Public Engagement & Media Award
Publications and Communications Board - Public Engagement and Media Award
This annual Society Award recognises the work of a psychologist who, either directly or through broadcast and print media, has made an outstanding contribution to raising the profile of psychology with the general public.
The winner of the 2012 Award is Claudia Hammond. To read more about this visit our news webpage.
Award
The winner is invited to give a public lecture at the Society’s Annual Conference (day registration and travel expenses for that conference included) a commemorative certificate and a cheque for £500.
Eligibility
The Award can be made to members of the Society working in the UK and Ireland. Recipients may include both those communicating their own research findings and those who communicate sound psychological evidence or ideas to a wider public. It can be made for an outstanding contribution in a single year or for work of a consistently high standard carried across a number of years.
Any Society member may make a nomination using the relevant form. Self-nominations are also accepted. Nominations should include a copy of the candidate’s CV, together with a brief written outline (no more than 500 words) of the work you think merits the award and relevant documentary evidence, such as press cuttings, video clips or similar.
The Society's Media & Press Committee considers nominations and draws-up a short list of up to six psychologists.
2011 Winner: Professor Tommy MacKay
