Futures Conversations
Episodes
Kate Wright: Mass Media in the Digital Age
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Professor Kate Wright speaks openly about the uncertain future facing the media, drawing on her experience as a journalist and academ...
John Vines: Design Informatics
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Designing technology that humans can easily use — this is Professor John Vines' mission. He takes us through a varied career in design and explains...
Sean Smith: Future Infrastructure
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do we future proof our infrastructure? This question is the key concern for Professor Sean Smith, an engineer who has worked in industry and acade...
Laura Cram: The Neuropolitics Research Lab
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How does our brain explain the ways in which we make sense of the complex political worlds we inhabit? This question is explored in the Neuropolitics ...
Liz McFall: The Data Civics Observatory
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a frank and revealing discussion, sociologist and Professor Liz McFall charts her journey from growing up in West Lothian, Scotland, to exploring v...
Shannon Vallor: The Ethics of AI
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Shannon Vallor, Director of the Centre for Technomoral Futures and author of "The AI Mirror," explores how her background shaped her approac...