A public dialogue on the human issues raised by the development and implementation of stratified medicine. It involved a mix of facilitated and self facilitated, public, targeted and stakeholder deliberative workshops.

The new economics foundation trialled a version of democs, a card game/policy making tool, in schools in order to inform the development of a version of game for schools.

Community x-change is the name given to a series of workshops where members of the public, scientists and policy makers meet to discuss issues involving science and discuss their thoughts, feelings and ideas for possible actions. [1]

A public dialogue consisting of stakeholder and public workshops and an online engagement process, addressing the UK governments’ strategy for addressing bovine TB and becoming officially TB free whilst maintaining the livestock industry.

A series of deliberative workshops involving farmers and communities around the Cambrian Mountains addressed ecosystems goods and services proposals.

A public dialogue and nationally representative survey on attitudes to research involving Animals Containing Human Material (ACHM). Conducted in May-August 2010 by a consortium led by Ipsos MORI. [1]

The UK government’s “Big Energy Shift” sought to better understand public views on carbon and energy savings at a domestic level. Nine citizen forums were held across the UK, assessing appeals and barriers of technology uptake, funding options and future policy.

UK research councils, BBSRC and EPSRC, commissioned a public dialogue into synthetic biology. 160 members of the public and 41 experts took part in workshops aiming to engage the public on the issue and allow future policy to reflect public views, concerns and aspirations.

The DECC commissioned a series of public and stakeholder workshops addressing the issue of radioactive waste management, with the purpose of gaining feedback to improve the selection process for the siting of geological disposal facility.

The UK government commissioned a public dialogue on industrial biotechnology (IB). A two-part citizen jury involving 48 participants sought to assess and understand public perceptions around IB. It found IB was relatively unknown and conjured negative or intimidating connotations. [1]