Podcasts about science gallery london

What is AI? What can it do and what are its current limitations? A tool for good - or should we be worried? Will we lose our jobs? Are we ready to be cared for by machines? Our Tech Editor, Zoe Kleinman, and a panel of international experts explore AI's impact on healthcare, the environment, the law and the arts in a special edition recorded at Science Gallery London.

Comedian Sofie Hagen, Colombian novelist Héctor Abad, political journalist Isabel Hardman, artistic director John O'Shea & psychologist Dr Colette Hirsch, who are behind a new exhibition about anxiety, join Shahidha Bari. On Edge: Living in an Age of Anxiety is a new exhibition at Science Gallery London until 19th January 2020 which combines art, design, psychology and neuroscience drawing on research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London. Comedian Sofie Hagen has explored her experience of anxiety in many of her shows notably Shimmer Shatter which described with brutal honesty what she calls her outsider status and why she's been known to hide public toilets so she doesn't have to deal with other people. Her new show The Bumswing runs until June 14th 2020. Tour details and her podcast Made of Human Podcast on https://www.sofiehagen.com Political journalist Isabel Hardman has written about going through a severe bout of anxiety 2 years ago which forced her to take a lengthy break from her job at the Spectator. As she puts it herself, "my mind was full of words flying angrily around like startled gulls." She argues that Government policy should do much more to tackle the issue of mental health care. Her latest book is called Why We Get the Wrong Politicians. Born and brought up in Colombia, journalist and novelist Héctor Abad has written a memoir called Oblivion about his late father who was killed by right wing paramilitaries in 1987. In the Free Thinking archives - Anxiety and the Teenage Brain hears a student, university counsellor and psychologist Stephen Briers from TV's Teen Angels give their take on anxiety https://bbc.in/2D4WPRV Producer: Paula McGinley

Über den Gast Wenn ich die besonderen Aktivitäten, Rollen und Auszeichnungen meines Gastes heute alle aufzählen würde, hätten wir vermutlich eine Introzeit von gut 20 Minuten. Deswegen nur ein kurzer Auszug: Der World Technology Award for Design, Ausstellungen im MoMA in New York, im Museum of Contemprary Arts in Tokyo, im National Museum of China. Keynotes bei TEDGlobal, Pop Tech, New York Tech Fest. Lehraufträge an Universitäten in den USA, Russland, Isaland, UK, Indien, Wien. Im Advisory und Editorial Board tätig für MIT Press, Journal of Design and Science, MIT LAB, und Science Gallery London. Der Link zur Vita und den beeindruckenden Projekten: https://daisyginsberg.com/about Über den Host Florian Kondert ist Geschäftsführer der Future Day GmbH. Sein Team begleitet Unternehmen seit über 15 Jahren dabei, Zukunft in ihr Heute zu bringen. Im Kern aller Tätigkeiten stehen jene Momente, die uns neu auf die Welt blicken lassen, und in welchen wir entscheidende Weichen für die Zukunft stellen. Die Future Day GmbH kreiert solche Momente, die intellektuell und emotional inspirieren. Die Fragen an Dr. Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg: Mein Gast heute ist die Künstlerin Dr. Daisy Ginsberg, die wir auch beim kommenden Future Day am 25. Juni in Frankfurt auf der Bühne begrüßen dürfen: Daisy, thank you so much for the opportunity to talk to you today! To give our audience a short impression about your daily live: We had to postpone our interview, since you recently arrived back from a 5 weeks exhibition journey with a heavy cold, right? Where have you been and what was the exhibition about? (01:10) https://www.daisyginsberg.com/work/resurrecting-the-sublime Let’s get a bit closer to what our guests at the upcoming Future Day will learn from your work: Could I say, a plastic bottle is responsible for your keynote topic? What’s the story behind that? (04:10) The title of your talk is “BETTER! – What is better? Whose better? Who decides?”. Why is that a crucial question for you? (07:30) https://www.daisyginsberg.com/work/better If I look around a bit more reflected, I got the feeling, that the idea of better was kind of hijacked in many domains. From politics to marketing, everyone is promising that things will be somehow better. It actually feels a bit like betterism. Do we need to be aware about that? (09:30) Should we all be more concerned about the question of better? Where would you expect major change if they did, in terms of our challenges towards future issues? (13:35) Your recent project RESURRECTING THE SUBLIME was about reconstructing the smell of deserted flowers using genetic engineering. Is the idea behind that to be more sensitive about the implications which decisions we make as human beings?(16:59) Why did you choose especially flowers as an admonition to what we are responsible for? (20:45) I understand, your work delivers straight forward crucials impulses for the economy and basically for every individual as well. Why did you decide to bring these to your audience through arts? (26:40) Do we probably need exactly this kind of storytelling interventions to get really involved? (29:44) There is one last question, that seems to fit perfectly to the upcoming Future Day in Frankfurt: In the abstract about your Better-project you write, social imaginary itself can be a critical design object, offering a process to reimagine the world. What do you mean by that and why is it vital to reimagine our world? (32:42) OUTRO Daisy, thank you so much for your time today. I’m looking forward to meet you personally in June 25th at the Future Day in Frankfurt! (36:07) ––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––– Melden Sie sich für unseren Newsletter an, um über neue Inhalte auf dem Laufenden zu bleiben: https://futureday.network/newsletter/ ––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––– Future Day online https://futureday.network https://twitter.com/fd_journey https://www.facebook.com/fdjourney/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/future-day-gmbh

