Doran, Heather

Personal profile

Biography

Heather Doran is the Public Engagement Manager at the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science, University of Dundee. She is a member of the Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) committee and the Local Organising Committee for the PCST Conference 2020. In 2015/2016 she was awarded a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Travel Fellowship on the communication of science travelling to the USA, Japan and China to explore how major research institutes and individual researchers help foster online engagement through social media. Heather began her involvement in public engagement during her PhD in molecular pharmacology at the University of Aberdeen when she was Editor and co-founder of Au Science Magazine.

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social media Social Sciences

science Social Sciences

best practice Social Sciences

conversation Social Sciences

Japan Social Sciences

China Social Sciences

society Social Sciences

application of science Social Sciences

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Research Output 2018 2019

3 Other contribution
2 Poster

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Communication and Engagement Jargon

Doran, H., 21 May 2019, 1 p. Dundee : University of Dundee.

Research output: Other contribution

Open Access

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Co-created, collaborative research disrupting the forensic science ecosystem

Doran, H. & Nic Daeid, N., 11 Oct 2018.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

Open Access

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science

application of science

credibility

justice

lack

Creating meaningful engagement via social media

Doran, H., 29 Dec 2018.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

File

social media

best practice

conversation

Japan

China

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Is this public engagement with research?

Doran, H., 25 Oct 2018, Dundee : University of Dundee.

Research output: Other contribution

Open Access

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What Works? Engaging the Public Through Social Media

Doran, H., Burdett, H., Butterworth, L., Crawford, T., Cenci, W., Chipampe, N-J., Crossland, J., Day, N., Grant, M., Heber-Smith, K., Hong, A., Kalra, R., Livingstone-Banks, M., McLusky, S., Miles, S., Owen, D., Reed, M., Stewart, M. & Wright, C., Nov 2018, 25 p.

Research output: Other contribution

Open Access

File

social media

Prizes

Public Communication of Science and Technology Network Scientific Committee

Heather Doran (Recipient), Apr 2018

Prize: Election to learned society

science and technology

communication

election

scientific committee

public

Activities 2018 2019

8 Public engagement and outreach - festival/exhibition
5 Public engagement and outreach - public lecture/debate/seminar
3 Schools engagement
1 Festival/Exhibition
1 More
- 1 Other

PechaKucha at the 2Moons Literary Festival Dundee

Heather Doran (Speaker)

27 Mar 2019

Activity: Other activity types › Schools engagement

Lochee Family Day at Ancrum Road Primary School

Heather Doran (Contributor), Roy Mudie (Contributor)

2 Apr 2019

Activity: Other activity types › Public engagement and outreach - festival/exhibition

Crime Cafe: Does DNA always hold the answer?

Alexander Gray (Presenter), Heather Doran (Host), Alex Prentice (Presenter)

14 May 2019

Activity: Other activity types › Public engagement and outreach - public lecture/debate/seminar

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Inspiring Stories from Women in STEM Storytelling Night

Heather Doran (Organiser), Amy Cameron (Organiser), Amy Rogers (Speaker), Lucina Hackman (Speaker), Zoe McElhinney (Speaker), Caroline Hall (Speaker), Laura Daly (Speaker), Doreen Cantrell (Speaker)

11 Mar 2019

Activity: Other activity types › Public engagement and outreach - festival/exhibition

Science Saturday: Family Fun Day with Women in STEM Women's Festival Dundee

Christine Millar (Host), Heather Doran (Organiser), Rolf Black (Organiser), Amy Rogers (Organiser), Amy Cameron (Organiser), Catarina Sobreira (Contributor), Bethany Coull (Contributor), Daniella Cavellini (Contributor), Shobna Vasishta (Contributor), Amy Learmonth (Contributor), Simone Altmann (Contributor), Ruth Hamilton (Contributor), Carmen Escudero-Martinez (Contributor), Julie Kovarova (Contributor), Anna Trenaman (Contributor), Alice Dawson (Contributor), Nicola Morrice (Contributor)

2 Mar 2019

Activity: Other activity types › Public engagement and outreach - festival/exhibition

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