PEAs in Pods: Co-production of community-based public engagement for data and AI research
Lead Research Organisation:
Manchester Metropolitan University
Department Name: Ctr for Advanced Computational Science
Abstract
Our project, PEAs in Pods, will empower the Greater Manchester (GM) data science and artificial intelligence (AI) research communities to engage meaningfully with traditionally marginalised communities and embed coproduction methods into individual and institutional research processes and governance.
The theme of our public engagement activities is around AI and data-driven technologies. The need to engage citizens in the research and development of this field is increasingly widely recognised, with benefits including increased public trust and more socially relevant applications. If we want to build trust we must first reach out to citizens, inspire them to get involved and demonstrate that their voices have influence.
We will train a cohort of data scientists and AI researchers, known as Public Engagement Ambassadors (PEAs), from three GM universities, then guide and mentor them to work confidently with co-researchers from three traditionally marginalised and digitally excluded groups. Teams will co-produce a set of relevant public engagement events and activities that respond to the distinct needs, interests, and understandings of these community groups. Following evaluation, they will then co-develop a set of legacy resources for on-going community engagement beyond the project under the theme "Data Ethics and AI in a Box".
In parallel, the Public Engagement Champion will engage with the universities to build awareness of and appetite for longer-term researcher-community interaction. She will lead the co-production of mechanisms that will embed sustained interaction with traditionally marginalised groups into institutional research processes across GM. The project will therefore also empower these communities to have a voice and help influence the direction of data science and AI research and its impact on society.
The theme of our public engagement activities is around AI and data-driven technologies. The need to engage citizens in the research and development of this field is increasingly widely recognised, with benefits including increased public trust and more socially relevant applications. If we want to build trust we must first reach out to citizens, inspire them to get involved and demonstrate that their voices have influence.
We will train a cohort of data scientists and AI researchers, known as Public Engagement Ambassadors (PEAs), from three GM universities, then guide and mentor them to work confidently with co-researchers from three traditionally marginalised and digitally excluded groups. Teams will co-produce a set of relevant public engagement events and activities that respond to the distinct needs, interests, and understandings of these community groups. Following evaluation, they will then co-develop a set of legacy resources for on-going community engagement beyond the project under the theme "Data Ethics and AI in a Box".
In parallel, the Public Engagement Champion will engage with the universities to build awareness of and appetite for longer-term researcher-community interaction. She will lead the co-production of mechanisms that will embed sustained interaction with traditionally marginalised groups into institutional research processes across GM. The project will therefore also empower these communities to have a voice and help influence the direction of data science and AI research and its impact on society.
| Title | Community Perceptions of AI |
| Description | Our second community project as part of the EPSRC funded project was a 10-minute community video about Community Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence. was co-produced as part of the PEAs in PODS project with community members from the Inspire Centre in Levenshulme, Manchester and The Tatton, Ordsall, Salford in the United Kingdom over 9 months during 2023-2024. The content of the video and the topics covered were led by the community - this is what matters to people in the age of Artificial Intelligence. Acknowledgments Community members - Jay Quincey, Patu Bhatt, Mark Lucas, Danielle Slater, Danielle Lunt, Jessica Eaerton, Leslie Willis, Nasherla Rashid Director - Matt Thorpe Videographer - Milo Wye Project engagement ambassadors - John Henry, Rochelle Taylor, Keeley Crockett and the wider PEAs Voiceover - Rosie Ellis Technical Officers - Alana Hargreaves, Gareth Preston Music by AudioCoffee(Denys Kyshchuk): https://lnkd.in/eAjmP5Hj |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Impact | Raising awareness of AI in communities and giving people the confidence to question the use of data and AI in their everyday lives. Note this section will be updated once the evaluation of the project is complete. |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQI0ebJCEqE |
| Description | Please note the PEAS in PODS project has just received a no-cost extension until 30th November 2025, therefore the information provided in the key findings section is interim and will be updated at the end of the project. What were the most significant achievements from the award? Co-producing the Public Engagement Ambassadors (PEAs) training on public engagement and co-production for AI and Data Scientist researchers, with interdisciplinary researchers and external collaborators, bringing a new dimension to participatory AI practices. Watching the PEAs grow in confidence as they applied the training through the 3 Programmes of public engagement. Learning by doing was a life journey and we laughed and cried together, learning with every community interaction. Conducting 69 hours of PEA mentoring which has supported PEAS note only in their coproduction and public engagement journeys, but also in their career and professional developments. Community members engaging with universities, becoming community champions in AI and feeling equally valued throughout the project. Strong relationships that have been built and community members are eager to take part in other projects. For example, community members at Inspire took part in a round table as part of the UK Gov current inquiry Skills in the Age of AI (2024, 2025), others are working with PEAs within their own research projects, and some are working on newer projects with Noisy Cricket. The Co-created "Peoples Charter for AI" developed with community members from Inspire and The Tatton, PEAs and the project team. The charter features 10 principles and is available in 5 languages and an explainer booklet of what the communities identified as good practice for organisations to understand "what does good look like" on a principle-by-principle basis. The co-produced Public Perceptions of AI video featuring community actors. The video storyboards were co-produced and featured applications that were identified by the communities in the co-production workshops and featured members of the community. As the public engagement champion, I am humbled by this experience and opportunity to work with communities and my own personal learnings though the project. To what extent were the award objectives met? If you can, briefly explain why any key objectives were not met. The project had a total of 7 objectives. Obj. 1: Pod 1: Train 20 researchers in coproduction. Recruitment Recruitment for the project was conducted over December 2022 - January 2023 through seven 'roadshows' promoting the project and conducted by Professor Keeley Crockett. The roadshows attracted 60 Eventbrite signups, and 5 additional people attended in person. 