eprintid: 1381040 rev_number: 27 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/38/10/40 datestamp: 2012-12-20 20:51:18 lastmod: 2021-10-09 23:10:04 status_changed: 2012-12-20 20:51:18 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Wilkinson, C creators_name: Dawson, E creators_name: Bultitude, K title: 'Younger people have like more of an imagination, no offence’: Participant perspectives on public engagement ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C06 divisions: F58 note: "This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published in International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement on 2012, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/21548455.2011.628503." abstract: A wide range of work has reported on the outcomes of public engagement activities and the views expressed by public participants towards specific areas of science and technology. Such work has rarely gone on to explore with public participants their attitudes to the engagement experienced itself, often focusing instead on more practical or quantifiable aspects. This article draws on public participants’ reactions to 11 ‘engagement’ events, occurring across the UK in 2007–2008. Reporting on 33 semi-structured interviews, we focus on their views of participation and engagement in terms of motivations, expectations and expertise. The results suggest that participants have considerable expectations in terms of information and interaction, operate with critical but respectful notions of other ‘publics’ and expertise, and may develop habitual tendencies regarding engagement. date: 2012 official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2011.628503 vfaculties: VMPS oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Article verified: verified_manual elements_source: Manually entered elements_id: 839710 doi: 10.1080/21548455.2011.628503 lyricists_name: Bultitude, Karen lyricists_name: Dawson, Emily lyricists_id: KBULT90 lyricists_id: EADAW98 full_text_status: public publication: International Journal of Science Education Part B volume: 2 number: 1 pagerange: 43 - 61 issn: 2154-8455 citation: Wilkinson, C; Dawson, E; Bultitude, K; (2012) 'Younger people have like more of an imagination, no offence’: Participant perspectives on public engagement. International Journal of Science Education Part B , 2 (1) 43 - 61. 10.1080/21548455.2011.628503 <https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2011.628503>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1381040/1/Wilkinson_Dawson_Bultitude_2012_IJSE_B_Robots_audience.pdf