Public Engagement

In this edition of Spotlight On, SHaME's Principal Investigator Prof Joanna Bourke interviews Lisa Davis, Managing Director and Founder of Changing Relations.

SHaME researchers are contributing two events to the Bloomsbury Festival, taking place 16-25 October 2020.

In the first post of our new 'Spotlight On' blog series, SHaME project lead Joanna Bourke shares a profile on RESPOND, the first UK-based charity supporting people with learning disabilities and/or autism who have experienced sexual abuse and other traumas.

SHaME has been awarded a Wellcome Trust 'Research Enrichment - Public Engagement' award to co-produce a series of festivals with The WOW Foundation.

TV Producer and Director, James Gray, shares his reflections on working with academics and moving from 'Imposter Syndrome' to finding common ground through a shared interest in engaging with people and their stories.

Post-doctoral fellow, Dr Ruth Beecher, discusses her transition from local government back into academia, and the crucial role non-academic practitioners have played in guiding her early research plans.