26 roadshow attendees completed the roadshow evaluation surveys which comprised of six Likert style questions and two open text questions. Some key outcomes include: • 90% of roadshow attendees said the roadshow had encouraged them to undertake future public engagement activities to communicate their research. • 90% of roadshow attendees said that the roadshow had encouraged them to apply to be a PEA in the project and to pursue collaborative work within their own research. • 100% enjoyed taking part in the roadshow • An open text question asked attendees "What in your opinion, is the most exciting thing about the PEAS in PODS Project?" A selection of quotes is below: o "Engaging with people - accessing their needs - hopefully to design responsible tech" o "To have a real conversation with the citizens regarding AI. Gaining the public engagement skill". o "Considering approaches to engage in public collaboration around AI". o "to learn about co-production and get to practice it". POD 1: Training PEAS From the recruitment roadshows, we had 22 potential leads who signed up for the project. From that 22, we had 21 who attended their first mentorship one to one with Professor Keeley Crockett and 18 that attended our Pod 1 training on community engaged research. Training took place as 4 x 4 hour training sessions over June and July 2023, with additional training sessions on power and positionality. From the 18 participants that were trained in community engaged research, 12 have committed to work with communities as PEAs (target was 10). Their backgrounds are as follows: • 5 early career researchers from MMU • 1 professional services from MMU • 3 early career researchers from the University of Manchester • 2 early career researchers from the University of Salford • 1 self-employed business person Obj. 2: Deliver an Ideation event at the end of Pod 1. The ideation event as we perceived it did not occur. We were working with three different community groups who were all working on different timescales. We instead had individual ideation sessions for each of the three programmes of public engagement separately. Obj. 3: Pod 2: Support PEAs with quarterly 1h reflective mentoring sessions. Mentoring of PEAs has continued throughout 2023, 2024 and 2025 and has been a positive and engaging element of the project. A total of 69 hours of 1:1 mentoring has been recorded to date. This work package has indicated that there is a lack of mentorship opportunities available to early career researchers working in data science and AI across the three partner universities. The project is underpinned by an ethos of 'no PEA left behind'. As a result, in addition to the 12 PEAs who will be working with communities, 4 participants who attended training, but are not able to continue working on the project due to commitments, have opted to continue with one-to-one mentoring with Keeley Crockett to develop their research ideas and ethos regarding community engagement. Mentoring will continue throughout the remainder of the project and will support PEAs with developing their 12-month public engagement plans. Obj. 4: Pod 2: Develop 12-month public engagement action plans with each PEA The aim of this objective was originally to get PEAs to develop 12-month public engagement plans that could be used in their own research and development. Through the mentoring sessions it was discovered that for a considerable number of peas actually engaging in the learning by doing element of the PEAs project was their first experience in public engagement and co-production. On reflection, it was therefore challenging for them to develop public engagement plans when they had yet to go through a project and develop the skills that they had acquired through the PEAS training. The PEAs were at various stages in their research careers. During the course of the project, a number of them applied for full time research positions and/or funded grants, which featured their work as PEAs and the programmes of public engagement they were working on, some of which had a positive effect. The PEAs who have opted to carry on with mentoring wish to develop further 12-month engagement plans. Obj. 5: Pod 3: Guide PEAs and community co-researchers to coproduce, deliver and evaluate a programme of inspirational public engagement activities. Throughout 2023 and 2024 we have been working closely with communities and PEAs to co-create project outputs, which has enabled PEAS to put their community-engaged research training into practice. The communities that the PEAs have worked with are: • Inspire Levenshulme (Levenshulme Inspire Community Hub | Eat, Meet, Play, Learn & Work (lev-inspire.org.uk) • The Tatton (Facebook) • Back on Track Home - Back on Track (backontrackmanchester.org.uk) The Back on Track community has worked with a team of 4 PEAs. As there are some existing links and relationships between Inspire and The Tatton, both communities have been involved in co-creating the outputs alongside a team of 7 PEAs. Whilst the project brief initially outlined four individual workshops sessions to work with community members, there were additional sessions needed to support the exciting emerging work between PEAs and communities. The 3 Programmes of public engagement were: 1) The People's Charter for Artificial Intelligence: A charter co-created with members of Inspire (Levenshulme) and Tatton (Salford) communities which outlines principles for businesses that wish to embed and use AI in ethical ways in their work 2) Community Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence Video: An educational resource and video which looks to demystify AI co-created with members of Inspire (Levenshulme) and Tatton (Salford) communities. 3) Introduction of Hi:Future: A resource which looks to connect community members who are out of work with new employment opportunities through an AI platform with members of the Back on Track community (Central Manchester). The project will continue to work with communities in promoting the resources and ensuring community voice is platformed in developing AI Ethics in a box. Community resources were launched on the 9th of July at a Community Project Launch event at MMU. This included: • Community Project 1 - Launch of the Peoples Charter for AI (co-designed and co-produced with two community groups) booklet with graphics.pdf • Community Project 2 - View our a 10-minute community video People's Perceptions of AI - now available Community Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence (youtube.com) • Community Project 3 - Back on Track and HI Future - Using machine learning to support people affected by homelessness in finding job opportunities that match their strengths. Obj. 6: Use evaluation of Pod 3 to coproduce a "Data Ethics and AI in a Box" legacy resource Data Ethics and AI in a Box comprises of two elements: 1) A narrative and learnings from each of the 3 programmes of public engagement. This also includes outputs from the projects themselves: The Peoples Charter for AI in 5 languages and the Public Perceptions of AI video. a. The current version can be found on Notion here MMU PEAs in Pods | Programmes of Public Engagement and is currently being reviewed by PEAs and community members before publication. Once finalised, the intention is to move to the PEAs in PODS website. 2) The PEAs in Pods training material, which will be available on the peasinpods.mmu.ac.uk website under creative commons licensing. These resources are under development and expected to be published before the end of the project. Obj. 7: Co-develop with the host and partner universities (MMU, Manchester and Salford), PEAs and communities mechanisms to integrate sustained researcher-community interaction into research processes. This objective has not yet been completed and an update will be provided at the end of the project. The project team and a selection of PEAs have connected and met with impact managers across the University of Salford and the University of Manchester. We are currently exploring opportunities to embed co-production and public engagement into research activities. Further recommendations will be added at the end of the project. |
