Public engagement with UK government data science: Propositions from a literature review of public engagement on new technologies

Factors that influence public engagement with eHealth: A literature review

PURPOSE Public engagement with eHealth is generally viewed as beneficial. However, despite the potential benefits, public engagement with eHealth services remains variable. This article explores reasons for this variability through a review of published international literature. METHODS A focused search, conducted in January 2009, of three bibliographic databases, MEDLINE, CINAHL and EMBASE, ...

UK Biobank: a model for public engagement?

Whilst in other applications of genetic technology the public debate has begun only when a piece of research has been completed, public consultations on biobanking began in 2000, before the funding for UK Biobank was even agreed, and have continued throughout its development. UK Biobank has obvious attractions for the British public. It is being set up specifically as a resource for research in...

Harnessing Employee Engagement in UK Public Services

Mapping Public Engagement with Research in a UK University

Notwithstanding that 'public engagement' is conceptualised differently internationally and in different academic disciplines, higher education institutions largely accept the importance of public engagement with research. However, there is limited evidence on how researchers conceptualise engagement, their views on what constitutes engagement and the communities they would (or would not) like t...

Difficult Data: Boundary Dynamics, Public Engagement and Bridging Technologies in a Science/Policy Controversy

In 2001, the New Zealand Ministry of Health (MoH) contracted the Institute of Environmental Science and Research Ltd. (ESR) to undertake a serum dioxin study to determine exposure (current and historical) to dioxins for residents living in close proximity to the former Ivon Watkins Dow chemical plant in Paritutu, New Plymouth. In the years that the plant had operated, a number of activist group...