For engineering solutions to work for everyone in society, the people developing them need to be as diverse as society itself.
Launched in 2020, Making Spaces has set out to help achieve that. Funded by Lloyd’s Register Foundation, the global research and development programme aims to support inclusive learning through makerspaces, workshop-style environments that provide hands-on ‘making opportunities’ for young people. The project aims to help these spaces engage with young people from diverse and under-represented communities, supporting youth to use STEM as a vehicle for social change.
We spoke to Professor Louise Archer, principal investigator of…
