Julian Huppert's guest appearances

Julian Huppert

Skeptics in the Pub Podcast - Cambridge

Radical Science

Pod Delusion Extra

Centre for Science & Policy

Totally Unprepared Politics

Steven Pinker

Scott Cooper

Tim Harford

Cory Doctorow

David King

Richard Dawkins

Ada Lovelace

Andrew Scott

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Sabine Hossenfelder

Rutger Bregman

Juliet Jacques

Brian Keating

Stephen Law

Dave Cohen

OwlTail

This episode features Julian Huppert, former Liberal Democrat MP for Cambridge, and now Director of the Intellectual Forum at Jesus College Cambridge. We chat about Julian's journey from academia to the House of Commons where he was recognised as the only scientist, a moniker that Julian was keen to not let define and confine his policy goals. We wanted to get his insight into the general state of scientific understanding in parliament, and how scientists can better engage politicians with topics that matter to them. It's an unfortunate stereotype that scientists often hold politics at arm's length, there may not be a need for all scientists to be politically activated but involvement in the political process can as Julian notes be pretty easy behaviours to foster. We were also eager to dive into his new(ish) role as Director of the Intellectual Forum, an organisation that has critical thinking and open discussion at its core, covering an impressive breadth of topics which can essentially be boiled down to anything 'interesting and worthwhile'.

This episode features <a href="https://twitter.com/julianhuppert" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Julian Huppert</a>, former Liberal Democrat MP for Cambridge, and now Director of the <a href="https://www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/research/intellectual-forum/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Intellectual Forum</a> at Jesus College Cambridge. We chat about Julian's journey from academia to the House of Commons where he was recognised as the only scientist, a moniker that Julian was keen to not let define and confine his policy goals. We wanted to get his insight into the general state of scientific understanding in parliament, and how scientists can better engage politicians with topics that matter to them. It's an unfortunate stereotype that scientists often hold politics at arm's length, there may not be a need for all scientists to be politically activated but involvement in the political process can as Julian notes be pretty easy behaviours to foster. We were also eager to dive into his new(ish) role as Director of the Intellectual Forum, an organisation that has critical thinking and open discussion at its core, covering an impressive breadth of topics which can essentially be boiled down to anything 'interesting and worthwhile'.

From Cambridge to the Commons with Julian Huppert

Full recording of Julian Huppert MP speaking to a meeting in Reading organised by Dr Jenny Woods.

Julian Huppert on LibDem Science & Tech Policy

Evan Harris

Leading the lecture on 19 November, Dr Harris gave his perspective, from more than 10 years in parliament, on the key challenges that lie ahead in respect of science policy, evidence-based policy making and government spending priorities. Dr Huppert gave his own perspective and discussed how he hoped the government would meet these challenges.

The Future of Science in Parliament by Dr Julian Huppert and Dr Evan Harris