FUTURES2020: Celebrating European Researchers

This year, the University of Plymouth joined FUTURES, an annual public engagement festival dedicated to showcasing research and innovation, as part of the European Researchers’ Night projects. With more than 300 cities across 30 European countries taking part, this exciting event showcased the region’s rich scientific and cultural heritage through fun, interactive learning.

The festival was an opportunity for all to meet the University of Plymouth researchers working to make a difference to our daily lives.

Explore our FUTURES2020 online resources and past events below. Discover research across science, heritage and history, and the path these academics took to become some of the world’s leading researchers in their field.

Contributors from the University of Plymouth include:

• Dr Lauren Ansell, Research Fellow in Data Science and Statistics
• Dr Harry Bennett, Associate Professor in History
• Dr Sarah Boulton, Associate Professor in Active Neotectonics and Co-founder of Girls into Geoscience (GiG)
• Dr Verity Campbell-Barr, Associate Professor in Early Childhood Studies
  
• Professor Anthony Caleshu, Associate Head of School, English and Creative Writing
  
• Professor James Daybell, Associate Dean of Research
• Dr Jodie Fisher, Senior Technician School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Co-founder of Girls into Geoscience (GiG)
• Professor Deborah Greaves OBE FREng, Head of School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
• Louis Halewood, Philip Nicholas Lecturer in Maritime History
  
• Dr Anton Ilderton, Association Professor of Theoretical Physics
  
• Dr Tina Joshi, Lecturer in Molecular Microbiology
• Professor Bridie Kent, Professor of Leadership Nursing
  
• Jason Lowther, Associate Head of School, Law
• Dr Klara Lucznik, Research Fellow in Health, Wellbeing and Economy
• Dr Zoe Mildon, Lecturer in Earth Sciences
  
• Dr Elaine Murphy, Associate Professor of Maritime History
  
• Professor Mike Phillips, Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts
• Professor Jerry Roberts, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research and Enterprise
• Dr Natasha Stephen, Director of Plymouth Electron Microscopy Centre
• Professor Iain Stewart, Director of the Sustainable Earth Institute
• Professor Richard Thompson OBE FRS, Director of the Marine Institute
• Dr Oliver Tills, Senior Research Fellow, School of Biological and Marine Sciences
• Professor Mike Williams, Visiting Professor and elected Chair of Devon and Severn Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority
  
• Dr Jessie Woodbridge, Research Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
  
• Christopher Woodfield, Knowledge Exchange Officer – Sustainability Hub: Low Carbon Devon
  

FUTURES2020 was funded by the European Commission under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions and delivered collaboratively by the University of Bath, Bath Spa University, University of Bristol, University of Exeter and the University of Plymouth.