Public Engagement for the Brave and the Bold!
Date: 18 to 20 May 2027
Venue: University of Glasgow, Scotland
#EUSEA27 – Gallus Glasgow
The next conference will be “bonnie”
It feels like yesterday we were in Luxembourg for #EUSEA26, and we’re already looking onwards — and northwards — to our next adventure. The EUSEA27 conference is heading to Glasgow, Scotland, and will be hosted by the University of Glasgow and its fantastic Advanced Research Centre (ARC).
The University of Glasgow has big shoes to fill, but we have absolutely no doubt they’ll rise to the challenge. We can’t wait to get to work alongside their team and start building something special together.
Glasgow holds a particular place in the hearts of several EUSEA team members — it’s the home city of our President, Ken Skeldon, and the alma mater of Senior Project Officer Chris Styles.
For them, this may feel less like a conference and more like a homecoming. We couldn’t be happier about it.
So start keeping an eye out for whisky, kilts, cèilidhs, and — naturally — more cows.
One final word of warning: while everyone in Glasgow speaks English, you may encounter one or two local idiosyncrasies in the language. We’d recommend picking up a Scottish dictionary before you travel — or simply borrowing Chris’.
Either way, the Glaswegians will welcome you warmly. 😉
Public Engagement for the Brave and the Bold
Glasgow isn’t the place for the conventional. It is home to the radical and the sensational, and that is what we hope to bring to EUSEA27. You may have seen it during Scotland’s run at the 2026 World Cup, when traffic cones were strategically placed on statues, a reflection of Glaswegian playfulness and a rebellious streak. Since the 1980s, locals have been placing a cone on the statue of the Duke of Wellington in the heart of the city. No matter how often it was removed, a new one would appear, as if by magic, or by the combined mischief of the people of Glasgow. Now it is a permanent feature and a symbol of what Glasgow is all about, and it is the spirit we want to live up to at our 2027 EUSEA conference.
For those not native to Scotland, our conference title needs a little explaining. Gallus is Scottish slang for someone bold, daring, cheeky and mischievous. At a time when systems continue to work against communities, we are looking for initiatives that express tiny acts of rebellion and a little mild risk-taking, achieving small and large victories for the communities and audiences you serve.
We invite contributions from practitioners who are challenging established ways of working, experimenting with new forms of engagement, and finding creative ways to achieve impact despite institutional, political or financial constraints.
A quarter of a century of EUSEA – celebratations in Luxembourg
Our 2026 birthday felt like a milestone in every sense — and comparing our 25th anniversary conference to our 20th, what a difference five years can make.
We were genuinely astonished by the number of you from the public engagement community who showed up, contributed, and threw yourselves into #EUSEA26. You made it unforgettable.
The conference was a vivid snapshot of an ever-expanding field — and the contributions were nothing short of eye-opening. From “bad actors” holding up a mirror to the shortcomings of engagement, to role-playing as frustrated citizen scientists; from a game show unpacking the art and illusion of science communication, to the creation of new models — both physical and metaphorical. Add to that more posters and Horizon talks than we could possibly do justice to here, and everything in between, and you have a conference that was truly like no other.
You can read more about our time in Luxembourg by following the link below — but first, we want to say a heartfelt thank you to the entire team at the University of Luxembourg and the FNR, and of course to each and every one of you for making our 25th birthday so special. A particular thank you goes to Jean Paul Bertemes, who took on the challenge of bringing our cow dream to life — and who, as our birthday twin for 2026, made the celebration all the more personal.
Relive #EUSEA26 by clicking the links below!