In September of this year London welcomed an exciting new addition to its cultural scene - Science Gallery London - opened by King’s College London at its central London Bridge location. It promises to be a place ‘where science and art collide’ designed with young adults in mind; a space where visitors can consider the most urgent scientific challenges we face, through the lens of art and culture. Just before its opening I popped along to check out ‘Hooked’ its inaugural exhibition, exploring the theme of addiction, and in this episode of the Research Comms podcast I chat to some of the people who have helped to bring the gallery’s mission to life. www.orinococomms.com

The Science Gallery London at Kings College London, right under the Shard, is a brand new venue for the collision of art, science and culture, and its opening exhibition is called Hooked, a series of installations and works by people who have experienced addiction. Adam Rutherford explores the neuroscience, the psychology and the epidemiology of addiction; what the latest research says about what addiction is, and how that can help us treat people experiencing addiction. He discusses these questions with psychologist Dr Sally Marlow and neurologist Professor Mitul Mehta who are both at Kings College and have been involved in the exhibition, and Dr Suzi Gage from Liverpool University who studies the epidemiology of addiction. He also talks to the curator of Hooked, Hannah Redler Hawes, and to two of the Science Gallery Young Leaders, Elly Magson and Mandeep Singh, who show him a couple of the exhibits.

Welcome to the sixth episode of Postdocalypse, produced by health sciences postgraduate researchers at King's College London. This episode is hosted by Haris Shuaib interviewing Joe Barnby about his research into the role of dopamine in psychosis, and how he founded and set up his very own company alongside his PhD studies. Joe tells us about the state of psychosis research, the use of economic games and drug studies in his own experiments, and how he came across the idea for his very own business, Senscapes. Panellists Katie Begg and Ale Lautarescu join in the discussion throughout the episode. Make sure to catch Joe at the Science Gallery London this weekend for the Preview Weekend where he will be giving people free coffee for an experiment! https://london.sciencegallery.com/events/preview-weekend Twitter: twitter.com/Postdocalypse18 Joe: twitter.com/JoeBarnby Senscapes: twitter.com/senscapes Students have been identified as a high-rish category for experiencing psychosis. If you have been affected by anything discussed in this episode, please consider using the following helpline services: Rethink Mental Illness: https://www.rethink.org/about-us/contact-us Mind: https://www.mind.org.uk/ Samaritans: https://www.samaritans.org/ ............................................................................ Host: Haris Shuaib Panelists: Katie Begg, Alexandra Lautarescu Producer: Madeleine Iafrate Editor: Alexandra Lautarescu, Haris Shuaib

“As you may refer to a Dickens novel or a piece of artwork to help contextualize a cultural or lifestyle issue, so you could also bring your science to bear. When you’re looking at the world as a round, you probably want to bring in a scientific perspective, even if you’re not a scientist because that is how the world is.” Dan Glaser is all about crossovers. He is a neuroscientist and co-Director of Science Gallery London, located at King’s College London, where the main message is that art and science are intricately linked. Science Gallery is a space and project that was started in Dublin, Ireland and aims to make science a cultural event that targets 15-25 year olds from neighborhoods that wouldn’t typically be included in science or art campaigns. The exhibits are a testament to social justice and are co-created with the target audience, getting input from 15-25 year olds in the neighborhoods from before the topic is even chosen. Dan also writes a weekly column in The Observer where he gives current event news a scientific twist, like Brexit. Check out our show links at www.publichealthunited.org and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at PHUpodcast.

BLOOD: Life Uncut from Science Gallery London, is a four part series that aired on Resonance FM in October 2017. It explores questions about blood from a range of diverse voices. In the fourth and final episode we listen to Sabrina Mahfouz read her collection of poetry 'Bloodlines' written especially for the BLOOD season. We also hear from curator Andy Franzkowiak, a few of the artists who inspired the collection and a quick blood story from Daniel Glaser. Visit london.sciencegallery.com/blood/london/ for details of the accompanying exhibition and event series in South London.

