After the recent tragic events in Seoul, I was asked for comment by a number of media outlets (perhaps due to our early work on crush, plus Twitter engagement). I wrote an article for The Conversation, was quoted in The Washington Post (here, here, here), WIRED, The Telegraph, and made a number of recorded appearances on TV/radio/online shows.
Suddeutsche Zeitung article featuring our work on a Turing Test for crowds (27/7/20) (German language, but Chrome can auto-translate).
Sunday Times Magazine feature article profiling our work on unconventional computing (29/3/15). PDF version.
Guardian features Beta-Life in the "best science fiction in January round-up" (16/1/15).
Times Higher Education campus round-up (12/1/12), highlighting our work on crush prediction.
Guardian article profiling BACTOCOM.
BBC news and Manchester Evening News articles on BACTOCOM.
18/7/23
Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham.
4/7/19
Bede Academy, Blyth.
5/7/18
Haslingden High School.
12/12/17
Hawkley Hall High School.
16/11/17
Chorlton High School.
9/11/17
Computer Science in Action, Imperial College, London.
24/11/16
Professorial lecture, Manchester Metropolitan.
The Crowd Myth.
17/10/16
Priestley College, Warrington.
9/10/15
Rainhill High School.
17/6/15
Science @ The Sally.
Discussion about "science into fiction".
24/5/15
Bradford Literature Festival.
Beta-Life, with Claire Dean.
20/11/14
Nelson and Colne College.
13/11/14
Fleetwood High School.
23/10/14
Manchester Science
Festival, Beta-Life launch.
Video footage of this event.
20/10/14
Lancaster Lit Fest, Beta-Life launch.
For school/college events, please see my Speakers for Schools page.
For any other events, please contact me directly.
I was the scientific consultant for Danger Decoded, a TV series shown in over 170 countries on the National Geographic Channel (MMU press release).
I was interviewed on BBC North West Tonight, talking about the "dark web" (9/4/15):
We (co-author Sarah Schofield and I) appeared on BBC Radio 4 Open Book with Mariella Frostrup, talking about Beta Life (27/11/14):
