Published 2025 | Version v1
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Place in Engagement – A Collaborative Encyclopedia

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
  • 2. Independent Design Researcher, Germany
  • 3. Studio Ajot
  • 4. University of Lancashire
  • 5. Khwarizmi Science Society (KSS), Pakistan
  • 6. Alexius / Josef Krankenhaus, Neuss, Germany
  • 7. Graphic Science UK
  • 8. University of Cambridge
  • 9. Trinity College Dublin
  • 10. Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education, Germany
  • 11. Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy, Germany
  • 12. Leibniz Institute DSMZ, Germany
  • 13. Scientia Scripta, UK
  • 14. University of Duisburg-Essen
  • 15. American Physical Society
  • 16. Lancaster University
  • 17. University of the West of England
  • 18. École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
  • 19. Uncomfortable Oxford and Uncomfortable Tours CIC, UK
  • 20. CUNY, New York
  • 21. University of Tehran
  • 22. Independent Consultant – Science, Society, & Justice, India
  • 23. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Description

This encyclopedia brings together creative insights on the question of how place matters in Public Engagement. It is the result of the Collaborative Futures Academy (CFA) 2025, an online programme of learning and exchange for researchers and practitioners working in Public Engagement. In 2025, participants from 16 countries came together to explore how Place matters in their work.

In order to collate the emerging knowledge from the Academy and share it with the wider community, participants were invited to join a collaborative process of reflection and publication. Using design-based approaches, they responded to creative prompts and distilled their experience into encyclopedia entries. This was supported by a process of visual translation by the design team.

The encyclopedia is an experiment in knowledge integration in a field characterised by diverse expertise. It aims to make a meaningful contribution to the Public Engagement practice by addressing the theme of place in a unique and accessible way.

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