| Exploitation Route | The PEAS in PODS training material which was developed as part of the project, is currently being adapted to be available under creative commons on the PEAS in PODS project website (peasinpods.mmu.ac.uk). During the project, the 4-day training programme was delivered in person, will all members of the interdisciplinary project team present and taking part in delivery. The hands-on approach had many benefits, including oversight and engagement with a community member consultant over the 4 days to provide contextual oversight and share valuable lived experiences to both the PEAs and the project team. The training materials will be available at the end of the project as part of Data Ethics and AI in a Box as a variety of structured resources that can be used by researchers and organisations to use, but the facilitation of these resources will be different. This in person delivery will have to be undertaken by anyone who decides to use the full resource. As the training is a living document, we aim to capture, usage data, comments and suggestions for improvements from the website on a voluntary basis. Whereas the PEAS in PODs training was originally designed for data scientists and AI researchers, it would be possible to switch out sections and replace with other subject areas for researchers working in different fields, or for other organisations and institutions. Community members wish for us to publicise the Peoples Charter for AI to organisations. They also want to be part of the process. We are exploring how this might be possible. The community members came up with a digital badge for organisations to either Pledge to work towards the charter for a period of 12 months, or achieving the charter. This would require a mechanism to be put in place which would include auditing. This was beyond the resource of the project, but one we wish to pursue. Evaluation of the PEAs provides very useful insights into the value of not just the training but also the learning by doing aspects of the project. This programme could be replicated within CDT's and also within university doctoral colleges. It will not only require resources, but a mechanism to connect researchers to community groups to experience the learning by doing. The value of the community - researcher relationships especially in the context of AI is critical to building public trust, but it must first be valued by universities in STEM and wider disciplines as a critical part of the career development journey for all academics. The findings and learnings from the project are relevant to the practices of the research team, all of whom work in publicly engaged or co-produced research. They are embedding their experiences into their research work and practices. We have yet to launch Data and AI Ethics in a box which will take place in the next few months. |
| Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Education Government Democracy and Justice Other |
| Description | The PEAS in PODS project has impacted many different stakeholders. As the project has not ended this is a brief high-level summary. During the programmes of public engagement, several PEAs began to embed public engagement and co-design into their research. This was reflected in their own grant applications and also in their applications when applying for new research positions and jobs. Evaluation Interviews with PEAs have indicated the impact of the training and the involvement in the project have transformed thinking around their research practices. A number have indicated how they have taken their learnings from the project and embedded this into new or existing research projects. For example, one indicated that she had received a new academic role, specifically related to her experience of co-design on the project. Another indicated a desire to work in a collaborative publicly engaged STEM research with communities; one has shifted directions on her PhD to include marginalised voices; one has brought in learnings from the training, specifically around collaborative research practices such as reflexivity and positionality and built this into existing funded projects. Two community members became AI Community Champions during the project as their confidence grew (The Tatton and Inspire). In addition, community members became more confident in AI and were eager to take part in a round table to explore Skills in the Age of AI (July 2024), a cross-government inquiry, where Prof Crockett is a steering group member. Community members have also been embedded in emerging research opportunities. Their experience on the project has fostered strong relationships with researchers and they continually report that they enjoy the engagement on AI through working with universities. For example, one PEA, through an initial conversation has engaged community members to give feedback and take part in a study on perceptions of explainable AI. Two community members have undertaken further research work with Noisy Cricket. Building on the policy impact (detailed in the Influence on Policy, Practice, Patients and the Public' section), the evidence provided by Prof Crockett was referenced in the House of Commons, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee Governance of artificial intelligence (AI), Third Report of Session 2023-24. A selection of the project team, community member and PEAs evaluations of the programmes of public engagement from the project were submitted to the call for evidence (December 2024), to the cross-party Government Inquiry Skills in the Age of AI (Policy connect), with the recommendations to be published end of May 2025. There has been substantial interest in the project from many stakeholders. Members of the project team have been invited to share findings at international conferences (e.g., IPMU- Portugal, IEEE WCCI 2024 - Japan), nationally at events including UKRI Bridge AI, AI UK Fringe event 2024, British Computer Society, Manchester Tech festival, Parrellex Beyond Bias Business event Leeds, Climb24, Ministry of Justice, GMCA and many more). PEAs have also been involved in public engagement around the project in communities, on Salford City Radio, at Manchester University engagement events and even winning a commended award for a submission to the Making a Difference Awards for Social Responsibility. Our PEAs in PODs training material is currently being adapted as a web-based resource which will support students, researchers, and professionals in ethically and effectively engaging communities in AI and data-driven research. It provides theoretical insights, practical tools, and reflexive practices to navigate the challenges and opportunities of co-production within broader institutional and sectoral contexts. Whilst the training was developed for an academic audience, it is also suitable for organisations that are also exploring what good looks like in building public trust. As two pathways to impact from the PEAS training and AI Ethics in a Box are not yet in the public domain and we expect further impact as share with different groups over the remainder of the project and beyond. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2024 |
| Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Government, Democracy and Justice |
| Impact Types | Cultural Societal Policy & public services |
| Description | Training AI researchers in co-production |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | PEAs are now putting the co-production training into practice in the project fieldwork with traditionally marginalised community groups exploring ethical and inclusive AI. We will evaluate the effectiveness of the training at the end of the fieldwork and this will inform the refining of training tools for subsequent public dissemination with a view to broader transformation in research practice. Further, we will evaluate how the application of training led to wider social benefits for community members. |
| Description | Written evidence submitted to the UK Government Governance of artificial intelligence (AI) inquiry |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://committees.parliament.uk/work/6986/governance-of-artificial-intelligence-ai/ |
