Resonate Presents the ESRC Festival of Social Science
Exploring Society Together
The ESRC Festival of Social Science (FoSS) runs between Saturday 19th October and Saturday 9th November 2024 and the Warwick Institute of Engagement is running a number of events for you to take part in. This is a great opportunity to take part in the festival without having to run your own event. Research and Impact services are co-ordinating a variety of other events, which are being organised by academics. Together, we will have a jam packed programme of public events!
The theme for the Festival of Social Science 2024 is Our Digital Lives.
WIE currently has a number of events planned which can be attended and added to by staff and students, the outlines of each are shown below, along with locations and target audiences. If you would like to join one or more of these events as a facilitator or helper please get in touch via our .
We also have a small budget which can be used for staff and/or students to run their own public engagement event during the Festival of Social Science. If you are interested in running your own event please get in touch using the expression of interest form giving as much detail as you can. You are welcome to send any attachments or greater detail to the WIE email address (wie@warwick.ac.uk).
All Festival of Social Science events will be advertised and booked via the Resonate website 鈥�
| Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa All Ages |
Day Out! This all-ages day will include hands-on activities, workshops, talks and more, aimed roughly at 5-11 year olds and their accompanying adults. This event is a great opportunity to engage children and young people with your research! |
Staff and/or students to deliver a range of drop-in activities related to any social science discipline or related activity. This could be a hands-on tabletop activity, a demonstration, a poster display, a video, staffed stand to answer questions, create a display etc. We can help devise your activity, check displays and source any kit you might need. |
Your Own Activity
If you have an idea of your own WIE can help with some of the logistics, provide advice and support to create the engagement and help with any communication or delivery challenges. There is a small budget which can be used to support venue hire, kit purchasing, transportation etc., funds will be allocated on a first come, first served basis, please contact the WIE team if you have any questions wie@warwick.ac.uk.
Getting Involved
The Festival of Social Science and all Resonate events are open to staff and students at all levels and all experience.
We welcome activities and interactions based on your research but if you鈥檙e not ready to share your own work, or you don鈥檛 do research, there are still plenty of opportunities to deliver interactions. These could be based on the underpinning knowledge of subjects, overviews of what鈥檚 been done in different subjects, even the things that didn鈥檛 work or produced unintended consequences.
If you don't want to lead or deliver sessions you can still get involved 鈥� join us as a stall helper, event manager etc. we鈥檇 love to have your help, just let us know. And if you鈥檙e not sure what you want to do but would like to be involved in some way, please get in touch with the team at wie@warwick.ac.uk.