In this episode of Read Them Sideways, your host Sebastian Svegaard speaks with Niels G. Mede, visiting scholar and Senior Research and Teaching Associate at the Department of Communication and Media Research (IKMZ), University of Zurich. Sebastian and Niels discuss his research into measuring science-related populism around the globe, and the challenges of running such large interdisciplinary and international projects. Read Them Sideways is a new podcast series from the Digital Media Research Centre, bringing our researchers to the spotlight to discuss issues that relate to communications, digital media, internet studies, and much more.