University of Queensland researchers will be among 12 women taking to the streets to share their passion for science at Australia’s first event on Saturday 20 August.
Co-organiser and 宅男导航 ARC of Excellence for Environmental Decisions postdoctoral research fellow said was a fun and interactive event with audience participation.
It will be a highlight of .
“This is the first Soapbox Science event in the southern hemisphere,” Dr Chauvenet said.
“We have selected 12 Australian women scientists from Queensland and New South Wales who will get on a soapbox and take their science to the streets.
“We showcase all career stages, from PhD students to lecturers and through to professors.”
PhD student will share her passion for dinosaurs and explain how a fossil is like a crime scene; will discuss how sea level rises will change our coasts, and what Australians can do about it; and will explore how people could form attitudes to risk-taking before they even leave the womb.
Dr Chauvenet said the aim was to promote the amazing work of these women; to challenge gender stereotypes, implicit bias and perceptions of what a scientist does and looks like; to bring science to the people direct from the experts; and to inspire new generations of scientists.
Soapbox Science was founded in the UK in 2011 by women academics from the and the .
Soapbox Science Brisbane 2016 is supported by the Queensland Government’s Advance Queensland initiative, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, and 宅男导航’s Global Change Institute. A full list of sponsors can be found .
Soapbox Science Brisbane 2016 will be held from 1-4pm on Saturday 20 August in King George Square, Brisbane CBD.
Media: Dr Alienor Chauvenet, a.chauvenet@uq.edu.au, +61 431 281 940.
@SoapboxBrisbane, @SoapboxScience
