Curiosity Communications

Communicating science & environment with truth & flair

Connecting people with nature. Making science both accurate and accessible. Using comms to spur policy change. Helping scientists achieve impact. Getting researchers heard in the media. Inspiring climate action without triggering doom.

It all starts with curiosity.

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WHAT DOES CURIOSITY DO?

Strategy & content

First things first: who are you trying to reach and what do you want them to do? Whether you’re educating the public, inspiring policy change or targeting selected experts, the Curiosity team bring knowhow to focus on the outcome you need. Anna and Dan use contemporary expertise to devise strategy and content - including video - to hook your audiences.
Research communications

Making complex information both compelling and truthful is tricky. It is a science and as well as an art. Anna and Dan are both ‘old hands’ at working with researchers to help them create impact for their findings, whether via media relations, social content, videos or the spoken word.
Opinion editorials

Anna has placed and ghost-written opinion editorials for the Guardian, the New Scientist, Times Higher Education, Oceanographic Magazine, Mongabay, Wonkhe, Philosophical Magazine and more. Ask her how she can help you get your voice heard in the media outlets that matter to your audiences.
Training & coaching

Writing powerfully is one thing. Speaking that way is quite another. Anna has coached experts for media interviews including on Newsnight, Sky News, and the Today Programme. And Dan has trained researchers to give Ted-style talks with confidence and panache. Anna has also led workshops helping researchers boost their profile and reputation on social media.

WHO IS CURIOSITY?

Anna.

Anna Ford, Curiosity’s founder, is a specialist in climate, nature, science and research communications, and has been a comms leader within universities and in government.

Dan.

Dan Ford is a presentation coach and videographer, working with scientists, researchers and environment experts.

WHAT PEOPLE SAY

"Anna has a real nose for news. I have no hesitation in recommending her – she is excellent."

BOB WARD. Policy and Communications Director, LSE’s Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
"Anna, you’ve taken us to another level in terms of reach and ideas. We honestly can’t thank you enough for everything you’ve done, for all the work you’ve put in, and for being such fun to work with."

ISABELLA TREE. Author of Wilding, and co-owner of Knepp.
"A pleasure and a joy to work with Anna. I'm impressed by her professionalism, quality of work, and how quickly she gets up to speed with a topic."

JEN STEBBING. CEO and co-founder, Sotora Global.
"Anna is an exceptional communications consultant who combines the tools of the trade (including strategic thinking, copywriting prowess, media know-how, stakeholder management and faultless attention to detail) with bucketloads of commitment, tenacity, grace and humour. When Anna's on a project, I know I can rely on her to get the job done to a really high standard with minimum fuss and maximum effort. She's smart and savvy and an absolute pleasure to work with."

HELEN BELL. Director, Greenhouse Communications
"Anna and Dan’s workshops for researchers on social media skills and presentation skills have been fantastic. Anna’s extensive expertise in research communications and social media strategy has empowered our team to engage more effectively with broader audiences, while Dan’s exceptional presentation coaching has instilled confidence in our researchers to deliver compelling, impactful talks. Their professional guidance has been invaluable, and we highly recommend Anna and Dan to any organisation seeking to enhance their research communication capabilities."

LORNA BARNES. Research & Impact Strategy, University of Exeter
“I am now wishing that I had met Dan Ford much earlier in my career! He gently reminded me of what I already know in terms of keeping it simple and focused, and also helped me think about story-telling, ‘hooks’, emphasis and stagecraft.”

PROFESSOR TIM HUMPHREY. University of Sussex
"It is not possible to overstate the expertise, wisdom and drive applied by Anna and Becky to publicise the launch of our ocean conservation mission to establish the North Pole Marine Reserve. I have never known senior PRs take such personal responsibility for delivering their strategy, with both making extraordinary efforts to engage individual journalists along with targeted publications and broadcasters. Seriously impressive."

PEN HADOW. Founder, 90 North Foundation. A collaboration with Becky Shay of Indie Comms.
“I’ve done bits of filming like this before with various people, some very experienced, and they weren’t a patch on Dan. He is so great at directing, not just filming. He coaxed engaging performances and then edited them into a warm and appealing yet short and punchy video. He is a magician!”

