Scholars in Spotlight

Episode guest: Jonathan Wroot The Paths of Zatoichi : The Global Influence of the Blind Swordsman Dr Jonathan Wroot is a Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at University of Greenwich and his research looks into Japanese cinema; transnational cinema. Jonathan's research has encompassed DVD special features; Japanese anime and processes of subtitling and dubbing; feature film adaptations of anime. We t...

Eric Wong : Instagram Eric 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 was nominated for the RIBA President's Silver Me...

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 violations: http://complicitfilm.org/ https://www.b2bnn.com/2018/05/...

Dr   Annemarie Zijlema is a Lecturer in School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences at University of Greenwich. Her research interests include. User Experience Design Thinking Memory Information Retrieval Information Seeking Behavior Interaction Design Cognitive Psychology Autobiographical Memory Design Research Human-Computer Interaction C0u7hv8JGNrEisHQPrj3

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 of Warwick and as a research associate in the Depart...

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 to study the tradition, the way he had with his ma...

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 City IMG_Credit- Mango_rising

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 City IMG_Credit- Mango_rising

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 City IMG_Credit- Mango_rising

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 : Mordew Playthings Lucia

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 : Mordew Playthings Lucia

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 : Mordew Playthings Lucia

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. Seb Alex is an Animal Rights activism & vegan educator - In this podcast we talked about the food we eat and one of the views on sustainability of our species and w...

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 ayahuasca in a traditional, shamanistic setting in the Per...

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

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 sensitive nature can be resolved and that could lead tow...

Book: Mathematics at the Meridian: The History of Mathematics at Greenwich We 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 perspectives and intelligence in future generations...

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. 

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. 

You can check out his research publication Click here: Book - DMT Dialogues: Encounters with the Spirit Molecule David is a leading researcher on psychology of exceptional human experience and looks into the nature of altering human consciousness. His work cover the parapsychology and mysteries of psychedelic plants. We talked about the importance of psychedelic research and its impacts. Stories o...

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.

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

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

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 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.