Science in Culture Leadership Fellowship

Lead Research Organisation: University of London
Department Name: School of Advanced Study

Abstract

Abstracts are not currently available in GtR for all funded research. This is normally because the abstract was not required at the time of proposal submission, but may be because it included sensitive information such as personal details.

Publications

10 25 50
 
Description Many findings generated on the multisensory effects of context on flavour perception, including the impact of aircraft noise on the brain's ability to perceive salt, sweet and sour from the tongue, and how umami rich foods and drinks, like tomato juice are immune to this effects. This had led to PI being commissioned as a consultant to create sandwiches for airports which will have deliver powerful tastes at altitude. Discovery of texture sensitivity in tasters leading to liking and no-liking of foods.

Collaborations with partners led to further impacts with gallery and museum sector and through festivals. Collaborative discussions with other Themes and with award holders.
Exploitation Route Many food and drinks companies and airlines have taken into account my research findings to create enhanced eating and drinking experiences for consumers.
Sectors Agriculture, Food and Drink,Creative Economy,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections

URL https://www.buzzfeed.com/ailbhemalone/i-hate-mixing-foods-and-its-actually-fine?utm_term=.bc9dajzJ4#.tvXe6pq7k
 
Description The food and drinks industry, and fragrance industry have made use of my findings and I have been invited to consult for several companies, including multinationals such as Unilever, Diageo, and Firmenic. Several chefs and restaurants have incorporated ideas from my research into their practice and the wine industry has invited me to train some of their experts. Special events were run at The UK Champagne Bureau and Berry Bros and Rudd on my designs for Champagne and music matching. Collaborations with Tate Modern and The Getty Centre have continued to run events and plan future events. Clinicians and patient advocate groups have made use of the Post-Covid research on loss of smell and taste, anosmia and parosmia. Colleagues and I also contributed a deep dive report, "Accessing Healthcare before, during and after the Pandemic' for the British Academy: The Covid Decade report for the Office for Science.
First Year Of Impact 2013
Sector Agriculture, Food and Drink,Chemicals,Healthcare,Retail,Other
Impact Types Cultural,Societal,Economic

 
Description Member of British Academy Working Group on interdisciplinarity in research and higher education
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL http://www.britac.ac.uk/policy/research_and_he_policy.cfm
 
Description Review Panel for AHRC Science and Security funding call with EPSRC and DSTL
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description Review Panel for ESRC Research Network call
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description Speaker at British Academy and American Academy of Arts and Sciences Meeting 'Broadening the Debate: How the Humanities and Social Sciences can help us address global challenges'
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description Wellcome Trust Public Engagement Grant
Amount £30,000 (GBP)
Funding ID 108831/Z/15/Z 
Organisation Wellcome Trust 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 05/2015 
End 12/2015
 
Description AHRC and Wellcome Trust collaboration on Wellbieng, Culture and Society meetings 
Organisation Wellcome Trust
Department Wellcome Trust Bloomsbury Centre
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution The Wellcome Trust and the Science in Culture Theme of the AHRC identified two key issues for exploratory workshops: The Mental Health of Refugees and Wellbeing and The Build Environment . Tow international workshops have been convened to bring together experts, clinicians, policy makers and academics to shape a research agenda and possible joint funding call.
Collaborator Contribution Provided access to their networks, funded researchers, provided funding and administrative support .
Impact Impacts and outcomes still to appear. First workshop in March, second in May. Disciplines involved: art, architecture, engineering, biology, design, history, medicine, neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, psychiatry, public health,
Start Year 2016
 
Description Collaboration with AHRC Cultural Value Project 
Organisation Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Department Cultural Value Project
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Jointly organized workshop, 'In conversation: Arts and Science' with the AHRC Cultural Value Project and Arts at CERN on 9th October 2014. Contributions were made to the event programme including suggesting speakers, Professor Josef Parvizzi and Professor Chris Chafe.
Collaborator Contribution Workshop was jointly funded with the AHRC Cultural Value project. All parties contributed suggestions of relevant speakers and collaborated on the call document for the event.
Impact Successful one day workshop exploring examples of collaborations between arts practitioners and researchers in the Sciences. The workshop was a multi-disciplinary event involving researchers from Astrophysics, Psychology, Neurology and Physics as well as sound art, choreography, composition and the visual arts. A short film was made at this event which will be available on You Tube. Following this one day workshop there has been interest in hosting a follow on event at the Institute of Advanced Study in Birmingham. The follow on event would be an opportunity to build on the discussions and themes highlighted at the original workshop. The follow on workshop will be organized by one of the speakers, Professor Bill Chaplin, Professor of Astrophysics, University of Birmingham.
Start Year 2013
 
