Public engagement in STEM
Entry requirements
Minimum 2.1 (a STEM background is desirable for some but not all projects).
Months of entry
October
Course content
Public engagement in STEM research is carried out as a multi-disciplinary activity with involvement from the STEM faculty and partner units. The home of public engagement is eSTEeM, a centre that innovates and researches in learning, teaching and engagement. We have access to major channels for public engagement and operate internationally, giving us the opportunity for inter-cultural comparisons.
We welcome enquiries from prospective students in these areas:
- engaging via digital technologies and tools
- generating impact, engaging user communities with STEM research
- policy formation, governance and decision making.
- Citizen cyberscience: what motivates participation and how are these initiatives influencing public engagement activities in the sciences?
- Exploring ‘Digital Scholarship’ within a climate of openness and transparency: promoting the Large Hadron Collider and high-energy physics
- Professor Richard Holliman (STEM) – research supervision coordinator
- Institute of Educational Technology academic staff
Department specialisms
- engaging via digital technologies and tools - generating impact, engaging user communities with STEM research - policy formation, governance and decision making.
Fees and funding
Please see The Open University website http://www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate/research-degrees/fees-and-funding
Qualification and course duration
PhD
Course contact details
- Name
- Administrative support
- science-phd-enquiries@open.ac.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)1908 659036