FUTURES2020: Celebrating European Researchers

As part of the 2020 European Researchers’ Night celebrations, the University of Plymouth joined FUTURES, an annual public engagement festival dedicated to showcasing research and innovation. With more than 300 cities across 30 European countries taking part, this exciting event showcased the South West’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.

FUTURES2020: Celebrating European Researchers

A festival of discovery exploring the past, creating the present and imagining the future

Online resources

Past FUTURES 2020 events

27 November: Discovery Talks: Expedition Earth - an explorer’s guide to a planet in peril

28 November: Land ahoy! Talks on maritime history and heritage

28 November: A day in the life of a researcher - EU Corner

28 November: The big family quiz