Description Collaboration with Arts at CERN 
Organisation European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
Country Switzerland 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Jointly organized workshop, 'In conversation: Arts and Science' with the AHRC Cultural Value Project and Arts at CERN on 9th October 2014. Contributions were made to the event programme including suggesting speakers, Professor Josef Parvizzi and Professor Chris Chafe. Workshop was jointly funded with the AHRC Cultural Value project. All parties contributed suggestions of relevant speakers and collaborated on the call document for the event.
Collaborator Contribution Arts at CERN contributed suggestions of relevant speakers and collaborated to develop the call document for the event.
Impact Successful one day workshop exploring examples of collaborations between arts practitioners and researchers in the Sciences. The workshop was a multi-disciplinary event involving researchers from Astrophysics, Psychology, Neurology and Physics as well as sound art, choreography, composition and the visual arts. A short film was made at this event which will be available on You Tube. Following this one day workshop there has been interest in hosting a follow on event at the Institute of Advanced Study in Birmingham. The follow on event would be an opportunity to build on the discussions and themes highlighted at the original workshop. The follow on workshop will be organized by one of the speakers, Professor Bill Chaplin, Professor of Astrophysics, University of Birmingham.
Start Year 2013
 
Description Collaboration with London Gastronomy Seminar 
Organisation London Gastronomy Seminars
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Collaboration with London Gastronomy Seminars on a series of public talks with food and drinks experts on chocolate, cheese, whisky, spices, tea, including 'Reflections on Three Decades of Science in the Kitchen': An Evening with Harold McGee' 01/03/14 and an interview with Harold McGee on his book on smell, Nose Dive, with over 500 attenders on Zoom on 09/12/20.
Collaborator Contribution Provision of experts and speakers. Hosting speakers and covering the cost of their transport and accommodation.
Impact This lecture was the subject of a BBC Radio 4 Food Programme.
Start Year 2016
 
Description Conservatiion, arts and science with the Getty Foundation 
Organisation The Getty Foundation
Country United States 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution The Getty Conservation Institute organized a visit for the Leadership Fellow to present a talk on the potential collaborations with the Science in Culture Theme and to attend meetings and a conference. The Leadership Fellow was also included in a workshop in California and a conference in London jointly organized by Getty and Tate on conservation of new media art. The Getty Museum have asked the Leadership Fellow to help plan experiments for their College Night (2300 visitors) and for a satellite event for their Plato in LA exhibition
Collaborator Contribution Funding of pre-conference workshop in California. Funding and arranging of trip and talks at Getty Conservation Institute and Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles.
Impact There are plans for collaborative research projects involving art historians, artists, philosophers and neuroscientists, and contributions to the Getty Museum's College Night and Plato in LA exhibition events.
Start Year 2016
 
Description Consultant for Trapholt Gallery exhibition EAT ME and related projects on food and eating 
Organisation Trapholt Museum of Modern Art
Country Denmark 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Severed as consultant for EAT ME exhibition and spoke at opening of the exhibition. Wrote an essay for the catalogue
Collaborator Contribution Invited me to present ideas about food and the senses and showcase my research in the exhibition and the catalogue.
Impact Essay for the catalogue of the exhibition EAT ME. Requests from other galleries to contribute to exhibition design.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Partnership with Cheltenham Science Festival 
Organisation Cheltenham Festivals
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Planning of four sessions for The Times Cheltenham Science Festival 2017, including several award holders from the Science in Culture Theme
Collaborator Contribution Planning, advertising, running four sessions in collaboration with AHRC at the Times Cheltenham Science Festival 2017
Impact Festival is still to take place in June 2017. Disciplines involved include Archeology, Music, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Psychology.
Start Year 2016
 
Description Tate Exchange 
Organisation Tate
Department Tate Modern, London
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Together with a team of researchers from the Centre for the Study of the Senses, we ran fourteen taste experiments at Tate Modern over four days, called TASTE AT TATE drawing over 1900 participants from the public. This was part of our partnership with Tate Exchange at Tate Modern to bring a new crowd of visitors to the gallery. The experiments collected data and the results are being prepared for publication. There was press attention for this series of events: BBC Radio 4 All in the Mind recorded there and Barry Smith's experiment, Tasting Shapes, was featured in Victoria Moore's wine column in the Telegraph.A second series of events and experiments will take place in March 2018 called Self-Impressions featuring twenty experiments by artists, engineers, philosophers, psychologists, neuroscientists, looking at how we generate sensory experiences and receive feedback from our environment and from others. This is part of Tate Exchange's theme of Production. A third event on Movement took place over a weekend, occupying the 5th floor of the Blavatnik Building at Tate to run a series of experiments and experiences in collaboration with LMU Munich, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL, and Studio Olafur Eliasson.
Collaborator Contribution Our partners at Tate Exchange provided a large floor space on the firth floor of the Blavatnik Building as well as administrative, organizational and press support to help run these experiments over several days. They provided advertising and staff help to prepare and run these experiments. They produced evaluation of the visitor experience.
Impact This was a multidisicplinary collaboration featuring artists, engineers, philosophers, psychologists and neuroscientists. Publications have been produced and submitted and the Getty Institute has asked the team to produce similar experiences and experiments for them in LA. A number of films were made of these events.
Start Year 2016
 
