About

The Public Engagement with Research Unit at the University of Aberdeen supports staff and students wishing to connect their research to the public.

We encourage and support researchers and staff at all levels to become involved with public engagement activities and to generate their own ideas and initiatives. The unit helps support a range of events and programmes including the UK's biggest Café discussion series. Helping to connect communities across Aberdeen and beyond with our latest research.

We work on a day-to-day basis with our three academic Colleges: College of Life Sciences and Medicine, College of Physical Sciences and the College of Arts and Social Sciences. We also work closely with Researcher Development to provide support and training so that staff and students feel confident and empowered in public engagement, and always ready to try out new avenues.  

We are part of a wide network supportive of public engagement working closely with research councils and the national co-coordinating centre for public engagement. The University of Aberdeen is a Research Councils UK Catalyst for Public Engagement with Research, one of only eight across the UK.