The Human Library
Project lead: Victoria Green
Event Manager
Department of Engineering Science
Principal Investigator: Professor Martin Booth, Associate Head of Engineering Science (Research), Department of Engineering Science
Project Summary
The Engineering Science Human Library will showcase some of the varied research the department is engaged in and how it impacts on peoples’ day-to-day lives. Participants will be able to search, choose and ‘take out’ human books to learn more about particular engineering topics, about research work in practice and about the researchers themselves. The Human Library will bring university research to life through the eyes of the people involved in day-to-day exploration and invention, looking at how ideas are generated and become real world solutions to some of the biggest problems we are facing today in sustainability, energy and the environment, disaster management, Artificial Intelligence, digital healthcare, biomedical applications and more.
Project Updates
We have completed our first round of development of the Human Library and now have a draft version of the library website with a small group of books available to view. A second round of development is due to start shortly.
We hope to run digital activities with Cowley Road Carnival and ATOM this summer and are planning the launch of the library – once we have completed a large internal recruitment of books.