1. VISITOR INVOLVEMENT IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH @ SCIENCE GALLERY DUBLIN
Afternoon - Jane - E&LM at Science Gallery Dublin
give try to give some insight into SGD experience of collaborative research at SGD and hopefully some practical advice that can be relevant for DIY
straight of the bat I am going to warn you that I will talk more about researchers than visitors – hopefully that will make sense in a min or two!
I should also start by acknowledging that a lot of what I will speak about today is the work of one of my Colleagues - SOB who not able to join today.
As our research coordinator Shaun has been doing some really interesting work collaborating the Biomedical Sciences Institute in TCD to explore new ways to connect visitors with the latest biomedical research
Jane Chadwick
Education and Learning Manager
@SciGalleryDub
VISITOR INVOLVEMENT IN SCIENTIFIC
SCIENCE GALLERY DUBLIN

2. SCIENCE GALLERY DUBLIN
Opened 2008 – as a porous membrane for TCD
400,000 + visitors p/a
Thematic + Transdisciplinary: Wicked Problems meet ART/SCIENCE
Dynamic programme = Exhibitions + > 100 events + education programmes
Target yr olds – Edgy?
Democratic-ish? – Free entry + Open Call + Community
- Before I do that for those of you that don’t know us - SGD space in Dublin, opened in 2008 as a place for dialogue discussion around future challenges/wicked problems
- Important things to note - we are art/science, we target 15+, we are thematic with no permanent collection, we are “democratic-ish”. we need people - Leonardos, mediators, collaborators, curators, etc. etc.

3. LAB IN THE GALLERY
DO YOU FEEL LUCKY?
Huge appetite from visitors - Over 35,000 individual research experiments since 2008
Huge data sets for researchers = research papers + academic reviews
So this close collaboration with a research instutte has really grown out of several years of work:
- Since opening in 2008 Science Gallery Dublin piloted and refined a platform for involving visitors in scientific research in the Gallery – through our 'Lab in the Gallery' programmes,
These programmes started out as short exhibitions with associated events and education programmes that showcase real research and invite visitors to get involved in work on compelling themes – Happyness, love
This format seemed to be working in that there was huge appetite from visitors to get involved and huge data sets for researchers beyond what they could generate themselves.
Eveyone is happy right!?

4. Yes but –
- the containment of this research activity in “the lab exhibition” felt a little off and given public appetite - Mutated into “researchers in residence for LL and research elements in nearly every exhibition since then

5. So this is an example of that mutation – the Community Biolab as part of GYO
Scientists and biohackers in residence – vistitors take part in processes of Science

6. Our dedicated lab series have become more like “scientists in residence” – here you can see a researcher working with a visitor in a residency for Life logging

7. Which attributes are important in a food system?

8. LIVE RESEARCH #PROTIPS
HAVE AN END GAME – A NEED FOR DATA
MAKE SURE IT WORKS – IF IT DOESN’T – SHARE THAT TOO #SCIENCE!
DO IT WITH OTHERS!

9. CITIZEN SCIENCE Exploring the potential of citizen science
- We neeed researchers – we have them on our doorstep in TCD.
New fresh ideas and faces – audience development with researchers
Collaboration with TBSI supported by WT - put together a a series of public engagement workshops for researchers
content draing from the Science Gallery programme
Idea being that we could provide researchers with the skills but also crucially the outlet to test out those skills in the Gallery
CITIZEN SCIENCE
Exploring the potential of citizen science

10. Writing a Press Release Making a Podcast
Longlist:
Social Media
Broadcast Journalism
Print Journalism
Writing a Press Release
Making a Podcast
Organising an Event or Seminar
Speaking at an Event
Poster Presentations
Art-Science Collaborations
Informal Education
Making an Online Video
Starting a Blog
Citizen Science
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A long-list of 13 workshop topics was compiled, all based on aspects of the Science Gallery programme and expertise within the team that may have useful applications for researchers.
Shortlist:
Social Media
Informal Education
Art-Science Collaborations
Print Journalism
Broadcast Journalism

11. SOCIAL MEDIA
Communicating science through Twitter, Facebook, Periscope, Instagram, etc.

12. EDUCATE
Contributing to non formal, informal and formal education

13. ART
Collaborating with artists and designers

14. PRINT
Engaging with journalists: Science in print

15. BROADCAST
Engaging with broadcasters: Science on radio and television

18. CITIZEN SCIENCE
Exploring the potential of citizen science
THANKS + Q?