Co-founder Praveen Paul describes how she went from neuroscientist to running an annual event across 26 countries.
Pint of Science co-founder Praveen Paul talking with students at an event at the University of Northampton, United Kingdom., an annual worldwide science festival that brings researchers to local pubs, bars, cafes and community spaces to share and discuss their scientific discoveries with the public through informal talks. The festival takes place over three days in May and, from its beginnings in the United Kingdom in 2013, has spread to hundreds of cities in 26 countries.
Pint of Science showcases scientific research to the public through opportunities to chat with those carrying out the work. As well as events in pubs, bars and cafes, we’ve had art–science events in churches, talks on boats and mountain huts and even a live link-up to the International Space Station.The events are organized by volunteers who study or work in science, with small teams of organizers in each country.
We are looking to increase inclusion and diversity. We aim to provide training for all volunteers so we consider these factors when choosing our teams, speakers, venues and topics.My co-founder Michael Motskin and I met at Imperial College London as postdoctoral researchers. I was investigating genes involved in motor neuron disease and he was looking at using nanoparticles to deliver drugs to the brain for Parkinson’s disease.
Plenty of people thought it wouldn’t work, but we were fuelled by enthusiasm and naivety. We had no experience of science communication, running events, building websites or even of talking to academic colleagues about research outside our fields.The first event was a success. Michael and I had come to the end of our postdocs and were unemployed. We didn’t want to stay in academia, so we decided to see how far we could take the idea.
About two-thirds of the countries involved ran free online events in 2020 and 2021, which gave our organizers some fun amid lockdown.
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