News from our public engagement team

In this Speaker Spotlight, we speak to Catherine Meads, Professor of Health at Anglia Ruskin University. She will be speaking at Silenced data: The politics of health research in the USA on Tuesday 17 March, which explores how the current political climate in the USA is impacting research into the...

Our next speaker spotlight features Natalia Domagala, a Policy Fellow at the Centre for Science and Policy. Drawing from insights from leading voices in AI and technology ethics, Natalia will examine the broader systems and power dynamics behind AI - from data extraction and global inequalities to...

What if the global food crisis isn’t coming – but already here? In our Speaker Spotlight with Rachael McDonnell, Deputy Director General of the International Water Management Institute and lead of the Commission on Water for Food Futures, ahead of Innovating solutions: Water for food futures on 18...

What does it really mean for a machine to be conscious – and are we closer than we think? Dr Tom McClelland reflects on the ideas, influences, and ethical questions behind his upcoming talk, Conscious machines? on 23 March.

To mark International Women’s Day (Sunday 8 March), the Cambridge Festival (16 March–2 April) is spotlighting the outstanding achievements of women across a wide range of disciplines.

For Brain Tumour Awareness Month 2026, we spoke to Dr Inês Prata Machado about her work at the CRUK Cambridge Centre where interdisciplinary teams translate scientific discoveries into real-world benefits for patients.

Ahead of Grandparenting: Perspectives from Across the Globe on 29 March 2026, our speaker spotlight with Dr Terri Apter, family expert and author, dives into grandparents’ underestimated role, the evolving meaning of grandparenting, multi-generational family dynamics, and the hidden ways they...

In our speaker spotlight, we talk with Dr Prashant Kakoday about his upcoming event, Training the Brain for Calm: Insights from Neuroscience and Psychology, on 19 March.

In this speaker spotlight, we chat with Professor Ljiljana Fruk ahead of her Cambridge Festival talk, The Future of Nanomedicine, on 21 March.