Clare Wilkinson

Biography

Clare Wilkinson is an Associate Professor in Science Communication at UWE and Co-Director of the Science Communication Unit. Since her arrival at the Science Communication Unit in 2006 Clare has worked on a number of projects running within the Unit. These include Meet the Gene Machine (funded by the Wellcome Trust), Talking Robots (funded by the ESRC) and Negotiated Boundaries (funded by the British Academy). Her research interests span the relationship between science and society, media representations of science and public engagement. Clare has worked in consultancy roles for projects for the ESRC, BIS and DCSF, and has been a steering group member for both ESRC and NCCPE projects. Clare was formerly Programme Leader for postgraduate science communication programmes in the Faculty, and module leads a number of MSc science communication modules and provides contributions to a variety of other undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Clare is currently supervising four PhD students and has supervised over 30 MSc projects to completion, as well as over 20 undergraduate dissertations. Clare has published in journals including PLOSONE, Public Understanding of Science, Science Communication, Qualitative Health Research and Health, Risk and Society and presented at a variety of national and international conferences, including the AAAS Annual Meeting. Clare is actively involved in knowledge exchange and has provided Continuing Professional Development for organisations including the Health Protection Agency and Environment Agency. Clare also leads the Department of Applied Sciences Athena SWAN self-assessment team.

Research Interest

Science and Society, Media Representations of Science, Public Engagement