ISC Presents
Episodes
Science without borders: International collaboration for the next generation of researchers
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of the ISC podcast series, produced with the support of the China Association for Science and Technology, science journalist Izzi...
Mental health: Rethinking growth and resilience in the research ecosystem
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the this episode, science journalist Izzie Clarke speaks with Lori Foster, President of the International Association of Applied Psychology, and Ye...
Transdisciplinary science: Early- and mid-careers shaping the future of science
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the fourth episode of the ISC podcast series Scientific careers in a changing world, science journalist Izzie Clarke speaks with Professor Rashid S...
Emerging trends shaping scientific careers
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The International Science Council and its Member, the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST), in partnership with Nature, have launched a...
Navigating science careers: Strategic pathways for the future
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to turn science into action on the global stage? In this second episode, science journalist Izzie Clarke speaks with two leading voi...
Rethinking scientific careers in a changing world
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This opening episode explores how today’s rapidly changing scientific landscape impacts early- and mid-career researchers (EMCRs). Professor Robbert...
Science Fiction and the Future of Science: Cory Doctorow - Leveraging Digital Advancements for the Future
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this last episode, we invite Cory Doctorow, a science fiction author, activist, and journalist from Canada. He is the author of many books, most re...
Science Fiction and the Future of Science: Qiufan Chen - Values and Senses in Artificial Intelligence
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Qiufan Chen is an award-winning Chinese speculative fiction writer, author of Waste Tide and co-author of AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future. He is a...
Science Fiction and the Future of Science: Fernanda Trías - Lessons from an Eco-Dystopia
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This fourth episode invites Fernanda Trías, an award-winning writer from Uruguay and an instructor of creative writing in Colombia. She has published...
Science Fiction and the Future of Science: Vandana Singh - Data, Narrative, and Transdisciplinarity
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this third episode, we invite Vandana Singh, a science fiction writer hailing from India, to speak about her views on the science and fiction inter...
Science Fiction and the Future of Science: Karen Lord - Long-Term Thinking in Policymaking
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Barbadian writer Karen Lord is an award-winning author of Redemption in Indigo, The Best of All Possible Worlds, and The Galaxy Game. Her latest book,...
Science Fiction and the Future of Science: Kim Stanley Robinson - Science as a Political and an Ethical Project
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode, we speak to Kim Stanley Robinson, a New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards. He is t...
How do we talk about science and knowledge?
03 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the last episode, we spoke about the many ways that distrust in science is expressed and the need for scientists to consider their own positions, i...
How do we talk about science and distrust?
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore different ways that distrust can be expressed and what drives that historically, situationally, even structurally. We will...
How do we talk about science and identity?
19 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore how our sense of identity affects our willingness to trust certain sources of information. We look at why the authority of...
How do we talk about science and uncertainty?
12 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we explore how uncertainties play a role in the process of scientific discovery and why this is such a challenge for the way we need t...
Freedom and responsibility in science in the 21st century: episode 6, trust in science
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How can we combat malpractice and misconduct in research? And how do we promote trust in scientists and the work they do? This final episode explor...
Freedom and responsibility in science in the 21st century: episode 5, emerging technologies
29 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this fifth episode, Professor Françoise Baylis (philosopher and bioethicist at Dalhousie University) and Ocean Mercier (Associate Professor at the...
Freedom and responsibility in science in the 21st century - Episode 4: The Role of the State
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this fourth episode, Sir Peter Gluckman (ISC President and former and former chief scientific advisor to Prime Ministers in New Zealand) and Saja A...
Freedom and responsibility in science in the 21st century - Episode 3: Science Communication
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How can we convey accurate scientific information in a world of disinformation, information overload, and politicization? Tune in as our guests, Guy...
Freedom and responsibility in science in the 21st century - Episode 2: Scientific autonomy
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“The current world needs science, to develop well informed decisions. And that can only come from scientific autonomy.”“Scientific autonomy does...
Freedom and responsibility in science in the 21st century - Episode 1: Scientific freedom and responsabilities
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This new ISC podcast series explores contemporary perspectives on science's free and responsible practice in the early 21st century while questio...
Episode 5- Preventing Crisis: Science Diplomacy and Track Two Organizations
29 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In our final fifth episode we explore the importance of informal and non-governmental channels in maintaining and building international scientific co...
Episode 4 - Rebuilding Mosul’s ‘Lighthouse of Knowledge’
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we’ll discuss the impact of crisis, specifically conflict, on an individual scientist, Dr Alaa Hamdon from Mosul, Iraq. Recorded ov...
Episode 3 - The Fallout of Conflict: The Arctic and Outer Space
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode will unpack the worrying impact that conflict has on the capacity of organized science and scientists to respond to global challenges. So...
Episode 2 - The Current Clash: Science and the National Interest
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of our series 'Science in Times of Crisis', we will explore two examples of how perceived national interests can impact on t...
Episode 1 - Science, Geopolitics and Crisis: What can we learn from history?
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For our first episode, and the introduction to our series, we delve into contemporary history to explore two examples of science in times of crisis. W...
Trailer: Science in Times of Crisis
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Discover the new podcast series from the International Science Council’s Committee for Freedom and Responsibility in Science (CFRS), which explores ...
