How do you create a radical citizen science project? What was the secret to Nappy Science Gang's success? Why are we doing this?! Find out in this Q&A session with Science Gang instigator and Project Director Sophia Collins. Q: Can…
Dr Sarah Rose of the Staffordshire University Children’s Lab talked to us about her research on the effect of TV on creativity in children. Sarah is fascinated by children’s creativity and in particular how it is influenced by screen time. She’s…
In the early 90s, a team from the University of Bristol recruited 10,000 pregnant women for a study on the environmental and genetic factors that affect a person’s health and development. Over the last 26 years, these women, their children and…
Silke Brandt from the Lancaster University Babylab joined us to answer our questions about language development in children. Silke's research focuses on how language and cognitive development interact and she is also interested in the influence of growing up bilingual.…
How do we know that Parenting Science Gang will work? Well, we don't really. But we do know that a similar approach was a great success for Nappy Science Gang. Here's what one of the gang has to say about…
This week's Q&A was with Sarah McMullen, Head of Knowledge at the NCT (National Childbirth Trust), supported by Rachel Plachcinski, the NCT's Research Engagement Officer. Sarah says: The Knowledge team support NCT to be evidence-based in all we do. This…
Heather Welford has been an NCT breastfeeding counsellor and tutor, training other breastfeeding counsellors and healthcare professionals, for many years. As a journalist and writer, she's written several books and many articles about feeding babies, and has a strong interest…
For our second online Q&A, we spoke to Heather Trickey, a breastfeeding counsellor and Research Manager for the NCT. Heather is interested in why some public health policies appear to work whilst others fail, and her PhD in infant feeding policy…
In many citizen science projects, scientists still design the experiments, and volunteers are involved further down the line, to collect or interpret data. Parenting Science Gang has been designed differently – volunteers have been involved from the start. They will choose…