About the Speaker:

Dr. Emily Dawson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Science & Technology Studies at University College London, UK. She is the author of the book “Equity, Exclusion & Everyday Science Learning: The Experiences of Minoritised Groups”. Her work focuses on how people learn about and engage with science, with an emphasis on equity and social justice. Her research and teaching explore how practices across science communication, education and engagement set certain kinds of people up to feel comfortable when they engage with science, while other people are set up to feel profoundly excluded. Find more about her work at equityandeverydayscience.wordpress.com.

Abstract:

What happens to physics – or science more broadly – in popular culture? And why does it matter in the context of government-led deportations of people from the Windrush generation or the way the refugee crisis is covered by UK media? In this talk…