Interview with Dr Debbie Rosen, Science and Policy Manager for the EU Horizon 2020 CONSTRAIN project, based at the University of Leeds, UK, and Prof Piers Forster, professor of climate physics at the University of Leeds, the founding Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate and PI for...

Interview with Aleksandra Strzelichowska, senior online marketing specialist at Europeana, based in The Hague, Netherlands. She has a bachelor degree in Literature, languages and linguistics, and a master degree in European Studies.     What is Europeana?   Aleksandra Strzelichowska: We are a European...

Interview with Dr Dan Hassler-Forest, assistant professor in the department of Media and Culture Studies at Utrecht University (Netherlands). He has published books and articles on science fiction, fandom and cultural studies, media theory, anti-capitalism and popular culture, and even zombies. He writes...

Interview with Prof. David Heymann, Professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, head of the WHO response during the SARS1 epidemic.     What are the key-ingredients for coming out safely from the COVID-19 lockdown?   David Heymann: First, countries...

Interview with Dr. Cassandra Kelly, director of Emerging Threats at FIND.     Why is FIND assessing the performance of COVID-19 tests?   Cassandra Kelly: In the past 15 years, FIND has worked in the development of diagnostics for low and middle-income countries. During the past several outbreaks, including...

Interview with Dr Leyla Acaroglu, founder of Disrupt Design and the UNEP Champion of the Earth.     What is Systems Thinking and how does it help us understand issues like COVID-19 and climate change?   Leyla Acaroglu: Systems Thinking is the ability to see the parts as well as the whole. When looking...

Interview with Cliona Howie Del Rio, Head of Circular Economy at Climate-KIC and coordinator of CICERONE.     We are living in a society full of uncertainty at the moment. What are the most urgent issues that need to be solved from your perspective?   Cliona Howie Del Rio: The most urgent issue that...

Interview with Richard Fisher, senior editor at the BBC.     You've spent a year at MIT as a Knight Science Journalism (KSJ) fellow to research 'short-termism' in today's society. What have you discovered?   Richard Fisher: As a KSJ Fellow, I set out to answer a number of questions that I believe are...