Ideas Bazaar

In the run up to Festival of the Mind in 2024, we are looking to bring together researchers and people from the region's creative community, to come up with new and exciting ways to highlight our research.

Ideas Bazaar 2023

If you're a University of Sheffield researcher looking for a creative partner, or a creative looking to collaborate with researchers – come along to the Ideas Bazaar and bring your ideas to life! This drop-in event will take place 11am-3pm on Wednesday 13 September 2023 in Mappin Hall.

Abstract painting by Kate Sully - part of 'An Artistic Journey to Describing Dementia' works

Previous projects

The Festival of the Mind webpages contain some examples of unique collaborations between our researchers and the creative and cultural talent of our city. The projects focus on our groundbreaking research that have previously been showcased as part of the festival.

Engineering: Think inside the box exhibition

Festival of the Mind 2024

The next Festival of the Mind will take place in September 2024 in venues across Sheffield. The iconic spiegeltent will return and we anticipate that the festival will take place both in person and online.