About this podcast
Heriot-Watt University's academics and senior leaders on how their work is changing the world, and helping to solve the most intractable global problems. With chief scientist Professor Tadhg O’Donovan.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 28 episodes
- Healthcare technologies: Prof Maïwenn Kersaudy-Kerhoas · 29 min · Season 2 Episode 10If you did a home Covid-test at any point during the pandemic, and waited nervously for blue lines to materialise – you’ve already got insight into our topic for this episode…
- Sustainable brewing and distilling: Prof Nicholas Willoughby · 21 min · Season 2 Episode 9Brewing and distilling - the production of drinks like beer and whisky - is both an ancient craft and a large-scale manufacturing process. It is also a vital part of Scotland's…
- Decarbonisation: Prof Mercedes Maroto-Valer · 27 min · Season 2 Episode 8It is the single greatest priority of our age: cutting carbon dioxide from the Earth’s atmosphere, and ending global warming. This time on Shaping the Future, Prof Tadhg…
- Robotics: Prof Oliver Lemon · 30 min · Season 2 Episode 7Machines, computers, and artificial intelligence are increasingly becoming part of our daily lives, and at an astounding rate. At Heriot-Watt University, we have teams working at…
- Green Finance: Prof Adam Dixon · 26 min · Season 2 Episode 6Adam Smith - often called 'The Father of Capitalism' - lived in Scotland from 1723 to 1790, and spent his last years at Panmure House, on Edinburgh's Royal Mile. Today at Panmure…
- Design: Prof Louise Valentine · 27 min · Season 2 Episode 5What is the role for design in helping to address increasingly complex global issues? How do we support today's learners to develop skillsets and attributes that will help them…
- Industry: Prof Gillian Murray · 23 min · Season 2 Episode 4What are the processes and forces that go into shaping our future skills, technologies, and workforces? In this episode of Shaping The Future, we’re lifting the curtain on how…
- Sustainable Buildings: Prof Gabriela Medero · 27 min · Season 2 Episode 3The building sector is thought to contribute around a tenth of global carbon emissions, and require an estimated 50 billion tonnes of sand and gravel annually. That is enough…
- Energy: Prof Susan Krumdieck · 29 min · Season 2 Episode 2'Wicked problem' is a systems engineer term for something that everybody feels needs to change, but that is also stubbornly complex and multi-faceted. One clear example of an…
- Global Education: Prof Richard Williams and Prof Mushtak Al-Atabi · 31 min · Season 2 Episode 1How can global universities better foster key attributes like innovation, collaboration, and community? And how does higher education continue to evolve and adapt, to support in…
- Introducing: Shaping the Future from Heriot-Watt University · 1 minIn the 'Shaping the Future' podcast series, Heriot-Watt University's chief scientist Tadhg O'Donovan speaks to the university's leaders and senior academics about their work.
- The Social Fabric of Textile Design · 31 min · Season 1 Episode 17How can design heal and enhance wellbeing in society? Anna Ploszajski and Robbie Armstrong meet Assistant Professors Euan Winton, Lucy Robertson, and Guobin Xia at the…
- Data Analytics for a Better World · 33 min · Season 1 Episode 16Anna Ploszajski and Robbie Armstrong learn how seemingly intractable problems - from online delivery slots to handling refugee crises - can be solved using qualitative and…
- From Grain to Glass: The Science of Brewing and Distilling · 33 min · Season 1 Episode 15In this episode of A Future Made, a podcast by Heriot-Watt University, Anna Ploszajski and Robbie Armstrong raise a toast - or three - to assistant professors Dave Jenkins and…
- The Nadir Crater · 30 min · Season 1 Episode 14In this episode of the new series of A Future Made, a podcast from Heriot-Watt University, Anna Ploszajski and Robbie Armstrong put their geological detective hats on as they…
- Peak Practice: the science of sport and performance · 32 min · Season 1 Episode 13In this episode of the new series of A Future Made, a podcast by Heriot-Watt University, Anna Ploszajski and Robbie Armstrong join Associate Professors Fergus Guppy, Jennifer…
- The Puzzle of Ageing Well · 31 min · Season 1 Episode 12In the last of three episodes with a special focus on Psychology and Social Sciences, within A Future Made from Heriot-Watt University, Anna Ploszajski and Robbie Armstronglook…
- Language and communication · 31 min · Season 1 Episode 11Part two of a special Psychology and Social Sciences miniseries within A Future Made podcast by Heriot-Watt University. Anna Ploszajski and Robbie Armstrong get some…
- Wellness and Technology · 31 min · Season 1 Episode 10Part one of a special three-part Psychology and Social Sciences miniseries within Heriot-Watt University's A Future Made podcast. Anna Ploszajski and Robbie Armstrong join…
- In Search of the African Einstein · 28 min · Season 1 Episode 9In the second episode of the new series of A Future Made, a podcast by Heriot-Watt University, Anna Ploszajski and Robbie Armstrong turn the spotlight on Africa to find out how…