Description Wellcome Trust Frontiers Meetings 
Organisation Wellcome Trust
Department Wellcome Trust Bloomsbury Centre
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Working with Wellcome Trust to lead and develop a series of Frontiers Meetings hosted by the AHRC and the Wellcome Trust to explore the potential for interdisciplinary collaboration across the Art, Humanities and Sciences. Developed a Theme for the Frontiers Meetings, Mindspace.
Collaborator Contribution ?
Impact ?
Start Year 2013
 
Description 'Brain & Wine' Conference in Barcelona 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The contribution to the 'brain and wine' conference held in Barcelona has been covered by a range of Spanish language publications including: 'Tecnovino'; 'ABC'; 'Vineteur; Foods&Wines from Spain'; 'Grupo Gourmet'; 'Diario de Cuyo'; 'El Mon'; 'Bodega Canaria'; 'Diario de Gastronomía'; 'Comenge'; and 'Wine Style Travel'.
Barry Smith joined other sensory scientists at the event organised by the El Bulli Foundation. While in Barcelona he also talked about 'Brains and bodies that think, feel, perceive and act', at an event held by the European Union-funded The Human Brain Project. Meanwhile, in The Journal.ie podcast he explains how you can trick your taste buds with music.

https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/en/follow-hbp/events/does-the-brain-need-a-body-to-be-a-brain/
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://www.thejournal.ie/future-stories-podcast-thejournal-volkswagen-3892100-Mar2018/
 
Description 12 Champagne Moods, Tutored Tasting, Berry Bros and Rudd, October 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Led a tutored tasting and experiment of matching Champagne with music to show the sensory impact of music on the perception of the wines. A public engagement event.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description AHRC ECR Workshop: The Lived Environment, The Royal Society, London. May 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Training was offered to Early Career Researchers from across the arts, humanities and sciences. This led to teams submitting proposals to a tailored funding call and subsequently, 6 awards were made.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Another episode on BBC Radio 4- Kitchen Cabinet - Inverness 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Here is another episode of BBC R4's The Kitchen Cabinet from Inverness where Barry Smith talks about whisky and food, herring, meringues, aphrodisiacs and roasted peaches.

Barry is a frequent speaker and often invited to appear on Kitchen Cabinet radio show as one of their main speakers.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b9tsjl#play
 
Description BBC 2's 'Inside the Factory' programme 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Barry Smith explains on BBC2's Inside the Factory why fizzy drinks are so appealing (from 19:46 to 25:00), why we pair certain meat with certain sauces (at (50:39).

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09m54qm/inside-the-factory-series-3-5-sauces
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09p34wt/inside-the-factory-series-3-6-soft-drinks
 
Description BBC Radio 3 'A History of the Tongue' show 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact The tongue has a history. As the organ of talk, taste, and transgression, it has tales to tell. Barry was invited to share his knowledge and research.
In the 'taste lab' of Professor Barry Smith, John's tongue is put to the test, and the humble jelly bean becomes a battleground for thinking about taste, while Dr Lily Hua Yu, a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, examines his tongue - searching for the key to his body's ailments. Thomas Morris, medical historian, gives some brutal examples of early tongue 'cures'! (Tender listeners block your ears here)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0002gtx
 
Description BBC Radio 3 'FreeThinking' - guest speaker 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact BBC Radio 3 show 'Freethinking' episode- 'Drugs & Consciousness' with David Nutt and Philosopher Peg O'Connor and Barry Smith on the panel. 9th Oct 2018 at 10pm
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0000nll
 
Description BBC Radio 3, Free Thinking: Looking at Art 13 Jan 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact xxx
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04xrzd5
 
Description BBC Radio 4 - 'The Kitchen Cabinet' - Belfast 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The Kitchen Cabinet; Belfast Sat 9th Feb 2019 - Jay Rayner and the panel visit Belfast. Professor Barry Smith, Rachel McCormack, Rob Owen Brown and Paula McIntyre answer the audience questions.
The panellists suggest the best recipes for breakfast with friends, learn about brown lemonade and debate the superior types of potato pancakes. They also learn about the Scoville scale and try Tim McCarthy's hottest hot sauce in Northern Ireland.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0002g5z
 
