Soapbox Science 2025
21 June 2025
Middleton Hall
We are thrilled to be holding the 10th Soapbox Science Milton Keynes event this year!
Every year, we bring a wonderful variety of local female scientists to centre:mk to share their fascinating research with the public. Soapbox Science transforms the city centre into a celebration of science — no slides, no screens, just passionate researchers and their stories.
This year, our 10 featured speakers will talk about everything from technicians and wheat, to periods and pain, plastics in the ocean, Martian lakes, the use of AI, and much more! Expect lively discussion, surprising insights, and a chance to see science up close — right in the heart of Milton Keynes.
This Year’s Speakers:
Jane Hubble – Cranfield University
“Have you ever thought about being a technician?”
Rashmi Perera – University of Buckingham
"The use of AI for viva-voce assessment in higher education context”
Nisha Gor – The Open University
“Lakes on Mars!!”
Emily Cachia – Cranfield University
“From cubit, foot and nanometers – Why do measurements matter?”
Lisa Ruggles (@lisaruggles78) – University of Buckingham
"Period of activity”
Dr Divya Saleela – University of Southampton
“AI for good: How smart machines are revolutionising healthcare and housing”
Yazhini Kumar – University of Edinburgh
“Plastic planet: Boon or bane of modern life?”
Ismay Mummery (@issymummery.bsky.social) – The Open University
Talk: “How can we mend holes in skills, communities and clothing?”
Lisa Pye (@pelvicpainphd) – University of Buckingham
“The person in pain – challenges to identity in chronic pelvic pain”
Natasha Brock (@BiologistTash) – Rothamsted Research
“Gene editing for a better loaf and better toast”