Dr Charlotte Sleigh

Charlotte Sleigh is a researcher, writer and practitioner across the science humanities (science and history, literature, theology) and science communication. In recent years Charlotte has been involved with a number of art and science projects (e.g. Chain Reaction!, 2013 and Metamorphoses, 2017) and various forms of climate science communication. She has done consultancy and engagement projects for organisations including the Royal Society, local business and a UK City Council, as well as freelance work in editing and coaching for writing. Examples of her writing for general readers can be found at Noema and Aeon magazines and at Wellcome Stories.

Charlotte has long-standing academic research interests in human-animal relations, their science and representation. Besides this, she has written widely on science and literature (Literature and Science, Palgrave 2010) – and on science fiction and early fandom in Britain. In recent years, Charlotte come to focus on intersections between theology and science; she is currently research consultant for the international project Equipping Christian Leadership in an Age of Science.

Charlotte is a former editor of the British Journal for the History of Science and former president of the British Society for the History of Science.