Members of the Science Communication Unit (SCU)

Thesis title: Organic farming and knowledge exchange in Great Britain: Opportunities and barriers for organic agricultural knowledge exchange and innovation through social media.

Supervisory team: Dr Angelina Sanderson Bellamy (Director of Studies), Dr Hannah Little, Professor Emma Weitkamp.

Thesis title: Exploring evaluation: How can science communication draw on evaluation best practice in other fields?

Supervisory team: Professor Clare Wilkinson and Dr Margarida Sardo.

Thesis title: Exploring professionalisation within the field of science journalism, connecting science communication research and practice to transform the field.

Supervisory team: Dr Andy Ridgway (Director of Studies), Professor Clare Wilkinson and Professor Emma Weitkamp. 

Thesis title: To understand how plant diversity communication is performed, both from the institutions’ perspective and communicators’ angle.

Supervisory team: Professor Emma Weitkamp (Director of Studies), Dr Hannah Little, Teresa Girão, António Gouveia.

Thesis title: A new Natural History documentary: Co-creating compelling stories that engage audiences with global climate and ecological justice.

Supervisory team:  Professor Andrew Spicer (Director of Studies), Dr Amanda Webber (First Supervisor), Dr Emma Agusita (Second Supervisor), Andrew Glester (Advisor).

Thesis title:  Enhancing public participation in environmental decision-making: lessons from research and practice.

Supervisory team: Dr Laura Fogg-Rogers (Director of Studies), Dr Enda Hayes.

Thesis title: Using social media to reduce stigma towards visible differences and increase acceptance of appearance diversity. 

Supervisory team: Dr Ella Guest (Director of Studies), Dr Amy Slater, Professor Clare Wilkinson.

Thesis title: Exploring factors that influence recruitment of underserved patient populations in clinical trials.

Supervisory team: Dr Mo Salehan (Director of Studies) and Professor Clare Wilkinson.

Thesis title: Citizen science, biodiversity and urban environments: A quantitative and qualitative study on the inclusivity and representation in urban citizen science research.

Supervisory team: Dr Bethan Hindle (Director of Studies) and Professor Clare Wilkinson. 

Thesis title: Understanding the role of clinical engineering: Workforce development and training.

Supervisory team: Dr Antony Hill (Director of Studies), Professor Clare Wilkinson.

Thesis title: Exploring how parents navigate and negotiate domestic food practices that have an influence on domestic food waste using online forums.

Supervisory team: Dr Katy Ling (Director of Studies), Dr Fiona Spotswood, Professor Alan Tapp, Dr Lucy Meredith. 

Thesis title: Exploration of factors that shape attitudes towards outreach within the particle physics research community (funded by the CERN Doctoral Student Programme).

Supervisory team: Professor Emma Weitkamp (Director of Studies), Professor Clare Wilkinson, Dr Erik Stengler, Christine Sutton.

Thesis title: Re-thinking transformative visitor experience in a science exhibition: Implications for science communication theory and practice.

Supervisory team: Professor Clare Wilkinson (Director of Studies), Professor Emma Weitkamp.

Thesis title: Vaccine movements on social media: a visual and network analysis.

Supervisory team: Professor Emma Weitkamp (Director of Studies), Dr Peter Webb.

Thesis title: Advanced traceability technologies to improve the supply chain of the multibillion cocoa and chocolate industry.

Supervisory team: Dr Joel Allainguillaume (Director of Studies), Professor Dawn Arnold, Professor Emma Weitkamp.

Thesis title: Learning from engagement: exploring cultures of science communication at live science events.

Supervisory team: Dr Tim Moss, Professor Catherine Hobbs and Professor Clare Wilkinson.

Thesis title: Factors affecting engagement with informal science learning in Thailand: a regional perspective.

Supervisory team: Professor Clare Wilkinson (Director of Studies), Professor Emma Weitkamp.

Thesis title: Science museum explainer training: exploring factors that influence visitor-explainer interactions.

Supervisory team: Professor Clare Wilkinson (Director of Studies), Professor Neil Willey, Dr Karen Bultitude.

Thesis title: Meeting food hygiene challenges in older people: mobilising health assets for health promotion.

Supervisory team: Professor Emma Weitkamp (Director of Studies), Professor Judy Orme, Professor Clare Wilkinson, Dr Lucy Meredith.

Thesis title: Open science and public engagement: exploring the potential of the open paradigm to support public engagement with science. 

Supervisory team: Professor Alan Winfield (Director of Studies), Professor Clare Wilkinson, Dr Karen Bultitude.

Thesis title: Risk communication of climate change: Stakeholder objectives and public responses.

Supervisory team: Professor Emma Weitkamp (Director of Studies), Professor Frank Burnet, Dr Katy Ling.