| Description | AI UK Fringe Event: PEAS in PODS - Community Public Engagement for Ethical AI Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | AI UK Fringe Event Evaluation Feedback: PEAs in PODS 13th March 2024 Overview of Event As part of AI UK Fringe 2024, MMU hosted a fringe event outlining the EPSRC funded PEAs in PODS project . The project seeks to empower the Greater Manchester (GM) data science and artificial intelligence (AI) research communities to engage meaningfully with traditionally marginalised communities and embed co-production methods into individual and institutional research processes and governance. The ambition is for this project to lay the foundations for significant long-term impact across the GM tech research community as a model for ethical, effective coproduction. The event involved: 1) A Public Lecture: Ethical AI Matters - Peoples Voices Matter. This featured three members of the project team: Keeley Crockett, Lauren Coulman (Noisy Cricket) and Sarah Linn. 2) A Panel Session - Empowering People to Build Trust in ethical AI. The aim of the panel is to share lived experiences and insights of different communities working on the PEAs in PODs project and featured community members from Back on Track (Manchester) and The Tatton (Salford) and our PEAs (Public Engagement Ambassadors). The panel was chaired by a member of the community - Mooch. 3) An open conversation and discussion with the audience on sustainability and Impact - facilitated by team member Caitlin Nunn. 4) Networking and refreshments Pre-Event Registration & Interest 55 tickets registered for the event on Eventbrite. From data that was provided, most registered attendees' were from Manchester Metropolitan University (23 registrations) with a close split between students and staff from a number of different disciplines (e.g. Fashion, Architecture and AI). Other interested attendees were from a range of other institutions and organisations, including the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Manchester City Council and Sartch Labs to highlight a few. Most of these potential attendees worked in digital strategy, innovation partnerships and engagement. On the day of the event: • 24 Individuals attended the session in person. • 12 Individuals attended the online lecture. • 13 Attendees completed event feedback forms. Evaluation Form Feedback All respondents stated that the event fulfilled their expectations for attending, with attendee's highlighting a desire to attend to 'learn more about the value and process of community engagement'. All respondents stated that the speakers and presentations were engaging with attendee's highlighting 'the range and diversity of voices and experiences' and the 'great community facilitated panel'. 11 respondents stated that the presentation was pitched at the correct level, with 2 not responding to this question. Most participants did not experience any barriers to participating in the event. One participant highlighted challenges with their mental health and transport and one student highlighted how they needed to fit their attendance around lectures. Most participants had heard about the event from Professor Keeley Crockett, either personally or through her promotion of the event during her lectures at MMU. A couple of respondents stated that they had heard about the lecture through work or colleagues. Attendees highlighted a number of further ideas and comments related to future events in this area including a desire to see 'more events related to community engagement' particularly with 'community participants', a desire to be trained as a 'PEA' and 'more public engagement'. One participant found the project to be 'hugely helpful in the framing of (their) work going forward' and another praised the involvement of community in the session. One participant wanted to explore AI technologies that were used within the PEA project. The panel members and presenters received a warm response in the room, echoing much of the positive feedback from the evaluation forms, with a number of attendees remaining after the event to ask questions about the projects, specifically highlighting personal interests in community engaged research with communities and a desire to attend the training that was outlined as part of the PEAS project. Limitations - As we were not able to secure internal technical support at MMU, we were unable to fully host the event online. As a result, online attendees were only able to attend the public lecture. As part of the evaluation, we also conducted diversity monitoring. Visual data available on request. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peas-in-pods-community-public-engagement-for-ethical-ai-research-tick... |
| Description | ASSET 2024 (The Third International Adaptive and Sustainable Science, Engineering and Technology) Conference: Keynote - The Role of Artificial Intelligence Ethics in Developing ASSETs to Solve Societal Challenges |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This keynote presentation on responsible AI, showcased elements from the PEAs in PODS project, including the Peoples Charter for AI, one the three programmes of public engagement within the project. It also presented a number of takeaways to build trust with people, and emphasized the need for consequence scanning in the AI development life-cycle. The keynote was delivered in person and also online to participants in Nigeria. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://assetgrp.org/ |
| Description | Academy for Social Justice - Invited online seminar "Considerations for using Responsible, Trustworthy and Ethical AI in the public sector" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The seminar was led by Keeley Crockett. The seminar covered responsible and ethical AI, the principles to practice gap, AI through a responsible lens, how do we do things differently and how to build trust with communities which featured elements of the PEAS in PODS project, mainly the Co-produced Peoples Charter for Artificial Intelligence. 156 people attended the seminar. A lot of feedback was received from this event. 98% gave a good to excellent rating. The audience particular liked the examples. A couple of quotes included "It is important that the general public know and understand how to use AI more safely. The public sector is well positioned to share this information."; " Would be interested watching how this progresses and further information on what rights individuals have to know about AI and the impact on their lives e.g. challenging automatic decisions." ; "A complex issue explained in simple language . Audiences included representatives from the police, ministry of justice, HM Prison and Probation Service, Councils, NHS, youth services and other public sector organisations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | BridgeAI Annual Showcase Event - Panel participation Trust in AI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Participated in a Panel on Trust in AI at this event. The panel was chaired by Chanelle Daniels, the Responsible AI Manager from Digital Catapult. The aim was to raise awareness of the general public's concerns in relation to trust of AI which had stemmed from working with communities within the PEAs in Pods project. The outcome was to raise awareness of inclusiveness when developing AI products and services. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://iuk-business-connect.org.uk/events/innovate-uk-bridgeai-annual-showcase/ |
| Description | British Computer Society: Greater Manchester Branch Talk: People Powered AI - Challenges and opportunities in Responsible and Trustworthy AI Development |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keeley Crockett gave a 50 minute talk to Greater Manchester British Computer Society branch. The talk covered why AI ethics is important. Public trust in AI featured experiences from the PEAs in PODs project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.bcs.org/events-calendar/2024/may/people-powered-ai/ |
