Interviews
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Prajal Pradhan on food loss and waste: ‘Our current food systems are broken’
Dr Prajal Pradhan is an expert in climate change, food systems, and sustainable development goals. He is an assistant professor at the University of Groningen (the Netherlands) and a visiting senior scientist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (Germany). You were a lead author of... -
Clara Cicatiello on innovations for tackling food waste
Clara Cicatiello is an assistant professor of agricultural economics at the University of Tuscia, Italy. Her research covers the sustainability of food systems and the prevention of food loss and waste in food supply chains. You are the coordinator of the EU-funded LOWINFOOD project, which aims to... -
Professor Andrea Emilio Rizzoli : ‘We should not be too worried about artificial intelligence and creativity’
Interview with Professor Andrea Emilio Rizzoli, Director of the Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Switzerland and co-chair of the Scientific Advice Mechanism’s working group on the uptake of artificial intelligence (AI). As such, he helped provide independent scientific advice to the... -
Professor Nicole Grobert: 'It’s quite clear that AI will speed up our discovery processes in science'
Interview with Nicole Grobert, Professor of Nanomaterials, Department of Materials, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, and Chair of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors to the European Commission (part of the Scientific Advice Mechanism). As such, she helped provide independent scientific advice... -
A scientist’s opinion: Interview with Diego Peñaloza on textile and the environment
Diego Peñaloza is a senior life cycle assessment researcher at RISE, Sweden’s research institute. He works mainly with textiles and garments, biobased materials and construction products. Diego is part of the EU-funded New Cotton project that uses novel technology to recycle textile waste into a fibre... -
A scientist’s opinion: Interview with Paulien Harmsen on textile and the environment
"We really should value textiles more as durable products, only then the system will become more sustainable," says Paulien Harmsen. She is a senior scientist and technical lead for the Sustainable Textiles Programme at Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands, working on circular and sustainable... -
A scientist’s opinion: Interview with João Breda on patient safety and digital health
Dr. João Breda is the Head of the World Health Organization’s Quality of Care and Patient Safety Office in Athens (Greece). The theme for World Patient Safety Day 2024, 'Improving Diagnosis for Patient Safety,' is a crucial focus area. What challenges and opportunities do you foresee in achieving... -
A scientist’s opinion: Interview with Eric Sutherland on patient safety and digital health
Eric Sutherland is a Senior Health Economist at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). He works at this inter governmental organisation based in Paris, France. He leads the OECD’s work in digital health. His goal is to build integrated digital health ecosystems. He provides...