Interviews
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A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Dr. Cassandra Kelly about COVID-19 tests
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... -
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Dr Leyla Acaroglu about systems thinking
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... -
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Cliona Howie Del Rio about systems thinking
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... -
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Richard Fisher about systems thinking
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... -
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Ray Pinto on Europe’s digital response to Covid-19
Ray Pinto, Digital Transformation Policy Director for DIGITALEUROPE, highlights the importance of harnessing the power of digital and of sharing essential data to fight the disease whilst maintaining data protection safeguards. What is DIGITALEUROPE doing in response to this crisis? Ray Pinto:... -
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Dr Renaud Lancelot on data-driven solutions to the Covid-19 pandemic
Data-driven solutions to the Covid-19 pandemic, a scientist's opinion Dr Renaud Lancelot, a veterinary epidemiologist coordinating the recently funded Horizon 2020 project: MOnitoring Outbreak events for Disease surveillance in a data science context (MOOD), highlights how networks of data-science... -
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Professor Enny Das about health communication and persuasion
Interview with Professor Enny Das, Professor of Communication and Persuasion, and Principle Investigator of the Persuasive Communication Research Group of the Centre for Language Studies at Radboud University in Nijmegen, Netherlands. How can the public be motivated and persuaded through health and... -
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Professor Susan Michie about behaviour change amid COVID-19
Interview with Professor Susan Michie, Professor of Health Psychology and Director of the Centre for Behaviour Change at University College London (UCL), and a member of the UK Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behavioural Science (SPI-B): 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). How does people’s...