In this podcast, Professor Keith Bell, Scottish Power Professor of Smart Grids at the University of Strathclyde, discusses the changes needed in different interacting systems in order to get to net zero greenhouse gas emissions - including power generation, transport and buildings.

In this podcast, Isabelle Boscaro-Clarke (Diamond Light Source) and Neil Brown (Technopolis)discuss the socio-economic impacts of the Diamond Synchrotron, and a new report published on 26 May, including scientific, technological and societal impacts.

In this podcast, Professor Yadvinder Malhi, Professor of Ecosystems Services, University of Oxford, discusses G7 Science Academies statement on biodiversity loss, including processes for valuing and accounting for biodiversity, and the UN Biodiversity COP15 meeting.

Sarah Chaytor, Director of Research Strategy and Policy, UCL, Grace Gottlieb, Head of Research Policy, UCL, and Graeme Reid, Chair of Science and Research Policy, UCL, authors of a HEPI report on Regional policy and R&D discuss R&D in different regions of the UK, how to measure it, and future policy in this area.

In this podcast Dr Stephanie Wray, Director of Nature Positive and former President of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management discusses the UN Convention on Biodiversity and upcoming Biodiversity COP, and actions and policies needed in the UK.

In this podcast Professor Dame Wendy Hall DBE FRS FREng, Regius Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southampton and a member of the AI Council, discusses developing an AI Strategy for the UK, including funding in R&D, skills development, and trust in AI systems.

In this podcast Maria Tazi, Missions Publiques, discusses the “We the Internet” project, in which people in 80 countries were consulted about their views on the internet, how it should be regulated, disinformation, artificial intelligence and data.

A report of the findings can be found here: https://wetheinternet.org/.

Professor Marcel Jaspars, Chair in Chemistry at the University of Aberdeen and Vice-President International at the Royal Society of Edinburgh, discusses science, research and higher education issues in Scotland, in advance of the Scottish Parliamentary elections. During the podcast, reference is made to a science hustings event, which can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXoa_6rRsaU

In this podcast Dr Rameen Shakur, Clinician scientist in cardiology at MIT (USA)and Founder and CEO of Cambridge Heartwear, based in Cambridge(UK)discusses how AI can be used to help detect irregular heartbeats, the use of algorithms in medicine, and where AI could be used in the coming years.

In this podcast Flo Sharman, a MQ Mental Health Ambassador, provides a personal perspective of the effect of the lockdown on mental health, concerns for when the lockdown ends, and future mental health provision.