| Description | Community Launch (Inspire, Manchester) Peoples Charter for AI and Peoples Perceptions of AI video |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Keeley Crockett and PEA, Rochelle Taylor started off with a short overview of the project. We then asked two of the community members who had worked on the Charter to explain it to their community and why they felt it was important. This was followed by going through the Peoples Charter for AI and having an open discussion. Each community member received a note book containing the charter and a pen. We also showcased the Peoples perceptions of AI video, but experienced some technical difficulties with the sound so it was agreed we would come back again. We did a pre and post evaluation survey by getting community members to raise hands. A summary is below. Before presentations start and after introductions Please raise your hand if you feel that you have some understanding about Artificial Intelligence? 40% Please raise your hand if you feel nervous or worried about Artificial Intelligence and how it might impact our lives 80% Please raise your hand if you feel excited about Artificial Intelligence and how it might impact our lives 40% At close of presentations Please raise your hand if you feel that this presentation has increased your understanding of Artificial Intelligence 60% Please raise your hand if you feel that these resources will help your community understand Artificial Intelligence 50% Please raise your hand if you feel these resources will ensure AI has a more positive impact on our lives in the future 60% |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Community Launch (The Tatton, Salford) Peoples Charter for AI and Peoples Perceptions of AI video |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This community launch took place in The Tatton community cafe and was supported by Keeley Crockett, PEA -Rochelle Taylor and a community member who is now the community champion for AI. We played the video on the large wall mounted TV in the cafe. We also promoted the Peoples Charter for AI through the use of infographics. We have this event as a drop in session. For those community members who wanted to watch the video and offer their opinions about the video and the charter, the cafe provided hot soup, a role and a drink. Each community member received a note book containing the charter and a pen. We did a pre and post evaluation survey for each community member that engaged. A summary is below. Before watching the video start and after introductions Please raise your hand if you feel that you have some understanding about Artificial Intelligence? 16% Please raise your hand if you feel nervous or worried about Artificial Intelligence and how it might impact our lives 100% Please raise your hand if you feel excited about Artificial Intelligence and how it might impact our lives 50% After watching the video Please raise your hand if you feel that this video has increased your understanding of Artificial Intelligence 83% Please raise your hand if you feel that these resources will help your community understand Artificial Intelligence 50% Please raise your hand if you feel these resources will ensure AI has a more positive impact on our lives in the future 50% |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | CoreCom Consulting - Leaders Lab x Applied AI: Beyond Bias - building inclusive AI-driven organisations Event - Keynote talk "AI Bias and the Human Factor: Overcoming Challenges to Build Fair, Inclusive Systems" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The event brought together leading female experts in the field of AI to explore the critical issue of bias in AI and its impact on organisations. Through keynote speeches and a panel discussion, attendees gained valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities presented by AI, as well as practical strategies for building inclusive and ethical AI-driven organisations. Keeley Crockett was one on the keynote speakers at this event and also took part in an panel discussion: Breaking barriers: Overcoming bias in AI. The talk and the panel highlighted the work of the PEAS in PODS project and the benefit of businesses engaging with communities. Around 65 people attended the event. In the networking session at the end of the event, 4 representatives of businesses asked about how to engage with communities in R&D. The key barrier was know-how and resources. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.tickettailor.com/events/corecomconsulting/1381257 |
| Description | EPSRC Regional Showcase event at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester (November 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Keeley Crockett was asked to present the peas in pods project at the EPSRC Regional Showcase event at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester on Monday 06 November 2023. Post presentation conversations were very dynamic and focused on two aspects a) How can the PEAs in Pods training materials (developed within the project) be possibly rolled out by the EPSRC (early discussions) and 2) How do you approach communities and get them involved. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Engagement@Manchester: Collaborative and participatory approaches to research & engagement (January 2024) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | At this event, two of our PEAs (Public Engagement Ambassadors) from the Univeristy of Manchester were asked to take part in one of three 7-minute lightning talks. The two PEAs presented their perspectives on the PEAs project and their reflections on what worked well/challenges. The PEAS and Keeley Crockett then engaged in a series of workshop activities using experiences and learnings from the PEAs in Pods project. This event has led to a number of follow up conversations based upon experiences of how we engaged with communities to begin with, what matters in community research, how we can widen the project further, and how we can achieve buying across disciplines that public engagement and co-production in universities is important. These conversations are ongoing and are with 3rd sector organisations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:w2hb-lqz2dvqs-b1pbay/engagementmanchester-collaborative-... |
| Description | Gave Workshop on Engaging Diverse Communities in ICT and participated in a panel discussion at Public Engagement X Computer Science Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Role of Computer Scientists in Public Engagement was a free online event organised by EPSRC ICT Champion Professor John Terry and his team based at the University of Birmingham. The online event was pen to anyone studying or working in Computer Science, or related disciplines, who wanted to learn more about public engagement in this field. At this event, Keeley Crockett (EPSRC ICT Champion) and Sarah Linn organised and delivered a workshop: Engaging Diverse Communities.This workshop shared some of the insights from working with traditionally marginalized communities from the PEAS project. Keeley Crockett also took part in the panel Coding for Change sharing an overview of the PEAS in PODs project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/public-engagement-x-computer-science-symposium-tickets-1046747438767?... |
| Description | Invited Talk: AI for West Yorkshire hosted by AI Tech UK (November 2023) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | At this event, Keeley Crockett gave a talk to businesses entitled "Ethical AI Matters" in the session on Session 4: Ethical Empowerment - Demystifying Sustainability, Cybersecurity, Data, and AI Ethics. The event was of the Accelerator program run by AI Tech North sponsored by West Yorkshire Innovation Festival, West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Tracy Brabin - Mayor of West Yorkshire, Hays, OVHCloud and bjss. As part of the talk, I focused again on the value engaging with community members at different phases in AI product/ service development from ideation to post deployment and I highlighted how we need to train people up to be able to do this within businesses. I was able to use examples from working with one of our PEAs (from the project) who is a businessperson who has gone through the training. In discussion, it was clearly identified there was a skills and knowledge gap in understanding the role of community engagement in the development of responsible AI. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.ai-tech.uk/event-details-registration/ai-accelerator-4-west-yorkshire |
| Description | Keynote "People Powered AI- Challenged and Opportunities in Responsible and Ethical AI Development" at Leeds University Medical AI CDT Annual 2024 Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The keynote highlighted the ethical AI landscape (guidelines, policy's and legislation), looked at key principles for researchers, the importance of public engagement and co-production in research and practical ways to build public trust in AI - featuring learnings from the PEAs in PODs project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://ai-medical.leeds.ac.uk/activities/#ExternalID |
