Interviews
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A scientist's opinion: interview with Dr Kamran Niaz on the World Drug Report
Dr Kamran Niaz is a public health physician with postgraduate training in public health, specialising in epidemiology. He is currently working as an epidemiologist in the Research Branch of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Over the past 30 years, mainly working with UNODC and based... -
A scientist's opinion: interview with Dr Gabi Lombardo on the importance of social sciences and humanities
“Social sciences and humanities unveil weaknesses of our societies and allow us to address them” Dr Gabi Lombardo is the Director of the European Alliance for Social Sciences and Humanities (EASSH), an advocacy and science policy organisation for social sciences and humanities (SSH) in Europe. She... -
A scientist’s opinion: interview with Dr Péter Benczúr on measuring wellbeing rather than economic prosperity
“The ultimate objective should always be to provide a good life and wellbeing to all people” Dr Péter Benczúr is a scientific officer at the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), where he is one of the coordinators of the transversal work on ‘sustainable and inclusive wellbeing’ (SIWB).... -
Interview with David Olley on e-fuels: 'main beneficiaries are aviation and maritime transport sector'
David Olley is Senior Associate at Aurora Energy Research. He specialises in green molecules (hydrogen, e-fuels, and bio-fuels). He uses his background in energy economics and climate policy, combined with a foundation of physics to provide deep quantitative insights to energy market clients. What... -
Interview with Corentin Boillet: 'effects of e-fuels becoming more significant only in the long term'
Corentin Boillet is an analyst at Enerdata. He has 5 years of experience in the energy sector and benefits from a broad scientific background in this field. Within Enerdata, he has participated in different assignments on grid flexibility, storage systems, PV, and synthetic fuel. What do we mean... -
A scientist’s opinion: interview with Dr Samanta Bačić on nature-based solutions for climate adaptation
Dr Samanta Bačić is a Senior Assistant in the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy at the University of Split, Croatia. Her primary area of expertise is in geoinformatics with a focus on Geographic Information System (GIS) models tailored for urban environmental management in the context... -
A scientist’s opinion: interview with Prof. Silvana Di Sabatino on nature-based solutions for climate adaptation
Silvana Di Sabatino is a Professor in Atmospheric Physics at the University of Bologna, Italy, where she coordinates the atmospheric physics group that works on matters relating to meteorology, dealing with extreme weather events and climate adaptation. Professor Di Sabatino was the coordinator of the... -
A scientist’s opinion: interview with Dr Konrad Bleyer-Simon on building a European news streaming platform
Dr Konrad Bleyer-Simon is lead researcher of STOA’s project “A European news streaming platform. Study on European added value and governance”. Could you elaborate on the concept of a European news streaming platform and outline the potential benefits it could offer to EU citizens? Konrad Bleyer-Simon:...