Scholars in Spotlight

  • Architecture, Anime & The Depth of Cyberspace
    by Fakhar Raza on 13 April 2022 at 17:06

    Eric Wong: InstagramEric is an Architect, illustrator, design tutor and Senior Lecturer in University of Greenwich.He studied Art and Architecture at the Byam Shaw School of Art, Central Saint Martins. He completed his undergraduate degree at Cardiff University and later graduated with a masters from the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL.Eric […]

  • Our Perfect Society, Artistic Expression and Funding a Documentary
    by Fakhar Raza on 4 August 2021 at 14:43

    Heather is a founder and former President. www.verite.org – an internationally recognized social auditing and workplace advocacy organization operating in fifty countries annually, monitoring HR policies, chemical safety, and legal compliance with health and safety standards.Sample of investigations of workplace and human rights […]

  • What is Memory and Remembering Ourselves
    by Fakhar Raza on 8 February 2021 at 13:32

    Dr Annemarie Zijlema is a Lecturer in School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences at University of Greenwich.Her research interests include. User ExperienceDesign ThinkingMemoryInformation RetrievalInformation Seeking BehaviorInteraction DesignCognitive PsychologyAutobiographical MemoryDesign ResearchHuman-Computer […]

  • Prism of Human Geography
    by Fakhar Raza on 27 November 2020 at 10:49

    Adam Elliott-Cooper is a Research Associate at school of humanities in University of Greenwich. He received his PhD from the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, in 2016. He has previously worked as a researcher in the Department of Philosophy at UCL, as a teaching fellow in the Department of Sociology at the University […]

  • Vine of Amazon Jungle – Ayahuasca Retreat & Research Center
    by Fakhar Raza on 2 August 2020 at 08:00

    In this addition I talked to Carlos Tanner who initiated The Ayahuasca Foundation in 2008. Carlos Tanner, an American and student of curanderismo. After living and studying with a curandero for over four years, Carlos worked to provide a safe and effective way for people to not only receive treatment in the healing tradition of the Amazon but also […]

  • Nature in Lockdown & Grand Forces of Gaia – Full
    by Fakhar Raza on 1 August 2020 at 08:00

    Transdisciplinary design scientist and complex systems theorist Dr. Melissa Sterry is recognised as a world leading authority on the science, technology and thinking that could help humanity to build a better world. Few of her specialities are as following:Design Scientist, Systems Theorist, Futurologist Founding Director, Bionic […]

  • Nature in Lockdown & Grand Forces of Gaia – Part 2
    by Fakhar Raza on 24 July 2020 at 08:00

    Transdisciplinary design scientist and complex systems theorist Dr. Melissa Sterry is recognised as a world leading authority on the science, technology and thinking that could help humanity to build a better world. Few of her specialities are as following:Design Scientist, Systems Theorist, Futurologist Founding Director, Bionic […]

  • Nature in Lockdown & Grand Forces of Gaia – Part 1
    by Fakhar Raza on 17 July 2020 at 08:00

    Transdisciplinary design scientist and complex systems theorist Dr. Melissa Sterry is recognised as a world leading authority on the science, technology and thinking that could help humanity to build a better world. Few of her specialities are as following:Design Scientist, Systems Theorist, Futurologist Founding Director, Bionic […]

  • Lost Voices of our Realities – Full Episode
    by Fakhar Raza on 10 July 2020 at 08:00

    Alex Pheby is a British author and academic. His second novel, Playthings, was described as “the best neuro-novel ever written” in Literary Review. We talked about the importance of fiction and its impact in world. The variable subjective realities and what are some ways we can have enriching experience of self.Books:MordewPlaythingsLucia

  • Lost Voices of our Realities – Part Two – GBF
    by Fakhar Raza on 29 June 2020 at 12:00

    Alex Pheby is a British author and academic. His second novel, Playthings, was described as “the best neuro-novel ever written” in Literary Review. We talked about the importance of fiction and its impact in world. The variable subjective realities and what are some ways we can have enriching experience of self.Books:MordewPlaythingsLucia

  • Lost Voices of our Realities – Part One – GBF
    by Fakhar Raza on 26 June 2020 at 08:00

    Alex Pheby is a British author and academic. His second novel, Playthings, was described as “the best neuro-novel ever written” in Literary Review. We talked about the importance of fiction and its impact in world. The variable subjective realities and what are some ways we can have enriching experience of self.Books:MordewPlaythingsLucia