| Description | Keynote - IPMU2024 Lisboa - 20th International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems. Lisbon, - "PEOPLE POWERED AI - CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN RESPONSIBLE AND TRUSTWORTHY AI DEVELOPMENT" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This keynote talk was to a technical audience of academics who mainly undertook theoretical and applied research in the general field of AI. The talk outlined the PEAs in PODs project, approaches to participatory AI, key outcomes and recommendations. The project highlighted the 3 programmes of public engagement: Peoples Charter for AI, Community Perceptions of AI Video and Co-Production for Empowering People Disadvantaged by Homelessness: Mitigating Artificial Intelligence Risks and Strengthening Rewards at Back On Track. This was a very different talk to what they usually would get at a technical conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://ipmu2024.inesc-id.pt/ |
| Description | Keynote Conference Talk - 3rd International Conference on Information Technology 2023 Theme - Decision Intelligence: Transform your world , India |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The keynote talk was entitled "People Powered Artificial Intelligence - Challenges and opportunities in navigating the ethical landscape of responsible innovation". This talk was at a technical conference and the idea was to highlight that way to build people's trust in the use of AI was to engage with real people, citizens and the general public. The case study presented was the PEAS in PODS project, the overall aim and objectives, the roadshows, the initial community engagement, and an outline of our POD 1 training material in co-production and public engagement. The talk highlighted the value aspect for both community members and researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.amity.edu/incite2023/ |
| Description | Keynote Conference Talk : The Second International Adaptive and Sustainable Science, Engineering and Technology Conference (ASSET 2023) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This was a keynote talk at The Second International Adaptive and Sustainable Science, Engineering and Technology Conference (ASSET 2023) . The conference as sponsored by the British Council, Manchester Metropolitan University, University of Manchester, Sony, Keysight and Clan Tech. The conference was hybrid in the UK and Nigeria with international audiences online. At this conference Keeley Crockett gave a talk entitled "The Role of Artificial Intelligence Ethics in developing ASSETS" which focused on building trust in AI through up-skilling / re-skilling businesses and researchers. Two case studies were presented, with one being the impact and learnings from PEAs in PODs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://link.springer.com/book/9783031539343 |
| Description | Keynote Presentation "Empowering People: Illuminating the Impact of Public Engagement in the Age of Ethical Artificial Intelligence" for the Association of Brilliant Cyber-AI Women at DISH |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The aim of this event ": Ethical Dilemmas in IoT and AI" organised by the Association of Brilliant Cyber-AI Women was to bridge the gap and nurture connections among women in AI and Cybersecurity. Against the dynamic backdrop of Manchester, this premier gathering represents a pioneering initiative in North West England, setting the stage for collaboration and empowerment. The in-person event was held at DiSH Manchester. Keeley Crockett gave one of the two keynotes, highlighting challenges in ethical and responsible use of AI, forthcoming legalization and learnings from the PEAs in PODS project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7193533495799939072/ |
| Description | Keynote talk - UKCI 22nd UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence (September 2023) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | At this technical workshop, Keeley Crockett was asked to give a keynote talk - " People Powered AI - Challenges and opportunities in responsible innovation" which featured the PEAs in PodS project as one of two case studies. From mentoring type discussions during the workshop, one undergraduate researcher explored how public engagement was challenging and also very rewarding. Subsequently, I invited this young research to come on an IEEE Women in STEM panel, an international panel I was organizing as part of my volunteer role as the Co-Chair of IEEE Women in Engineering, Educational outreach committee which took place in 2023. Sharing not just the positives but also the personal confidence challenges I faced during the PEAs in PODs community engagement work with this young researcher, encourage them to be brave and take part in the panel. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://uk.linkedin.com/in/ukci2023 |
| Description | Keynote: Empowering People: Illuminating the Impact of Public Engagement in the Age of Ethical Artificial Intelligence at the The 16th Annual Manchester Metropolitan University Doctoral Student Conference (DSC) - Hope and Resilience in a Changing World: adapting through research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This 60 minute keynote featured leanings from the PEAs in PODs project including public engagement and co-production with communities, and building trust in AI in practice. Approximately 75 people in person and online attended the keynote. Members of the audience contacted me after the talk to query how to embed community voice into their own research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Manchester Tech Festival Panel: Trick or Treat AI hosted by Naimuri |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The panel, 'Trick or Treat of AI' looked at how AI is developing, evolving, especially over the last 12 months. The theme was responsible AI and AI Assurance. The debate focused around practical examples featuring negative impact (Trick) and positive impact (Treat) use cases of AI. The audience were SMES and startups in Greater Manchester. Keeley Crockett was a panel member and spoke about working with communities within PEAS in PODS and the Peoples Charter for AI which have been co-produced with community members. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.manchestertechfestival.co.uk/aiconference/ |
| Description | Naimuri Podcast on AI Assurance |
| 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 | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The podcast featured Naimuri's Rowan Morris, AI Assurance Lead, and Sarah Pengelly, Data Scientist, Julia Ward, the Founder & Principal Consultant of HumanLens Consulting, and Keeley Crockett, a Professor in Computational Intelligence at Manchester Metropolitan University. The podcast explored a series of topics around AI Assurance. Towards the end of the podcast, Keeley introduces the Peoples Charter for Artificial Intelligence and encourages businesses to get in touch and consider engaging with members of the public. The charter was co-produced with PEAs and community members as part of the PEAs in PODs project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://open.spotify.com/episode/5KCbCZNiyZvcPoOW5cdwQz |
| Description | Organiser, Co-Chair and Speaker MMU Turing Network AI Ethics forum - An Adventure in Interdisciplinary Research and Opportunities in the Realm of AI and Ethics (January 2024) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The aim of the forum was to first explore the interdisciplinary research across the Univeristy in ethical, social, and legal implications of AI and connect the dots in the morning session and then in the afternoon conduct an interdisciplinary ideation session to foster collaborations. Keeley Crockett and Sarah Linn from PEAS in PODs both spoke at the forum to a)Introduce co-production an the value it brings and b) to highlight the work with communities in the PEAs in PODs group. The key takeaway is that a lot of interdisciplinary work is being undertaken about AI - but there is not a mutual understanding of what AI is and what it isn't, which is to some extent discipline dependent. The main impact from the day was some amazing outlines of future interdisciplinary projects with communities at the heart. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.linkedin.com/posts/keeley-crockett-3013789_aiethics-responsibleai-mmuturingnetwork-activ... |
