Perspectives on public dialogue in action
In this film public dialogue participants and researchers from the Human Developmental Biology Initiative discuss what it is like to take part in an important deliberation on this significant area of research.
This foundational public dialogue was commissioned by the Human Developmental Biology Initiative (HDBI) and UKRI Sciencewise who have blogged about the process here. It provides an initial step to inform wider public involvement on the topic of early human embryo research and the 14-day rule, in the UK and internationally. The findings provide direction to future public engagement and research by highlighting where there are hopes, concerns and topics that need more exploration.
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January 2024: Update from the Spectrum 10K research team
An update from the Spectrum 10K research team.
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Moving around: Findings from a dialogue on walking and cycling
Residents in the West Midlands and the South of England came together to explore what helps and hinders walking, cycling and wheeling in their local area.
Earlier this year the team at Hopkins Van Mil worked with Sustrans to run a series of workshops exploring people’s views on everyday walking, cycling and wheeling in the areas they live.
Sustrans commissioned the work to understand, in more depth, the aspects of people’s lives and neighbourhoods that promote different kinds of active travel, and those which get in the way.
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Findings of a foundational UK public dialogue for HDBI published today
The findings of a foundational UK public dialogue are published today, Wednesday 25th October 2023, as part of the Wellcome-funded Human Developmental Biology Initiative (HDBI). The HDBI is an ambitious scientific endeavour to advance our understanding of human development. The dialogue project was co-funded by UKRI Sciencewise programme and conducted by Hopkins Van Mil.
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Bringing people together on a topic that affects us all: The People's Panel on AI
Find out more about the People’s Panel on AI - a deliberative process during the Global AI Summit.
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Upcoming dialogue event to explore feedback of genetic information at Wellcome Genome Campus
We are pleased to announce that HVM has recently started work on a new dialogue event to explore feedback of genetic information with NIHR BioResource and Wellcome Connecting Science.
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A National Conversation About Food
Citizens are telling us what they really want in #TheFoodConversation. They want a fairer, more sustainable food system. And they expect government to take the hard decisions needed to tackle the health, climate and nature crises. Find out more about the FFCC’s public dialogue which HVM was privileged to design and facilitate here.
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Public deliberation: research access to Newborn Genomes Programme data
In early 2023, Hopkins Van Mil was commissioned by Genomics England to run a public deliberation with 103 members of the public to consider the scope of discovery research with newborns’ genomic data that will be held in the National Genomic Research Library (NGRL).
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Summary of the Spectrum 10K Consultation (2021-2023)
In 2021, the Spectrum 10K study launched, to understand the genetic and environmental factors that contribute to autism and to autistic people’s health. Many autistic people and their families expressed their support of the study, but some were concerned. They felt that the study’s aims and objectives were unclear, and were worried that the results of the study could be used to harm the autistic community through the development of a prenatal test for autism that could lead to prevention of autistic people (eugenics).
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An update on the Spectrum 10K consultation
This update is to keep people informed of progress on the Spectrum 10K consultation. Thank you to the 100s of autistic people who took part in the consultation which is now closed.
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Are you curious about the world around you? Are you excited by collaborative, supportive and creative research? Join the HVM team as a Researcher
Are you curious about the world around you? Are you excited by collaborative, supportive and creative research? Join the HVM team as a Researcher
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National Lottery Heritage Fund Heritage Endowment Programme Evaluation
In 2017 the National Lottery Heritage Fund commissioned Hopkins Van Mil to evaluate their Heritage Endowment Programme. We are now happy to say that the full report has been published and can now be found on our website here.
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Launch of the Spectrum 10K Consultation
Today the Co-Leads of the Spectrum 10K Consultation Hopkins Van Mil (HVM), Leneh Buckle and Spectrum 10K launch the Spectrum 10K consultation.
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Creating resilient and trusted data systems - the launch of a Royal Society report
Hopkins Van Mil was commissioned by the Royal Society to design and report on a public dialogue about trust in data systems in emergency and non-emergency situations. Find out what dialogue participants shared as important on communications, governance, privacy and creating learning systems for the public good.
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Spectrum 10K consultation timeline update
An update on timeline for the launch of the Spectrum 10K consultation
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Publication of the Spectrum 10K Consultation Phase 2 report
Today the Co-Leads of the Spectrum 10K Consultation Hopkins Van Mil (HVM), Leneh Buckle and Spectrum 10K publish the Phase 2 Consultation report. You can access the report from this news item.
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And the winner is...Hopkins Van Mil
We’re thrilled to bits to announce HVM are the winners of the MRS 2022 Award for Public Policy and Social Research. We give our thanks to our collaborators here.
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An Update on the Spectrum 10K Consultation
On 31st October, Hopkins Van Mil (HVM), independent facilitators, concluded Phase 2 of the Spectrum 10K consultation. The purpose of Phase 2 was to co-design the Phase 3 consultation with autistic people. Phase 2 involved discussions and activities in workshops, in a dedicated online space, in one-to-one interviews and in meetings.
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