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Community engagement and mobilisation: Critique of a public dialogue day

Wilkinson, Clare

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Abstract

On Saturday 25 February 2012 the Connected Communities Programme research funding call
in Community Engagement and Mobilisation held a one day dialogue activity. The Science
Communication Unit (SCU), University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol undertook a
critique of the Dialogue Day assessing whether the objectives of the Dialogue Day had been
met.
The Dialogue Day was organised and facilitated by an external dialogue contractor, Hopkins
Van Mil, supported by the Connected Communities programme team. The Dialogue Day
formed part of a two-stage grant application process and was anticipated to provide a one day
space in which members of the public could deliberate on some of the issues funding applicants
were seeking to address, enabling two-way engagement between the applicants and the
participants.
The critique contained in this report is ‘light-touch’ and utilises observations, questionnaire and
interviews to ascertain the key outcomes of the Dialogue Day. It has gathered data from the
perspectives of participants, applicants, dialogue contractor, Connected Communities
programme team and the funding panel. In addition to reflecting on a variety of aspects of the
day, and its role in the funding process, final outcomes are mapped to the Guiding Principles for
public dialogue on science and technology, set out by SciencewiseERC.
Overall, this report demonstrates that the public dialogue was a valuable activity which could be
considered again for two-stage funding calls of this nature. This critique report summarises a
number of key results from the Dialogue Day, around four key themes: context; scope;
delivery; and outcomes of the day.

Citation

Wilkinson, C. (2012). Community engagement and mobilisation: Critique of a public dialogue day

Report Type Project Report
Publication Date Jan 1, 2012
Deposit Date Jan 30, 2013
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Peer Reviewed Not Peer Reviewed
Keywords dialogue, community, public engagement
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/951150
Publisher URL http://www.esrc.ac.uk/collaboration/public-engagement/public-dialogue-day.aspx
Related Public URLs http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/Funding-Opportunities/Research-funding/Connected-Communities/Pages/Connected-Communities.aspx

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