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Does speculative design contribute to public engagement of science and technology?

This comprehensive peer-reviewed paper, invited by the organizing committee, gives a scholarly account of Material Beliefs, a public engagement project funded by the EPSRC. The project developed collaborations between designers, biomedical researchers, social scientists and public engagement organizations. Practice-led activity including exhibitions and workshops generated discussion of designs conceived and developed during the project. This practitioner activity was then published in a range of research outputs, of which this paper is indicative. Material Beliefs linked closely with the author’s PhD research and led to his two-year visiting research role at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London.