Description BBC Radio 4 The Kitchen Cabinet - the chemistry of food and strange pairings 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Discussion on strange pairings with beetroot, and the chemistry of charring food on The Kitchen Cabinet Radio show.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017,2018,2019
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09y6wbk
 
Description BBC Radio 4 show- Kitchen Cabinet a special broadcast from Senate House 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact A special Broadcast from University of London, Senate House whereby Barry Smith was a honorary guest speaker.
Jay Rayner and the panel are at Senate House in North London. Dr Barry Smith, Sue Lawrence, Tim Hayward and Nisha Katona answer the culinary questions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0000sqw
 
Description BBC Radio 4, #Hashtags of the Year, 17th Dec 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact BBC R4 programme on the biggest social media topics including that dress.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description BBC Radio 4, #thedress Pick of the week, 20th Dec 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Item from previous broadcast highlighted in weekly best of programmes.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description BBC Radio 4, History of Ideas: Descartes and Consciousness, 17 April 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Generated discussions on email and further requests to speak.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05qk1n3
 
Description BBC Radio 4, History of Ideas: Noam Chomsky and Human Language, 22 Jan 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Researchers on humans and animals and how they communicate and to what extend their cognitive powers are shaped by the use or lack of language. Generated interest and follow up contacts.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04ykk50
 
Description BBC Radio 4, History of Ideas: The Philosophy of Good Taste, 18 Nov 2014 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Wrote and presented radio programme about the nature of taste
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04p845z
 
Description BBC Radio 4, History of Ideas: What Makes Us Human? 19 Jan 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Generated great deal of interest and follow-up emails and discussions. Led into the format for the 2015 Being Human Festival panel.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04yb2x4
 
Description BBC Radio 4, History of Ideas: Why Are Things Beautiful? 17 Nov 2014 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Wrote and presented radio programme on the nature of taste and beauty
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04p7xlx
 
Description BBC Radio 4, The Food Programme, A Sense of Taste, 17 March 2013 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Contributor to BBC Radio 4, 'Our Changing Tastes', The Food Programme including an interview with food writer Marlena Spieler who lost her sense of taste following a road traffic accident. The interview with Marlena Spieler also inspired an article in the New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/opinion/sunday/when-a-food-writer-cant-taste.html?hp&rref=opinion&_r=2
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description BBC Radio Essex, Sounds and smells of Xmas 2 Dec 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Local radio interview on the sense of smell and associations with Christmas.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description BBC World Service, Health Checks, loss of taste and smell, 28 April 2013 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Interview on BBC World Service talking about the effects of loss of smell on quality of life
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Barry Smith is Quoted in 'Shortlist' article 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Barry Smith explains in Shortlist that cabin pressure mutes our senses, but umami, a key component of tomato juice, is immune to the effect therefore a Bloody Mary is the ideal mile-high cocktail.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.shortlist.com/news/booze-travel-adventures-world/348934
 
Description Barry Smith is quoted in the 'Caterlyst Agenda' article 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Barry Smith is quoted in the Caterlyst Agenda article 'London airport and food experts to launch sandwich that adds flavour at 35,000ft'. The story has been picked up by the 'Mail Online', 'Mirror', 'Daily Star', 'Catering Today', 'The Armed Post' and 'Sport & Leisure Catering'.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.caterlyst.com/Caterlyst3/Insight/Insight.aspx?n=24773
 
Description CenSes Seminar Series 2018-2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact 'Rethinking the Senses: Uniting the Philosophy and Neuroscience of Perception' is a three-year project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as part of the Science in Culture theme. Our everyday understanding of perception is that we see, touch, smell, taste, and hear.
www.thesenses.ac.uk

This Seminar Series is hosted by The Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, UoL.

The Seminars are typically attended by cognitive neuroscientists and philosophers from nearby London Institutions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011,2018,2019
URL https://philosophy.sas.ac.uk/events
 
Description Chairing debate: Rethinking the Senses Workshop on Binding, Senate House London, Sept 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact xxx
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.thesenses.ac.uk/events/event/rethinking-the-senses-workshop-on-binding/
 
Description Channel 4's 'Food Unwrapped' programme 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Barry Smith, director of the Institute of Philosophy and founder of CenSes, demonstrates on Channel 4's Food Unwrapped programme how much people rely on texture to be aware of and like what they are eating.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.channel4.com/programmes/food-unwrapped/episode-guide/
 
Description Contributor and demonstrator at Science Museum Lates associated with Cravings Exhibition, Sept 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Large number of participants who participated in sensory testing and who followed up wanting to know more about the research we do and how we advise chefs and restaurants.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Contributor to Media in Transition, Tate, November 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The planning meetings and conference engaged artists, conservation scientists, curators and museum directors, and addressed policy related issues about collecting and conserving time-based media art. There will be follow up meetings with Tate Galleries and Getty Conservation to discuss the strategies for conservation
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/conference/media-transition
 
