Warden’s Annual Public Engagement Awards 2017 Celebrating excellence in public engagement at Goldsmiths 18 May 2017 Table of Contents 2 Welcome 3 Running Order 4 Established Researcher category 4 Winner 6 Commendation 11 Early Career Researcher category 11 Winner 12 Commendation 16 Nominated 18 Postgraduate Researcher category 18 Winner 20 Commendation 24 Nominated Table of Contents — 1 Welcome Welcome to the Warden’s Annual Public Engagement Awards ceremony at Goldsmiths, University of London. These awards recognise and celebrate the excellent work researchers at all career stages do with members of the public, whether they’re sharing ground-breaking findings with new audiences or collaborating with the public throughout their research. An exceptional range of innovative activities and projects were nominated by Goldsmiths staff, showcasing different approaches to engaging the public with research and practice. Our researchers worked with organisations like reddit, the V&A, Radio France, The Science Museum, and The National Archives to engage diverse audiences through music, performance, art and play. There was a real sense that researchers, partners and the public benefited from this work, demonstrating how research in the arts, humanities, social sciences and computing can create real positive change in the world. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all of the nominees, whose work with the public is a real asset to Goldsmiths and an example to our community, and beyond. Pat Loughrey Warden of Goldsmiths 2 — Welcome Running order Warden’s Annual Public Engagement Awards Ceremony Richard Hoggart Building, Room 137 17.00 Welcome by Pat Loughrey, Warden of Goldsmiths 17:05 Introduction by Professor Chris French, academic lead for public engagement 17.15 Professor David Oswell, Pro Warden for Research and Enterprise, presents the award and commendations in the category of Established Researcher 17.25 Dr Gordon Wright, Department of Psychology, presents the award and commendations in the category of Early Career Researcher 17.35 Dr Kat Jungnickel, Department of Sociology, presents the award and commendations in the category of Postgraduate Researcher 17.45 Closing remarks by Professor Chris French 17.50 Drinks reception in the Kingsway Corridor Find out more about all of the nominated projects including the winners, commendations and nominees. Running Order — 3 Established Researcher category Winner Dr Charlotte Faucher The project was run in Students conducted and Professor partnership with pupils original primary- Richard Grayson for and staff at the Lycée source research on this ‘Francophones in London Français Charles de Gaulle understudied topic, during the First World in South Kensington and using sources including War’ (History). NewVic 6th Form College Francophone newspapers in Newham. It aimed published in London, Anglo-Franco relations to broaden historical which historians had during the First World perspectives on the First not previously explored. War took centre stage World War for the children Concurrently, non- in this project led by of today’s Francophone francophone pupils historian Dr Charlotte community in London, from NewVic 6th Form Faucher in collaboration while developing their examined how the with Professor Richard skills as historians. British press depicted Grayson. Working with Francophone communities school children, the The project was supported and refugees. project uncovered the by Gateway to the First lives of French speaking World War, an Arts and Pupils from both schools refugees and settled Humanities Research have blogged about their communities in London Council (AHRC) First findings in French and during the First World War, World War engagement English, with some of the particularly in 1916. centre, and the French posts being transcriptions government’s First of archive documents World War Centenary and others being Partnership Programme. analytical reflections on the experiences of Francophone refugees in wartime Britain. 4 — Established Research Category, Winner The main output of The project’s findings have The project was the project, a bi- been covered by news particularly innovative in lingual exhibition, was outlets all over Europe, that it partnered English launched at Goldsmiths including in Greek, speaking pupils with in September 2016. The Hungarian, French and French speakers in order launch event was attended Belgian newspapers. to gain dual perspectives by parents, teachers, on a topic which bears French diplomatic staff, so much contemporary and journalists from both relevance to the refugee sides of the channel. crisis and Brexit. Established Research Category, Winner — 5 Commendation Dr Ashok Jansari for Taking in extremes at could lead to a