Annual Lecture

The Sense About Science Annual Lecture is widely anticipated and attracts an audience - of policy makers, scientists, academics, clinicians, public figures, journalists, writers and representatives of organisations from many professions and sections of civic society - which reflects the broad-ranging work of our charity to help people to make sense of science and evidence.

Lecture Audience

 

Previous speakers including Sir Lord Krebs of Oxford University; medic and philosopher Raymond Tallis and Editor-in Chief of the BMJ, Fiona Godlee have helped to establish the lecture’s reputation as a thought-provoking event, as well as an occasion to take stock of recent challenges and achievements in science and public discussion.


Annual Lecture 2012 

Lord Taverne

Lord Taverne, founding chair of Sense About Science and former Labour minister, gave this year's lecture titled: "What has science ever done for us?"

He argued that science not only promotes health and wealth, but is bound up with society being more democratic, tolerant and compassionate.