| Description | PEAs in PODS: Community Projects Showcase 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Community Projects Showcase 2024 in-person Event Tuesday 9th July 2024 Introduction On the 9th of July 2024 a launch event for the PEAS in Pods project was held at Manchester Metropolitan University. This event marked the official public launch of project resources created by the three communities that the project has been working alongside over the past year. The event introduced the project, showcased co-created project resources and hosted a community and PEA panel to share reflections on AI and community engaged research. The projects showcased were: 1) The People's Charter for Artificial Intelligence: A charter co-created with members of Inspire (Levenshulme) and Tatton (Salford) communities which outlines principles for businesses that wish to embed and use AI in ethical ways in their work 2) Community Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence Video: An educational resource and video which looks to demystify AI co-created with members of Inspire (Levenshulme) and Tatton (Salford) communities. 3) Introduction of Hi:Future: A resource which looks to connect community members who are out of work with new employment opportunities through an AI platform with members of the Back on Track community (Central Manchester). Attendees On the day of the event: • 34 attended the event in person (including PEAs and community members) • 24 attendees completing the evaluation survey, with 15 completing diversity monitoring forms. • 9 attendees participated in brief vox pop interviews Most participants heard about the event through their project involvement, through the event's online promotion on linkedin, through promotion by the research team and internal promotion within MMU. Evaluation 100 % of attendees strongly agreed or agreed that the event was inspiring and that speakers were engaging. 92% of respondents strongly agreed or agreed that the resources created by the projects were essential and exciting. Whilst only 42% of respondents felt that they had learnt something new about artificial intelligence, 95% of respondents felt that they had learned something new about community engaged research. Respondents felt that the event was 'wonderful', 'educational and important' and 'inspiring' with one declaring that 'the project has been a success'. Respondents expressed satisfaction in seeing the resources come together and noting a resonance across the projects despite their individual work teams. Audiences highlighted a number of key takeaways and leanings related to a number of themes. This included: 1) The pressing need for business to engage with communities and think through the impacts of AI on wider society and individual communities, beyond a box ticking exercise. 2) The need to embed community engagement into future academic research projects. 3) The clear positive impact of working with communities and the affect that this has on creating effective and impactful research outputs. 4) An interest in seeing the project resources rolled out and tracking their impact on communities and wider society. 5) PEAs expressed a sense of satisfaction in being able to showcase and launch co-created works and a positive sense that work with communities was continuing through both the project and new developing avenues and opportunities. 6) Community members expressed an enjoyment in hearing about other projects and meeting other community members and a satisfaction in seeing their outputs showcased. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | PEAs in PODs Roadshows in Greater Manchester |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Purpose of Activity As part of the first phase of the PEAs in PODs project (EPSRC Grant Ref: EP/W033488/1), we conducted a series of roadshows to primarily recruit Public Engagement ambassadors (PEAs) to sign up and take part in the project. Each roadshow lasted on hour and consisted of an interactive session with slides where participants were told about the ambition of the project, saw examples of existing projects in public engagement and co-production with data/AI themes and got to try and explain the concept of AI to citizens and think about impact of their current work/research. The Public Engagement champion (Keeley Crockett) conducted 7 Roadshows (5 in person and 2 online) in December 2022 and January 2023. The roadshows attracted 60 Eventbrite signups and 5 additional people attended in person, 65 people reached. Evaluation of the roadshow (optional for attendees) 26 attendees completed the roadshow evaluation surveys which comprised of six Likert style questions and two open text questions. A summary of results now follows: • 90% of roadshow attendees said the roadshow had encouraged them to undertake future public engagement activities to communicate their research • 90% of roadshow attendees said that the roadshow had encouraged them to apply to be a PEA in the project and to pursue collaborative work within their own research. • 100% enjoyed taking part in the roadshow • An open text question asked attendees "What in your opinion, is the most exciting thing about the PEAS in PODS Project?" - a selection of quotes is below "engaging with people - accessing their needs - hopefully to design responsible tech" "To have a real conversation with the citizens regarding AI. Gaining the public engagement skill." "Considering approaches to engage in public collaboration around AI" "to learn about co-production and get to practice it" EDI Monitoring I also collected anonymous EDI data as part of our EDI Monitoring plan. 25 roadshow attendees completed the electronic EDI monitoring survey (Optional) • The age range of attendees was 32% between 18-19, 36% between 30-44, 24% between 45-69, 1% between 60-64 and 1% over 65. 44% were female, 52% were male and 4% were non-binary. • Ethic origin was 8% Asian or Asian British Indian, 12% were Black, African, Caribbean or Black British - African, 8% were from mixed or multiple ethic groups, 36% were white English, 4% white Scottish, 12% white British and 16% were other (Turkish, Arab, Japanese) • 92% did not have an impairment/ health condition or learning difficulties, 8% preferred not to say • 56% had caring responsibilities • 32% described them selves as coming from a lower social economic background • 80% had an undergraduate degree, 20% had another qualification Outcomes of Roadshows 23 attendees signed applied to be Public Engagement Ambassadors and completed application forms through an electronic Jisc survey. These 23 will become Pod 1 of the project and will attend 4 *4-hour training sessions in May/June 2023. They will also receive one-to-one mentoring from the Public engagement Ambassador, Keeley Crockett. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
| Description | PEAs in Pods Webpage |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | We obtained funding from the Department of Computing and Maths (not included in project budget) to hire a web designer to create a project website and logo where we can share resources. The website was finished end of Feb 2023 and was available from 15th March 2023 here: https://peasinpods.mmu.ac.uk/ The website currently has three blog posts and details of our roadshow materials. The website was first publicized on linked in on 30-03-23 and had by 04-04-23 and 843 impressions, 36 reactions and 3 reposts. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://peasinpods.mmu.ac.uk/ |