step ‘Facial Recognition Reddit either end of the facial change in facial AMA’ (Psychology). recognition spectrum, recognition research. Jansari discussed his work Research into facial with people suffering from The popularity of the recognition by Dr Ashok prosopagnosia, or face- AMA is testament to the Jansari has proved that blindness, who can find it extremely high levels of science and social media difficult to recognise even interest generated by can be combined to close family members. the topic. The scores make new strides in data of personal exchanges collection. At the opposite extreme, between Jansari and he spoke of his work with redditors (members of Ashok is a London’s Metropolitan the reddit community) Neuropsychologist from Police, who are the first demonstrate how a Goldsmiths’ Department police force to deploy so genuine dialogue can lead of Psychology and took called ‘super-recognisers’ to new insights on both to Reddit, the self- to catch criminals. sides of the discussion. styled ‘front page of the internet’, to discuss In a matter of hours over 5,642 people ‘up-voted’ his research on facial 16,000 people took part the AMA, while over recognition and in Ashok’s online facial 650 potential ‘super- gather data. recognition test that recognizers’ were he posted to the site, identified by the providing data that online test. Dr Caspar Addyman and Prof Lauren Stewart for ‘The Happy Song – A scientifically designed song for babies’ (Psychology). was expanded into a full following the making of song including interactive the song has amassed In collaboration with lyrics and funny sounds 160,000 views, and the Grammy winning musician compiled from a survey of project has been reported Imogen Heap and with over 2000 parents. on by publications such as the support of C&G Time, Newsweek, the Daily Baby Club, Professor A further round of lab Mail, and the BBC. Lauren Stewart and Dr testing refined the song Caspar Addyman from and the final track was The project was hugely Goldsmiths’ Department given to seven families popular, proving to of Psychology created who were filmed at home. be a testament to the the world’s first song The footage was used to effectiveness of engaged scientifically designed create a music video by research and collaboration and tested to make BAFTA winning director between the arts and babies happy. Michael Ferns from sciences. Responses from Pretzel films. parents whose children Working with the took part in the research researchers, Imogen Since its launch in were overwhelmingly Heap composed four October 2016, The positive, with one parent melodies to appeal to Happy Song has gone commenting on YouTube young babies which on to secure the number that his baby “loves the were played to babies one spot on the iTunes song, if he’s crying or in Goldsmiths’ InfantLab children’s chart, with fussy it calms him down. under experimental the music video gaining He can be screaming and conditions. One melody over 3 million views on I put the song on and he was a clear favourite and YouTube. A documentary listens and starts smiling!” Established Research Category, Commendation — 7 Dr Kate Devlin for the developers get together ‘International Congress to produce prototyped on Love and Sex with systems for an intense Robots and Sex Tech period of up to 48 hours. Hackathon’ (Computing). Kate and Hacksmiths Should taboo stifle teamed up to create an innovation? This was experimental retreat sourced prizes worth the central question attended by 52 tech-savvy over £1000 for the best being asked at the people of all abilities. The products with the help Sex Tech Hackathon event was interdisciplinary of industry participants and the International and welcomed both such as Mystery Vibe, Hot Congress on Love and novices and experts, Octopuss and Amorelie. Sex with Robots, hosted with an emphasis on by Dr Kate Devlin from equality, diversity and The ‘Congress on Love Goldsmiths’ Department accessibility in terms of and Sex with Robots’, also of Computing. both attendance and the hosted at Goldsmiths, end results. brought together Run in collaboration with academics, researchers Hacksmiths, Goldsmiths’ £1400 in sponsorship and industry to present on student tech society, and an additional a diverse range of topics the Hackathon aimed to £400 contributed by relating to sex technology. create exciting new ways Goldsmiths’ Student The programme included to push the boundaries of Union ensured that discussions on philosophy, how we view sex through all the hackers were media, technology and AI. the use of innovative well equipped with technology. Hackathons refreshments to keep are popular events them going throughout in computing, where the session. Kate also 8 — Established Research Category, Commendation