BLOOD: Life Uncut from Science Gallery London, is a four part series that aired on Resonance FM in October 2017. It explores questions about blood from a range of diverse voices. In the third episode “The Future of Blood?” presenters Femi and Jessie speak follow a blood courier through Guy's Hospital, visit a Marc Turner, a scientist creating an endless supply of blood cells and meet umbilical cord collector Christine Pierson. Visit london.sciencegallery.com/blood/london/ for details of the accompanying exhibition and event series in South London.

BLOOD: Life Uncut from Science Gallery London, is a four part series that aired on Resonance FM that explores questions about blood from a range of diverse voices. In the second episode “Who dunnit?” presenters Femi and Jessie follow a trail of 'acid yellow' dye to an artist in a laboratory; investigate rumours of a ground breaking forensic spray being developed at King's, and get a crash course in blood spatter analysis from the director of forensic services for the City of London Police. Visit https://london.sciencegallery.com/blood/london/ for details of the accompanying exhibition and event series in South London.

BLOOD: Life Uncut is a four part series that collides diverse perspectives exploring questions about blood. Is Sickle Cell Anaemia a black disease? In the first episode Science Gallery London presenters Femi and Jessie talk to a Haematologist and a Clinical Psychologist; catch up the Sickle Cell Society and Sickle Cell Warrior Chantelle Pierre, and squeeze in the premiere of a new poem by Sabrina Mahfouz. Visit http://apple.co/2fB4Buw for more.

Daniel Glaser is a neuroscientist and the Director of Science Gallery London. Before moving to King’s College he was Director of Engaging Science at the Wellcome Trust. He writes widely, has a regular column in The Guardian and was one of the judges for the 2014 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.

A keynote from the Battle of Ideas 2016 ‘If I have a book to serve as my understanding, a pastor to serve as my conscience, a physician to determine my diet for me, and so on, I need not exert myself at all.’ Immanuel Kant, What is Enlightenment? (1784) When One Direction announced they were splitting up, child psychologists offered parents of grieving tweenies advice on how to console their offspring. In the same month, parents were also told by researchers how long they should read to their children each day. Business Secretary Sajid Javid has ordered university heads to establish a taskforce to take on sexist ‘lad culture’ and guide students to conduct their interpersonal relations in line with enlightened mores. Of course, not everyone follows expert advice on any of the above. Policy advisers and academic experts frequently complain about those who refuse to acknowledge their wisdom and carry on smoking, drinking sugary pop, being laddish. Cutting-edge techniques of behavioural psychology are being marshalled to deal with this problem. The UK’s Behavioural Insights Team, now a private company, has quadrupled in size since it was spun out of government in 2014. It is now working for the World Bank and the UN, while ‘nudge’ teams are being established in Australia, Singapore, Germany and the US. The ubiquity of nudge heralds a new renaissance for unapologetic paternalism. But where does that leave the great Enlightenment breakthrough, the idea that individuals should be self-determining and capable of making their own choices? Kant’s description of ‘mankind’s exit from his self-incurred immaturity’ seems strangely at odds with today’s enthusiasm for paternalistic intervention. For Kant, the outcome of any particular choice was less important than the cultivation of moral autonomy. The Enlightenment idea was that we should stop ‘outsourcing’ decisions about how to live to external agencies, whether the church, the monarchy, or some natural order. Today, though, new forms of authority have taken their place, leaving us just as childlike in relation to the new experts. Sceptics about the idea of autonomy suggest breakthroughs in neuroscience have revealed we are less rational than Enlightenment thinkers suggested. They argue it is wrong for strong-willed individuals to run rough-shod over vulnerable groups with less power. In a complex world of multiple choices, what is wrong with people seeking help to make informed decisions? Is autonomy really undermined if students themselves demand university authorities provide safe spaces, issue trigger warnings on course materials, make lessons in consent compulsory? If we are nudged into the good life, what harm is done? Should we grow up and accept new paternalism or does this mean sacrificing self-dominion and consigning ourselves to a life of permanent dependence? Is individual autonomy an outdated myth? Speakers Dr Tim Black books and essays editor, spiked Dr Katerina Deligiorgi reader in philosophy, University of Sussex; author, The Scope of Autonomy Dr Daniel Glaser director, Science Gallery London, King's College London Professor Mike Kelly senior visiting fellow, Behaviour and Health Research Unit, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge; researcher in nudge theory and choice architecture Georgios Varouxakis professor of the history of political thought, Queen Mary University of London; author, Mill on Nationality Chair Claire Fox director, Institute of Ideas; panellist, BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze