research to their work
We welcome people at all levels of engagement experience, including those who are just starting out.
Find out more and apply
Follow this link to find out more and register for our first event on 25th May.
We will be releasing registration links for future events nearer the time. For now, please save the dates in your diary!
If you have any questions, please contact Alyssa Chafee at alyssa.chafee@uwe.ac.uk
Please do forward this on to any colleagues who you think might be interested and would benefit from this opportunity.
Thank you and best wishes,
The NCCPE team