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pianist Lola Perrin. Lola’s latest composition is inspired by climate change to stimulate more people to talk about how we can increase our ambition to deal with climate change. Significantus was performed in Cardiff in collaboration with environmental social scientists Dr Stuart Capstick (Cardiff University) and Dr Adam Corner (Climate Outreach) who both carry out research into how people understand and respond to climate change. On the other side of the country, an event on digital intimacy showcased the latest research from the University of Essex on online dating, digital communication in romantic relationships, sexting, digital loneliness, digital addiction, and online sex. The event was designed to help people find a right
Event formats included debates, conferences, workshops, seminars,
exhibitions and film screenings.
balance between moral panic and imprudence when using digital media in their intimate lives. In London grandparents and their grandchildren
in the Kentish Town area were invited to drop-in after school to Torriano Primary School’s Earth Cafe for a tea party to explore the grandparents’ relationship with their grandchildren. Grandchildren recorded their grandparents and grandparents interviewed their grandchildren. Grandparents gave their views on what grandparenting means to them, what kind of care they provide, how they manage to fit this into their lives, and to voice some of the tensions they may face. Finally, academics in Bristol also focused on generational differences with an intergenerational dialogue on climate change. Recent elections in the UK, including the Brexit vote, have brought to light a generational divide between younger and older citizens. The event explored this divide head on by inviting young people and their grandparents to an event to explore whether climate change is a young person’s problem; whether young people are more concerned with climate change, whether older generations feel that they have a role to play, and whose responsibility it should be to take. Sue Haydock, ESRC Communications Officer, who runs the Festival said: “This was a special year for the ESRC as it marked the festival’s 15th anniversary. Once again, the events held across the UK did not disappoint with an imaginative and thought-provoking range of subjects and formats that showed the relevance of social science and how it is making a difference to people’s lives.” n
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For more information on the ESRC Festival of social science, see:
www.esrc.ac.uk/public-engagement/festival-of-social-science/ about-the-festival/
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