Description Discussing potential contribution of Arts and Humanities to Goverment Policy discussions, with Andrew Prescott, Keri Facer, and Ian Lyne from the Cabinet Office Government Innovation Group, Sept 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Cabinet Office Government Innovation Group arranged a subsequent pilot meeting with Connected Communities and AHRC members.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Engage Your Senses with Heston Blumenthal - Sight and Sound, 18th Dec 2013 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Video interviews with chef Heston Blumenthal
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L64A3pD_wAc
 
Description Engage Your Senses with Heston Blumenthal - Smell, 18th Dec 2013 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Video interview with chef Heston Blumenthal
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6HpSjBtyPI
 
Description Engage Your Senses with Heston Blumenthal - Taste, 13th Dec 2013 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Video interview with chef Heston Blumenthal
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkIu5Z0TJmg
 
Description Engage Your Senses with Heston Blumenthal - Touch, 13th Dec 2013 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact xxx
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP9gYxrLkKg
 
Description Euro SPP - Talk with Ophelia Deroy on The Place of Olfaction in Conscious Experience in ReThinking the Senses Symposium, 16th September 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact European conference talk with psychologists and philosophers.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Expert Taster on BBC One Masterchef 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Many food and drink industry companies, and some restaurant groups have been in contact to discuss consultancy work.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05rhvgc
 
Description Filosofia on The Philosophy of Mind and Neuroscience, Unisinos, San Leopoldo, Brazil, 18th September 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Talk to academics academic, student and public audience from many disciplines.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Food, the Brain and Us, Public Event Royal Institution 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The success of this evening event which involving interdisciplinary talks and practical tasting experiments prompted questions from the audience. A partnership for possible future events was also developed with the Royal Institution.

This event was attended by an Italian television producer who invited the team to host a similar event for the opening of an exhibition, Gusto at the Triennale Design Museum in Milan in February 2014.
The film of the event made by the Royal Institution has had over 10,000 views
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygdbRCdsM6g&list=PLbnrZHfNEDZz256ho3Q4gt7YrF2xApo5g&index=18
 
Description Heston Blumenthal recognised for his work at Institute of Philosophy's Centre for the Study of the Senses 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The decision by School honorary degree recipient Heston Blumenthal, to open his first restaurant in Dubai is highlighted in The National. Awarded in 2013, his science doctorate recognised his pioneering research and work with IP's Centre for the Study of the Senses.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/food/heston-blumenthal-to-open-dubai-restaurant-1.712395
 
Description How the Light Gets in, Hay on Wye Festival of Ideas, Hidden Desires and Secret Thoughts, June 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact xxx
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Interview at BBC World Service 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Patients, carers and/or patient groups
Results and Impact Barry Smith explains, on the BBC World Service, what it's like to live without taste and smell, the science behind it and what can be done to help sufferers.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05w1hvp
 
Description Interview by Russell Brand on 'Under the Skin' podcast 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Interviewed on Russell Brand's 'Under the Skin' podcast he discusses collaborative research between philosophers, psychologists and neuroscientist's and their discoveries, including how we have many more than the commonly perceived five senses.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XjYr8DwSGs
 
Description Interview on 'The World Tonight' on Radio4 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Barry was interviewed for a recorded piece on last night's The World Tonight on BBC Radio4. It was on whether the music in restaurants could affect the taste of the food.

Also has appeared in BBC Radio 4's show: 'History of Ideas'
& 'Nature of Taste' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04p845z
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bbn6vx
 
Description Interview with Joanna Durrant at Cheltenham Festival - this was showcased on BBC Gloucester 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Interview with Joanna Durrant on 'How Films make us Feel' event at Cheltenham Science Festival.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p068lv5x
 
Description Lecture and workshop, In Collaboration: Arts and Science, University of Birmingham, Sept 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Meeting bringing together artists and scientists to explore how they could collaborate and apply for funding.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/events/collaboration-arts-science.aspx
 
Description Matters of Taste, Rutgers University, New Jersey 1st May 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact xxx
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Media Interview with Denise Winterman, BBC News Magazine 'Taste and Smell: What is it like to live without them?' 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Interview on smell and taste loss for BBC
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23051270
 
Description Media Interview, BBC Radio 3 'Breathalysing Britain: Free Spirits Or a Drain on Society?' 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Radio debate as part of BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06ptbbg
 
Description Media Interview, 'Strawberries are the Happiest fruit', The Daily Mail, 18th June 2014 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Interview with journalist about sensory study resulting in an article on The Daily Mail http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2660712/Strawberries-happiest-fruit-Summer-favourite-powerful-just-thinking-one-makes-feel-better.html

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Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2660712/Strawberries-happiest-fruit-Summer-favourite-powerfu...
 