Science in Exile - Syrian political scientist Radwan Ziadeh on continuing human rights research and activism across borders
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of Science in Exile, political scientist Radwan Ziadeh shares his story of leaving Syria to continue his research on and advocacy...
Science in Exile - Phyu Phyu Thin Zaw on the crisis facing medics and scientists in Myanmar
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Following the February 2021 coup d’état in Myanmar, medical doctors and other scientists have been prominent in resistance movements, with many doc...
Science in Exile - Early-career scientist Eqbal Dauqan shares her story of leaving Yemen to continue her research overseas
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Science in Exile features Eqbal Dauqan, a Yemeni biochemist whose research interests include therapeutic nutrition and the antioxidant...
Science in Exile - Alfred Babo shares his story of being an at-risk and refugee social scientist
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of Science in Exile we hear from Alfred Babo, a social scientist whose research focuses on social change, child labour and devel...
Science in Exile - how research by one displaced social scientist is uncovering the realities of labour market integration for highly skilled migrants
07 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Science in Exile series we hear from Esmeray Yogun, a sociologist whose research focuses on the integration of highly skilled m...
Science in Exile - Feras Kharrat shares his story of studying molecular biomedicine in Syria, and later, in Italy
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of the Science in Exile series we hear from Feras Kharrat, a PhD Scholar in Molecular Biomedicine, originally from Syria and now ...
Coming soon: Science in Exile
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
ISC Presents: Science in Exile is a series of podcasts featuring interviews with refugee and displaced scientists who share their science, their stori...
Combating racism in science systems
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the sixth episode of the Diversity in Science podcast series - produced in partnership with Nature - we look at addressing systemic racism in scien...
Democratizing knowledge and access to tools for sustainable development
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the fifth episode of the Diversity in Science podcast series - produced in partnership with Nature - we look at democratizing knowledge and tools f...
Gender, sexuality and representation in science
24 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the fourth episode of the Diversity in Science podcast series - produced in partnership with Nature - we explore representation and visibility in s...
Better allies, better science
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the third episode of the Diversity in Science podcast series - produced in partnership with Nature - we look at the role of allies in science workp...
How can diversity create better science?
10 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of the Diversity in Science podcast series - produced in partnership with Nature - we look at how including multiple perspective...
Why does diversity in science matter?
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of the Diversity in Science podcast series - produced in partnership with Nature - Marnie Chesterton interviews ISC CEO Heide Hac...
2020 Innovations in Climate Science
17 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Scientists around the world are taking novel approaches to fight the fallout from climate change. Here are just some of the innovations showcased at t...
Medical Breakthroughs of 2020
13 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From wireless medical robots inside the body to personalized cancer vaccines, we've teamed up with Falling Walls and Berlin Science Week to showc...
What's up with the hole in the ozone layer?
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This year's ozone depletion was larger than normal. Should we be worried? And what does the ozone layer have to do with climate change? Professor...
Arctic ice keeps shrinking: Here's what that means for all of us
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The climate in the Arctic is changing before all eyes. A major new study has found that the region is shifting to a new climate with open water and ra...
Mary Robinson and Daya Reddy on compassion and leadership during a global crisis
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The world is focused on beating COVID-19, and that’s something that can’t happen without the best scientific advice.But of course, it’s not the ...
Vint Cerf's tech predictions... and fears!
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Vint Cerf is one of the fathers of the internet. But Google's Chief Internet Evangelist has some surprising fears about the future of the web.
Global Science: Big Thinkers
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The scientific community has an obligation to explain and champion the role of science in all decisions that affect society. Even when the science is ...
Ismail Serageldin: How the world created minorities... and prejudice.
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ismail Serageldin is often described as Egypt's most intelligent man. He has 40 honorary doctorates and has published more than 100 books. Tune i...
Dr Tolullah Oni reimagines society after COVID-19
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"What is daunting is our current reality. What is less daunting is investing now at a fraction of what the current cost (of COVID-19) is to preve...
Melissa Leach and the Inequalities of COVID-19
28 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"I think there's a real danger that a disproportionate one-size-fits-all lockdown response to COVID is actually going to have bigger health ...
Cara Maesano
20 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk to Cara Maesano, an environmental epidemiologist and air pollution researcher. Cara is part of the C40 project through the wo...
Lydia Sosa Vargas
20 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak to Lydia Sosa Vargas, a CNRS researcher at Sorbonne University in Paris, France. Originally from Mexico, she obtained her Ph...
Gloria Bonder
20 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak to Gloria Bonder, who is the Director of the Department of Gender, Society and Policies of the Latin American Postgraduate...
Vivian Boamah
20 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak to Vivian Etsipia Boamah, a Senior Lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi (KNUST) and fel...
Dragana Ilic
15 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak with Dragana Ilic, a member of the International Astronomical Union. Ilic was awarded the L’Oréal-Unesco “For Women in ...
Catherine Jami
06 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak with Catherine Jami, Secretary General of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology. (IU...
L. S. Shashidhara
03 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk to Lingadahalli Subrahmanya Shashidhara, an Indian developmental biologist, geneticist and a professor of Biology at the Indi...
ISC Presents: Women in Science
02 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded at UNESCO during the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we discuss gender equality in science systems, through the voices of si...