Drawn from CaSE’s landmark Public Attitudes to R&D 2025 study, these videos capture insights from interviews with participants who contributed to our research.
To support CaSE’s 8,000 person nationally representative survey, we carried out eight in-person focus groups and held follow-on interviews with 20 participants. Of these, 12 participated through a dedicated research app called Indeemo. This allowed them to record their thoughts to a set of six questions aimed at understanding their views on R&D as it relates to their lives, their communities and society at large. These videos summarise some of these contributions, to support the evidence set out in CaSE’s PARD25 report.
Public Attitudes to R&D 2025: Priorities and outlooks
Participants talk about the major issues facing the UK at the time (July 2025), and how they think R&D relates to them. Read more about the UK public’s views on priorities and outlooks here.
Public Attitudes to R&D 2025: Benefits of R&D – Personal connections
Participants talk about how personally connected they feel to R&D. Read more about the public’s attitudes to the benefits of R&D here.
Public Attitudes to R&D 2025: Benefits of R&D
Participants talk about who in UK society benefits from R&D. Read more about the public’s attitudes to the benefits of R&D here.
Public Attitudes to R&D 2025: R&D and place
Participants talk about how they would feel about more local R&D, using the examples of a new research lab or science and discovery centre. Read more about the UK’s public’s attitudes to R&D and place here.
Public Attitudes to R&D 2025: R&D and place – UK R&D on the global stage
Participants talk about their perceptions of R&D on the global stage, including whether the UK is a world leader and which countries they think are. Read more about the UK’s public’s attitudes to R&D and place here.
Public Attitudes to R&D 2025: Investing in R&D
Participants talk about how important it is for the UK Government to invest in R&D and what areas of R&D the public sector should invest in. Read more about the UK public’s attitudes to investing in R&D here.
Public Attitudes to R&D 2025: Engagement and involvement in R&D
Participants offer their views on how engagement with R&D could be strengthened and who should talk about R&D. Read more about the UK public’s attitudes to engagement and involvement in R&D here.