Public engagement
Cambridge turned curious, noisy and gloriously hands on this spring as the Cambridge Festival wrapped its 2026 edition with a surge of public energy, big ideas and record numbers.
Over 1,200 KS2 and KS3 pupils from across the region and beyond flocked to the Cambridge West site to experience studying at the University of Cambridge with a selection of lectures and workshops held as part of the Cambridge Festival.
On Saturday 28 March (1pm-3pm), join Theo and his colleagues Bisi Akintoye, Kojo Koram and Shayla Schlossenberg, a series of hands-on interactive activities we will imagine what futures beyond drug prohibition could look like here in Cambridge.
In this Speaker Spotlight, we speak to Professor Ella McPherson who will be speaking at a Gates Cambridge panel discussion exploring how you can lead with courage in an age of autocracy, misinformation and lack of trust.
In this Speaker Spotlight, we spoke to PhD researcher Hanna Foerster on how can we reconcile these tensions between the usefulness and the danger of AI.
Dr Cara Ruggiero (Principal Investigator) and Dr Marie Spreckley (Co-Investigator) from the MRC Epidemiology Unit lead the SPROUT (Supporting Parental Responsive Feeding for Optimal Understanding of Thriving Child Development) study, a project exploring the relationship between food insecurity,...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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