dispatches from Lab Innovations
Quentin Cooper at Lab Innovations
On day two of the show keynote speaker Quentin Cooper, presenter of Britain’s most listened to science show, Material World on BBC Radio 4, explored the stereotypes of scientists and why they struggle to change their image.
He said: “In the last 50 years, scientists have changed the world, so why does their image never change with it?
"We have to look at how we can shrug off the stereotypes that have formed and usher in a new era of scientist that is not constricted by gender, race or age.
"With only one child in every 100 depicting a scientist as a woman, it is time to show just how wrong people’s perceptions have become.”