| Description | Panel Discussion - Public Affairs Conference Missouri State University (September 2023) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Keeley Crockett was a virtual panellist at the 20th Public Affairs Conference held September 26-28, 2023, hosted by the Missouri State University in the USA. The annual Public Affairs Conference is free and open to the public. Each year a new public affairs theme guides a multitude of educational programming, including the conference - the 2023 conference theme was Navigating the Now: tradition, innovation and wisdom in a world of change. During the panel discussion I was able to talk about the importance and value of community engagement in the research development of AI products and services, giving examples from the PEAs in PODs project. International contacts were made at the conference for further follow up conversations about training ECRs/ PhD students in public engagement and co-production. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/2023/default.htm#:~:text=The%2020th%20annual%20Public%20Affa... |
| Description | Panel Talk - Just Transitions for Sustainable Development Conference 2023 - University of Hull |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Just Transitions for Sustainable Development Conference was hosted by the University of Hull on the 11th July 2023. Keeley Crockett gave a panel talk on Talk on "Why People Matter in building Trust" in AI featuring PEAS in PODs project which was followed by an interactive discussion featuring panelist's and the audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.hull.ac.uk/choose-hull/university-and-region/sustainability/docs/sustainability-report-2... |
| Description | Panelist: AI Transparency, ethics and security at THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER - Centre for Digital Trust & Society Forum 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Each panel member gave a short presentation which was focused on how the recent acceleration of AI has changed the landscape of societal risks and rewards? In this talk I used the leanings we had so far from engaging with communities with the PEAS in PODs project to highlight some of the risks and rewards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.manchesterdigital.com/event/barclays/digital-trust-and-society-forum-2023 |
| Description | Peas in Pods on Green Girraffes and Worms Salford Citry Radio interview with Public Engagement Ambassador Dr Rochelle Taylor |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Rochelle Taylor, a Public Engagement Ambassador (PEA) on our PEAs in Pods project was asked to give an interview after the Community Launch event of the Peoples Charter for AI and the Public Perceptions of AI Video at the Tatton Community Cafe in Salford. The interview can be found on the link below on the following link - - Green Giraffes and Worms (04:27-08:22 and 11:11-14:29). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | http://podcast.canstream.co.uk/scr/index.php?date=2025-01-30 |
| Description | Responsible Tech Collective - Sharing Learning to Date of the PEAs In PODs project ( July 2023) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This event was held in person at the x+why, Foundry, Manchester and was attended by public sector business, voluntary organisations, local GM businesses, Open Data Manchester and representatives from Greater Manchester Combined Authority. "The collective is a community of cross-sector organisations and community representatives, working to (first) establish Greater Manchester as an equitable, inclusive and sustainable examplar for responsible tech, through putting people first in its creation." Source: https://medium.com/responsible-tech-collective/about. At this event one of our community member consultants on the project and myself gave a short presentation / chat about the challenges and rewards of the PEAs in PODs project. We engaged in discussion with combined authorities' policy influencers and leaders, which raised awareness of the project and the communities we had started to work with. Lauren Coulman, a co-investigator on the PEAs in PODs project, leads the Responsible Tech Collective and led the session sharing insights from many of the projects. It highlighted the value of training researchers (PhD students and ECRs) in public engagement and co-production and then allowing them to "learn by doing". Several months on the work on PEAs has contributed to a further small project with Manchester Council which will be reported at the next reporting window. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Stall at The Tatton Community Fun day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Tatton Cafe in Odsall, Salford hold an annual Summer Fun Day for the community and to raise money for the cafe and its free activities for the community. Keeley Crockett and PEA - Rochelle Taylor set up the stall to a) promote The Peoples Charter for AI and 2) Raise awareness of misinformation and deep fakes through a picture quiz, with free sweets as prizes. The topic of misinformation and deep fakes had been raised by community members as an area of concern during the co-production sessions. The event took place on a Saturday and was even visited by the Salford Mayor!. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Trust in AI Panel at the Innovate UK BridgeAI annual showcase - Manchester |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The panel Trust in AI was Organised by Digital Catapult. The aim of the panel was to give the audience some perspectives on what could hinder customer and public trust when procuring or engaging with AI products, and ways that businesses can help to improve trust beyond compliance and regulation.The audience to include business leaders, innovators, and decision-makers across the programme priority industries (agriculture and food processing, creative industries, construction, and transport, including logistics and warehousing). Keeley Crockett was a panel member and used examples of the three programmes of public engagement from the PEAs in PODs project to illustrate hoe trust in AI could be built with traditionally marginalized communities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://iuk-business-connect.org.uk/events/innovate-uk-bridgeai-annual-showcase/ |
| Description | Webinar talk: Building Citizen Trust in AI through Public Engagement and Co-production at Mapping of cyber-enabled roles to CyBOK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This webinar was part of a project (CyBOK) being run by the Cyber Resilience Centre for the Northwest. One of our trained public engagement ambassadors from the project had used the co-production training which we had provided from the PEAs in Pods project within the project to engage with software engineering practitioners in the field. Keeley Crockett gave a talk highlighting the PEAs in Pods project and the benefits of co-production. The talk stimulate conversation about the use of co-production within the CyBOK project and also how it could be used to work with software engineers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.nwcrc.co.uk/event-details/mapping-cyber-enabled-roles-to-cybok |
| Description | keynote - 4th International Conference on Information Technology - InCITe 2024 on the theme Adaptive Intelligence: Evolve your World (March 2024) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keeley Crockett gave a virtual keynote talk entitled "People Powered Artificial Intelligence - Challenges and opportunities in navigating the ethical landscape of responsible innovation for researchers". This talk was focused on the ethics add responsible and trustworthy AI and the PEAs in PODs project was used as a case study. This talk was a follow on from the 2023 ASSET conference where I spoke about the PEAs in PODs project for the first time - the conference organisers asked me back for a second year. The InCITe Conference was sponsored by Amity University / Queens University Belfast, CITANDA Africa, Lawrence Technical University, University of Pretoria, supported by the Science and Engineering Research Board Department of Science and Technology Government of India. The talk was followed by very interactive Q&A session from the participants. All the way up this stage there is no measurable impact, I believe getting researchers to talk about ethical approaches through community engagement to achieving and building trust it's really important and if one conversation has been inspired from this talk then it has been worthwhile. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.amity.edu/incite2024/ |