Dr Joanna Octavia is an Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Science and Technology Policy at the Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS).

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Over the last five years, the Digital Health Ambassadors (DHA) programme, delivered by Partnership for Young London with Good Thinking and NHS England, has brought together young people aged 16-25 from across London to shape digital mental health information, resources and campaigns - ensuring youth voice was not just included, but central to decision-making.From co-designing wellbeing content and supporting NHS youth engagement work, to creating digital campaigns that reached thousands, the Amb

Abstract In the 1750s the Russian academician and chemist Mikhail Vasil'evich Lomonosov experimented with making coloured glass in his laboratory at the Imperial Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg. Lomonosov went on to open a manufactory nearby at Ust-Ruditsa, where he produced coloured glass mosaics. This enterprise has been represented variously as the work of a lone genius, as a failed business enterprise, and more recently as a form of projecting. The present essay places Lomonosov's glass work in a courtly context, as in part a continuation of the Academy's role of celebrating the Russian sovereign through spectacles such as fireworks and illuminations. Lomonosov sought to shape and contribute to a ‘ruling image” for the empress Elizabeth Petrovna, turning to mosaics owing to their capacity to interweave Russian tradition, Orthodox religion, and enlightened chemistry. Glass was a business, to be sure, but also a courtly, political, and religious material in Lomonosov's experiments.

In this paper I focus on the benefits of scientific pluralism in practice. My main motivation is to investigate how do these benefits play out in prac…

Mel A., BSc Sociology and Politics of Science student, talks about reading The New Jim Crow. Interview by Dr Jenny Bulstrode.

We were honoured to host the 2025 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award Lecture, featuring 2024 award winner Natasha Loder. Her talk, From Print to Prompts: What the Past Says About the Future of Science Journalism, explores the evolution of science reporting—from the analog age of print, through digi

From Print to Prompts: What the Past Says About the Future of Science Journalism - A lecture by Natasha Loder, The Economist's health editor

A Breath of Fresh Air : A Smoke Free Future looks at the thoughts and opinions around the Tobacco and Vapes bill from young people and key senior stakeholders in the healthcare sector. This project recruited a youth advisory group made up of 16–25-year-olds from across London. They have an interest in youth Smoking and Vaping affairs and express their lived experiences, opinions and overall thoughts in regular workshops, trips and focus groups. The objectives for this work included: • Gathering

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