PROFESSOR SAM CARTWRIGHT-HATTON. University of Sussex
"Working with Anna is an absolute joy! Not only does she have a brilliant eye for communications, but she stepped into our complex project with ease."

TANYA FORBES. Knepp Wildland Foundation.
"Anna is an inspiring, kind and brilliant thought leader in the communication, public relations, publications and marketing space."

DEAN SPEARS. Head of Sussex Bay.
“Anna is brilliant to work with.”

HEATHER IQBAL. Formerly Political Advisor to the Chancellor of the Exchequer
"Anna delivers thoroughly-researched and insightful pieces. She is communicative and responsive, helpful and flexible, and the content is always engaging."

BECKY PARKER-ELLIS. Taylor & Francis / Routledge
“Anna leads teams with huge amounts of expertise and judgement as well as thoughtfulness and kindness in a very high-pressured media environment. Anna’s grasp of the higher education landscape is exceptional.”

SUSAN SIMMONDS. Strategic communications consultant

WHAT WE THINK

Featured posts from our blog.

What We Think

Rewilding has been blamed for wildfires – but what does the science say?

Extreme heat is now a fixture in our lives – so what should we do about it?

The question is not whether the world is warming, or why. It’s what we do about it. Here’s the good news: we already know what to do

Conversations… from Katharine Hayhoe to the Gruffalo

What happens if we stop communicating like humans

How Canada’s indigenous people stood up to the fishing industry – and brought the salmon leaping back

The story of how some of Canada’s First Nations groups stood their ground and ousted the international fishing industry from their waters. And how their wildlife is now bouncing back.

Fishers, locals and nature-lovers all benefit from a healthy ocean

There’s a relatively prevalent misconception that the rewilding of the ocean must be bad news for local people who make a living by fishing. Here’s why that’s not true.

David Attenborough’s ‘Ocean’ offers hope - but he urges us to act too

Just as the teeth of the trawlers churn the seabed, Ocean with David Attenborough must stir meaningful action. “If we save the sea, we save our world” as Attenborough says at the end of the film.

And so all eyes are on governments to act together to protect the ocean. As individuals, he urges us, we all have an active role to play. And so, we too can think about the food we eat, and the way we shop.

The lynx effect

As part of a nature restoration strategy, the UK needs Eurasian lynx. The government needs to act urgently and radically to curb the dramatic decline in biodiversity. The UK is one of the most nature deprived places in the world, with one in six of its species at risk of being lost from Britain.

Communicating science & environment with truth & flair

It all starts with curiosity.

WHAT DOES CURIOSITY DO?

Strategy & content

Research communications

Opinion editorials

Training & coaching

WHO IS CURIOSITY?

Anna.

Anna Ford, Curiosity’s founder, is a specialist in climate, nature, science and research communications, and has been a comms leader within universities and in government.

Dan.

Dan Ford is a presentation coach and videographer, working with scientists, researchers and environment experts.

WHAT PEOPLE SAY

"Anna has a real nose for news. I have no hesitation in recommending her – she is excellent."

"Anna, you’ve taken us to another level in terms of reach and ideas. We honestly can’t thank you enough for everything you’ve done, for all the work you’ve put in, and for being such fun to work with."

"A pleasure and a joy to work with Anna. I'm impressed by her professionalism, quality of work, and how quickly she gets up to speed with a topic."

“I am now wishing that I had met Dan Ford much earlier in my career! He gently reminded me of what I already know in terms of keeping it simple and focused, and also helped me think about story-telling, ‘hooks’, emphasis and stagecraft.”

"Working with Anna is an absolute joy! Not only does she have a brilliant eye for communications, but she stepped into our complex project with ease."

"Anna is an inspiring, kind and brilliant thought leader in the communication, public relations, publications and marketing space."

“Anna is brilliant to work with.”

"Anna delivers thoroughly-researched and insightful pieces. She is communicative and responsive, helpful and flexible, and the content is always engaging."

“Anna leads teams with huge amounts of expertise and judgement as well as thoughtfulness and kindness in a very high-pressured media environment. Anna’s grasp of the higher education landscape is exceptional.”

WHAT WE THINK

Featured posts from our blog.

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