ABOUT US

The Pint of Science festival aims at delivering exciting and engaging talks on the latest science and research discoveries in an accessible and fun format to the public – all in the pub! We want to provide a platform that allows people to discuss research with the people who carry it out. It is run by volunteers and was established by a community of postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers in 2012. The main festival takes place annually over three days in May simultaneously in pubs across the world. Pint of Science is a non-profit organisation.

 

HISTORY

In 2012, Dr Michael Motskin and Dr Praveen Paul were two research scientists at Imperial College London. They started and organised an event called ‘Meet the Researchers’, which brought people affected by Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, motor neurone disease and multiple sclerosis into their labs to show them the kind of research they do. It was inspirational for both visitors and researchers.

They thought that if people want to come into labs to meet scientists, why not bring the scientists out to the people? And so Pint of Science was born.

 

In May 2013, they held the first Pint of Science festival which featured some of the biggest names in their fields to explain their ground-breaking work to lovers of science and beer. It was a phenomenal success of course!