Science, Technology and Society

Jenny Huberman examines the crisis that ran parallel to the health one during COVID-19 – that of boredom. …Read more

In this episode, George Miller speaks to Tim Stevens about what got him interested in cybersecurity and why it’s too important to treat it as solely the domain of IT professionals.…Read more

Ross Bellaby, author of 'The Ethics of Hacking', asserts that it is vital to understand the ethical value that hackers can play in society, and judge them for their use of cyberspace to protect people from harm.…Read more

Tim Stevens, author of 'What Is Cybersecurity For?', considers the infinite need for cybersecurity and explains why it’s simply not working. …Read more

Jenny Edkins, co-editor of 'When This Is Over', explains why the trauma and implications of the pandemic are not going away. …Read more

Sarrah Kassem, author of, Work and Alienation in the Platform Economy, calls on us to delve deep into the realities of the workers behind our screens keeping the platform economy going.…Read more

Dan McQuillan, the author of Resisting AI, suggests that ChatGPT may be seductive, but it’s a dangerous distraction from the socially useful production and commons-based solidarity that we really need, and we must resist it.…Read more

John Clarke discusses our multiple current crises and considers how the term permacrisis reminds us just how multifaceted and unstable society currently is.…Read more

Listen to authors and editors talking about the key social challenges of the moment in the top ten Transforming Society podcast episodes from 2022.…Read more

Dave Beer looks at the latest twists in the Twitter soap opera and considers how tech platforms influence and envision an imagined future. …Read more