About Us
Cambridge Skeptics is a not-for-profit community organisation which is on a mission to promote skepticism and critical thinking skills in a positive way via public engagement. We host monthly Skeptics in the Pub (SitP) events with speakers on various subjects as well as social events.
Our events are open to everyone, whether you consider yourself to be a skeptic or not. If the subject matter is of interest, please come along and join the discussion.
The Cambridge group was originally founded in November 2009 and featured Simon Singh as its first guest speaker. The group later expanded its offerings to include coffee socials, games nights, and events in collaboration with the Cambridge Festival, all while continuing to host regular SitP events. During the pandemic lockdown, the group stayed active by live-streaming events. It returned to in-person SitP events in January 2023, following a lockdown period that saw the permanent closure of many similar groups across the country.
Organizing Committee
Present and past organizers have included:
The Skeptics In The Pub Network
Skeptics in the Pub is an international collection of groups which run monthly events in a social setting.
The Skeptics in the Pub event was first started in London (UK) by Dr. Scott Campbell in 1999, for those interested in science, history, psychology, philosophy, investigative journalism and how to examine extraordinary claims of all types.
Many other groups started adopting this format under the title of Skeptics in the Pub, and shortly after the Skeptics in the Pub Network (often shortened to SiTP) was founded by Sid Rodrigues.
The map opposite shows the current locations of other known Skeptics in the Pub groups globally.