Description Media Interview, 'UK Sensory Study shows Strawberries have 'happiest' associations', Fresh Fruit Portal, 19th June 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Interview with journalist about sensory study resulted in an article on Fresh Fruit Portal http://www.freshfruitportal.com/2014/06/19/u-k-sensory-study-finds-strawberries-have-happiest-association/?country=others

xx
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.freshfruitportal.com/2014/06/19/u-k-sensory-study-finds-strawberries-have-happiest-associ...
 
Description Media Interview, BBC News Magazine, 'Who, What, Why does the shape of chocolate change its taste', 25th September 2013 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Interview with BBC journalist, quoted on BBC news website http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24223182

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Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24223182
 
Description Media Interview, BBC News Monitor, 'What would Wittgenstein say about that dress?' , 28/02/15 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Quoted in Media prompting further requests for comment.

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Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-31662317
 
Description Media Interview, BBC Radio 4, 'What does it mean to be me?', 13th April 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact xxx
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05qfkjm
 
Description Media Interview, BBC Radio 4, What was the story behind #TheDress? 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Invited on media to explain why people saw the colour of the dress differently.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03chrtk
 
Description Media Interview, BBC Technology, 'Sniffing out the next big thing in chocolate and gobstoppers, 15th June 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Interview with journalist resulting in an article on BBC Technology http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-32998220

x
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-32998220
 
Description Media Interview, BBC World Service, The Food Chain: I cant taste! 28.01.18 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Media Interview
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csvscb
 
Description Media Interview, Channel 5 The Saturday Show, Importance of our sense of smell, 5th December 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Appearance of programme to prompt further debate and discussion of the nature of smell
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Media Interview, Daily Mail, 'Can you smell when it is going to rain?', 4th April 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Feature on smell and health
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3025621/The-nylon-sling-save-woman-s-fertility-thousands-g...
 
Description Media Interview, Liking for Smells, Daily Mail 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Interview on the hedonics of smell
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2888447/Healthily-informed-fit-three-experts-test-2014-QUI...
 
Description Media Interview, New Scientist 'Fine flavours: The unsuspected talents of your taste buds', 5th August 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Interviewed about the interest in kokumi as a new taste or mouthfeel
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22730331-200-fine-flavours-the-unsuspected-talents-of-your-ta...
 
Description Media Interview, New Scientist, 'Au Revoir Terroir? The Science of what makes great wines tick' 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Interview with journalist, quoted in an article in the New Scientist http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22630200.500-au-revoir-terroir-the-science-of-what-makes-great-wines-tick.html.

The article was also picked up and analysed on The Drinks Business website: http://http//www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2015/05/terroir-microbes-not-soil/

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Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22630200.500-au-revoir-terroir-the-science-of-what-makes-great...
 
Description Media Interview, Scent back in time: The top smells that take us Brits down memory lane, The Express, 13th May 2014 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Interview with journalist, quoted in article

The article prompted further interest in research on taste and smell.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/475562/The-smells-that-take-us-down-memory-lane
 
Description Media Interview, Scotch Whiskey Magazine 'PALATES: MEN VS WOMEN', 8th August 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Interview on male and female whisky tasters
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL https://scotchwhisky.com/magazine/features/features/features-men-v-women/
 
Description Media Interview, The Drinks Business, 'Terroid: Microbes not soil?, 8th May 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Interview with journalist resulting in article in 'The Drinks Business', http://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2015/05/terroir-microbes-not-soil/

x
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2015/05/terroir-microbes-not-soil/
 
Description Media Interview, Wine Vision in Harpers 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Interview on wine and the senses
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://www.harpers.co.uk/news/wine-vision-wine-must-engage-all-the-senses-say-professors/373655.arti...
 
Description Media, BBC Radio 3, 'Philosophical Investigations' Nightwaves, 9th January 2013 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Contributor to BBC Radio 3, 'Philosophical Investigations', on Nightwaves discussing the legacy of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein alongwith biographer Ray Monk and philosopher Rupert Read.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Media, BBC Radio 4, 'A History of Ideas', On the Philosophy of Good Taste, 18th November 2014 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Radio programme about 18th Century philosopher, David Hume's theory of good taste including interviews with neuroscientist Semir Zeki and art historian Liz Prettejohn. This programme was recorded as part of BBC Radio 4 'A History of Ideas' series with a wide audience and associated graphic on the website.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Media, BBC Radio 4, You and Yours, 9th December 2013 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Item on how experts and novices taste Champagne and why price is not the only indicator of quality.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03kpnk1.
 
