(Un)Ethical Science: A Cambridge Walking Tour
The team at KCESP approached Uncomfortable Tours in the spring of 2025, with the idea of collaborating on a new walking tour on ‘Un(ethical) Science’. …
Cutting Edge Methodologies
Empowering Scientists to Consider Social Justice in Their Research
PhD candidate Sasha Henriques’s research empowers discovery scientists working in genetics and biodata to navigate and consider ethical and societal concerns raised by their research …
Ghanaian Publics’ Societal and Ethical Concerns about Genetics
PhD candidate Jerome Atutornu’s research empowers discovery scientists working in genetics to consider and navigate the ethical and societal concerns of the Ghanaian publics by …
Community Engagement in Sickle Cell Research
PhD candidate Lydia Okoibhole explores how communities affected by sickle cell disease engage with emerging genomic technologies and the ethical questions they raise. Her project co-produces …
Abbey People Eager Explorers 2024: ‘Wonder Wall’
Led by Dr. Catherine Galloway and Dr. Mariam Rashid As part of our long-term mission to connect with the Abbey community — a district in …
Increasing Diversity and Inclusion: Deafness Event October 2024
2024 has been a year where we have intentionally sought out specific groups of people to work with. Building on our Postdoctoral Associate, Dr Mariam …
The Hopes and Fears Lab at the Alumni Festival 2025
It seems incredible to us that the very first Hopes and Fears Lab took place at the Cambridge University Alumni Festival in September 2022. The …
Eager Explorers 2025: Wonder Dome
Science is, at its heart, curiosity. Scientists are wonderers, and that is something we all have in common. This has been the driving principle shaping …
The Hopes and Fears Lab at the EUSea Conference
The European Science Engagement Association, EUSea, hosted their annual conference from the 14th – 15th of May, 2025. We were delighted to have our proposal, …
The Hopes and Fears Lab: Copper Kettle
The Copper Kettle has an incredibly rich history; established in the early 1900s, and sitting opposite King’s College in the heart of Cambridge, this may …