  • Food, Life and Sustainability
    by Fakhar Raza on 15 March 2020 at 08:00

    In this podcast Seb Alex shared his views on what he has found useful to be a way of living when it comes to eating food and his journey into being a Vegan. We also talked about industrialisation of life forms as lifeless products.Img credit: markhensonart.com 

  • The Pearls of Our Sanity
    by Fakhar Raza on 27 February 2020 at 00:00

    Simon Ruffell graduated with a degree in medicine from the University of Sheffield before specialising in psychiatry. He has an interest in transcultural psychiatry, working overseas in Northern Uganda. He has a special interest in psychedelic research, namely ayahuasca and has spent the last three years conducting research into the use of […]

  • Circle of History and Legacy of Empires
    by Fakhar Raza on 3 February 2020 at 00:00

    Michael’s work examines a number of topics in Ottoman history from the late seventeenth to the early twentieth century, with a general interest in Ottoman relations and interactions with the wider world. Photo Credit: Leslie MacDonald Gill, Cable & Wireless Great Circle Map, 1946

  • Solving Inequality in UK – On Creating Systems Based on Intentions of Equality and Growth
    by Fakhar Raza on 11 October 2019 at 00:00

    Özlem has shared with us the research project  showing the effects of gender inequality, wages, wealth concentration and fiscal policy on macroeconomic performance in the UK.We talked about the important of including ecological aspects of our planet in policy making and how to rethink of investing in social infrastructural so that topics of […]

  • Greenwich – The Story of Voyage and Discovery
    by Fakhar Raza on 2 August 2019 at 18:00

    Book: Mathematics at the Meridian: The History of Mathematics at GreenwichWe talked about the time itself and the rich heritage of greenwich and its connection with the stars through royal observatory. Historical realities of gender and race in past at our institutes in the era of great expanse. Using Math as an industrialised tool to homogenize […]

  • Mathematics – The Poetry of Science
    by Fakhar Raza on 2 July 2019 at 00:00

    We talked about the connection between purity and abstraction. How mathematics can help brain by providing tools for navigating the spirals of life.  Can mathematics be helpful when discussing freewill. 

  • Jungle Cities – Future of Organic Life and Coexistence
    by Fakhar Raza on 1 June 2019 at 00:00

    We talked about the future of our diverse cities and the connection between the representation of internal honesty in building our exterior hives. Beauty to be found through inclusion of lifeforms which sapiens have declared others. 

  • Frontier of Psychedelic Renaissance – Research & DMT
    by Fakhar Raza on 1 May 2019 at 03:00

    You can check out his research publication Click here: Book – DMT Dialogues: Encounters with the Spirit MoleculeWe talked about the importance of psychedelic research and its impacts. Stories of apparent inter-species interaction and what we might find if we honestly look inside the mind of a life-form which originated from the heart of a dying […]

  • Modern Slavery – Chains of Supply and Human Worth
    by Fakhar Raza on 1 March 2019 at 18:00

    She leads the Business, Human Rights and Environment Research Group (BHRE). The Group is currently undertaken research into the electronics industry and public procurement as a tool for the improvement of working conditions in the supply chain. She is a member of the Board of Trustees and Advisory Group of Electronics Watch.

  • Swarm Intelligence & AI – Creating Life or Entangled in a Maze
    by Fakhar Raza on 1 February 2019 at 18:00

    Mohammad does research in Swarm Intelligence, Evolutionary Computation, Artificial Neural Network, Optimisation, Digital Art, Medical Imaging and Tomographic Reconstruction.Computational Creativity: Automation or Collaborationhttps://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ccos20/31/1?nav=tocList 

  • Jonathan_Wroot – Cinema and the Tale of Storytellers – Asia and Japan
    by Fakhar Raza on 25 December 2018 at 09:00

    Film reception; genre within film and media; home media formats; industry studies.

  • Frances_Hawkes – Eco Systems, Wetlands and Mosquitoes Facts
    by Fakhar Raza on 7 December 2018 at 00:00

    Her research and interests are regarding insect sensory physiology, neurobiology and behaviour to increase our capacity to manage vector-borne diseases of humans and livestock, chiefly focusing on malarial mosquitoes in sub-Saharan Africa.

  • Darrick_Jolliffe – Empathy & Justice System – Prisoners of our Empathy
    by Fakhar Raza on 5 November 2018 at 11:23

    Darrick is Head of Law & Criminology in University of Greenwich. Darrick was Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology and Senior Lecturer in Criminology before joining Greenwich We talked about types of empathy, it’s role in crime and society, how as humans we deal with prisoners and the future of our justice system.

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