Description Media, BBC World Service, Health Check Contributor on 'No Sense of Smell', 24th April 2013 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Publicising the problems with loss of taste and smell, a medical complaint that affects over 200 people each year. Many anosmia sufferers contacted me wanting further information and I was able to refer them to medical specialists and a society for asnomia sufferers.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0184psm
 
Description Multisensory Flavour Perception at Univ Federal Minas Gerais, Brazil, 13th August 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Presentation and talk to philosophers, engineers and neuroscientists at the Federal University of Mines Gerais, who were lunching a new interdisciplinary centre.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Networking Event, Beyond the Digital Humanities, 5th May 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Discussion of the consequences of new technologies in the humanities
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.nedimah.eu/events/beyond-digital-humanities-final-network-event
 
Description Panel on the Future of the Humanities for the launch of the School of Humanities, Unisinos, San Leopoldo, Brazil, 17th September 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Presentation of the work of AHRC Science in Culture theme to the University of Unisionos, Porto Alegre, Brazil to celebrate the launch of a new School of Humanities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Panelist for The Nature of Memory: perspectives from art, history and neuroscience event organised by AHRC Memory network, LSE London, Sept 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Questions and discussions followed the panel and many attending have followed up. A report on the event was written for the BMJ.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.lse.ac.uk/publicEvents/events/2015/09/20150929t1830vSZT.aspx
 
Description Presentation to British Academy of conclusions of Working Group on Interdisciplinarity, May 2015 -May 2016 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Presenting a report to the British Academy address to RCUK funders, charitable trusts, HEFCE, HEIs, IROs, government and students.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Presented the AHRC Rethinking the Senses Large Grant project to Minister for Universities and Sciences, University of London Jan 2016 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Presented the interdisciplinary nature of AHRC Large Grant, Re-thinking the Senses to Minister, explaining how this had created laboratories in a Philosophy Institute and how the project had many collaborations with the arts and industry. Follow-up meetings arranged between Minister and PI, Prof Colin Blakemore.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Presidential Lecture, British Science Festival, Bradford September 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Interactive session which allowed the audience to test whether they are super tasters and learn how the sense of smell is involved in tasting. Media coverage of the event and many follow up inquiries from the general public.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://bsf15bradford.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/day-3-record-number-of-lectures.html
 
Description Public Event with Heston Blumenthal, Cheltenham Science Festival, 4th June 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? Yes
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Talk prompted questions from the audience and discussion.

This event helped to strengthen the partnership with colleagues at the Fat Duck experimental kitchen and will lead to further opportunities for collaboration.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Public Event, Cocktails: More than just a pretty drink, Cheltenham Science Festival 2014 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? Yes
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Sell out event 'Cocktails: More than just a pretty drink' involving Rethinking the Senses co-investigator Professor Charles Spence and AHRC Science in Culture Theme Leadership Fellow Professor Barry C Smith. The event prompted questions and interaction from the audience.

After the event, The Drinks Factory who had collaborated on the event have been inspired to hold a number of other public events to explore sensory effects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/science/whats-on/2014/cocktails-more-than-just-a-pretty-drink/
 
Description Public Event, Food Matters Live, 'Spotlight on Sensory at Food', 19th November 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Key note speech - which followed with a spotlight on sensory interview in which he discusses the factors that can affect our perception of flavour: http://www.foodmatterslive.com/news-and-comment/news/Spotlight-on%20sensory-at%20Food%20-Matters-Live-2015 and quoted in Food Manufacture Magazine: http://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Manufacturing/Food-firms-should-consider-all-the-senses-when-innovating
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.foodmatterslive.com/news-and-comment/news/Spotlight-on%20sensory-at%20Food%20-Matters-Liv...
 
Description Public Event, Food for Thought, Cheltenham Literature Festival 2014 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? Yes
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Talks and tests on taste for the public and practitioners

Following the event Laithwaite's, who had sponsored the event reported having received positive feedback and suggested collaborating on future projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/literature/whats-on/2014/food-for-thought-a-philosophers-feast/
 
Description Public Event, Food, the Brain and Us, Milan Triennale Museum 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Hosted a series of short talks and practical tasting experiments at the Triennale Design Museum, Milan to coincide with the opening of an exhibition on Taste (Gusto). The event was sold out and drew over 200 participants. Participants were interested in the event asking questions and discussing the experiences with the event organisers after the activities. This event was organized by AHRC Science in Culture Theme Leadership Fellow Professor Barry C Smith and involved Rethinking the Senses co-investigators Professor Charles Spence and Dr Ophelia Deroy.

Following the workshop, one of the contributors, Caroline Hobkinson a food artist has been invited to exhibit at the Milan Expo 2015.
An essay prepared for the Gusto exhibition publication will be republished in the Milan Expo 2015 catalogue reaching new audiences.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://www.triennale.it/en/calendar/events-calendar-list/3309-il-cibo-il-cervello-e-noi-un-evento-mu...
 
Description Public Event, Ignite, Natural History Museum 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Rethinking the Senses hosted a small exhibit to inform visitors about their large grant. There was a lot of interest in the project and information was given out about the public seminar series.

Information was distributed to a wider audience about the Rethinking the Senses grant as a result there were increased visits to the website and some people interested in finding out more registered to receive the project newsletter.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://www.sciculture.ac.uk/project/ahrc-science-in-culture-theme-ignite-film/
 
Description Public Event, The Guardian/ Royal Institution Event 'Consciousness- the Hard Problem 07/03/2012 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The talk engaged the audience and resulted in questions and further discussion.

This has led to further engagement with the Royal Institution and involvement in other activities in their programme.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=313yn0RY9QI
 
Description Rethinking the Senses: Experimental Approaches and Methods in the Art Museum, 8th June 2015 at Tate Modern 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The event provided an opportunity to focus on a series of existing projects conducted within the museum context and examined how sensory and cognitive factors modulated the experience of visitors.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Royal Society Meeting: Human Transformation: moving and sensing 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Joint organizer with Chris and Uta Frith of a meeting at the Royal Society as part of their Science Policy Expert Advisory Committee initiative to examine the effects of modern technologies, including digital technologies, on human beings. Gave introductory talk and participated in panel discussion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Science & Culture Research has been picked up by 'Waitrose Weekend' newspaper 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Barry's Research was featured in Waitrose Weekend paper where I discuss on thermal tasters. There is also coverage of my research on how sound affects our perception of taste.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Selective Anosmia and the Pleasures of Smell. Workshop Scent, Science, Aesthetics - Understanding Smell and Anosmia, 19th Sept 2013 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Talk
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPgswD5QKlc
 
Description Social Change in the Age of the Brain Conference, Pavia September 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact xxx
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.mattiagallotti.com/wp-content/uploads/Conf-Announcement-and-CfP.pdf
 
Description Speaker at Art and Science of Dining Workshop, Unisinos, Brazil - 13th May 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Interactive and immersive event with chefs, sensory scientists and food scientists.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Studio Olafur Eliasson, Berlin, Workshop on Experience, Experiment, Reflection - Multisensory Dinner 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A workshop at the studio of world renowned artist Olafur Eliasson , bringing together artists, scientists, humanities researchers, creative industries, funders. Curated a multisensory dinner for the participants on the eve of the workshop.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description TEDx Talk in Oxford 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Discusses and tackles the many roles Smell plays in our Conscious lives.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V34N9YJAMsY
 
Description The Getty Villa Bacchus Uncorked Lecture Series talk: Philosophy, Wine and the Senses 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Lecture on Philosophy, Wine and the Senses to donors and supporters of the Getty Trust at the Getty Villa in Los Angeles, followed by a tutored sensory wine tasting to accompany the exhibition Plato in LA.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description The Truth about Alcohol: Word of Mouth Blog, Guardian 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Interview about effects of alcohol when drinking
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2014/dec/23/truth-about-alcohol-gin-tears-champa...
 
Description University of Leeds Crucible presentation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation to university early career reseachers, media and businesses about research opportunities across arts, humanities and sciences
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description University of London, School of Advanced Studies in partnership with Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the British Academy., Being Human Festival 2014 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact In 2014 the festival coordinated over 160 events across the country, organised by over 100 universities and cultural organisations.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g9AzVrCirY
 
Description University of London, School of Advanced Studies in partnership with Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the British Academy., Being Human Festival 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact the festival coordinated over 160 events across the country, organised by over 100 universities and cultural organisations.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Wellcome Trust Hub: multi-sensory perception of wine and music, Latitude Festival 2015, Suffolk 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Presentation of the sensory effects that affect our perception and appreciation of wine to an audience of amateurs and wine professionals.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.latitudefestival.com/sites/live.b.latitudefestival.com/files/images/latitude_regional_pre...
 
Description Wine Appreciation: Snobbery or Connoisseurship, The World of Fine Wine, Issue 40, 2013 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Article on the objectivity of taste
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Wine Vision 2014 at The Shard and The Hurlingham Club, London. 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact xxx
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=121&v=sOdcuZ9DPiM
 
Description Workshop: Colours and Odours - Institute of Philosophy, Senate House 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact An international workshop bringing together philosophers, psychologists, linguists, neuroscientists, perfumers, artists and writers to explore the way we classify smells and colours.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://events.sas.ac.uk/ip/events/view/17677/Workshop%3A+Colours+and+Odours+