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## Posts
- [September 2025 “Zero Pressure” Podcast](https://space-policy.com/september-2025-zero-pressure-podcast/): I was thrilled to be interviewed by first British Astronaut Helen Sharman for the podcast Zero Pressure, alongside Dr Adam Baker. Our recording will be released in two separate podcasts.
- [21-25 July 2025: Summer School in Space Ethics (Italy)](https://space-policy.com/21-25-july-2025-summer-school-in-space-ethics-italy/): I'm looking forward to being a guest lecturer at this summer school at the in Italy this summer. Full details on their here. Deadline to apply is 20 March 2025.
- [Free resource “Science Fiction Stories with Good Astronomy & Physics: A Topical Index”](https://space-policy.com/free-resource-science-fiction-stories-with-good-astronomy-physics-a-topical-index/): Ever read a science fiction story and wondered how feasible it is?
- [Lunar Litter? The Peregrine Mission 1 Launch](https://space-policy.com/lunar-litter-the-peregrine-mission-1-launch/): #PostponePeregrine
- [2 November 2022: BBC Future article “The missing plan for alien first contact”](https://space-policy.com/2-november-2022-bbc-future-article-the-missing-plan-for-alien-first-contact/): Many thanks to journalist Tamlin Magee for including my interview in this article. It's a great read, bringing together several different elements of this topic in an up-to-date overview.
- [2 February 2022 Times Radio: Uk Space Defence Strategy](https://space-policy.com/2-february-2022-times-radio-uk-space-defence-strategy/): It was a pleasure to be interviewed about the UK's Space Defence Strategy. My interview starts around minute 28 in the link here to Mariella Frostrup's Time's Radio segment.
- [11 January 2022 Cityforum podcast: The UK In Space- capabilities, resources, focus](https://space-policy.com/jan-2022-cityforum-podcast-the-uk-in-space-capabilities-resources-focus/): It was an absolute pleasure to participate in this podcast with Cityforum which was published on 11 January 2022.
- [Thoughts on the Moon with Dr Stuart (November 2020) LSE Thinks](https://space-policy.com/lse-thinks-videos-on-the-moon-with-dr-stuart-november-2020/): I recorded these two short videos for LSE Thinks. From the About LSE Thinks website:
- [“The Debate” interview Nov 2020 on France 24 English](https://space-policy.com/the-debate-interview-nov-2020-on-france-24-english/): On 15 November 2020 SpaceEx launched a crewed mission to the International Space Station.
- [“Inside Science” interview Nov 2020 on BBC Radio 4](https://space-policy.com/inside-science-interview-nov-2020-on-bbc-radio-4/): It was a pleasure to be on BBC Radio 4’s Inside Science on 12 November 2020, presented by Marnie Chesterton. We were discussing mining resources on the Moon and the Artemis Accords. I was accompanied by Dr Thomas Cheney of the Open University and a pre-recorded interview with Professor Charles Cockell.
- [“The New Race to the Moon” interview with SA Carte Blanche](https://space-policy.com/the-new-race-to-the-moon-interview-with-sa-carte-blanche/): It was a pleasure to be interviewed by South Africa's investigative journalism show Carte Blanche in July 2020. Thank you for having me on! My brief contribution starts at around minute 7.
- [Best job websites for humanities graduates](https://space-policy.com/2308-2/): There are dozens of websites out there for job searching–these are simply my favourites (and those that I know my students have relied on over the years).
- [“Who owns space resources?” interview in Metro International](https://space-policy.com/who-owns-space-resources-interview-in-metro-international/): I was happy to be interviewed by Metro International for an article published on 15 June 2020 titled "Who owns space resources?", written by Daniel Casillas. I was interviewed along with Space Policy journal Board Member Frans G von der Dunk.
- [No extra cost: shop online and the retailer gives £ to support women](https://space-policy.com/no-extra-cost-shop-online-and-give-a-of-the-sale-to-support-women/): UK-based friends
- [Book “Dr Space Junk Vs The Universe” by Dr Alice Gorman](https://space-policy.com/book-dr-space-junk-vs-the-universe-by-dr-alice-gorman/): Long-term colleague and friend Alice Gorman (aka Dr Space Junk) has a new book out! I haven't received my copy yet but can assure that anyone interested in technology, culture and history will appreciate this interdisciplinary foray.
- [Book “Ad Astra: An Illustrated Guide to Leaving the Planet” by Dallas Campbell](https://space-policy.com/book-ad-astra-illustrated-guide-leaving-planet-dallas-campbell/): I am thrilled to have contributed a chapter to this brilliant book by Dallas Campbell published with Simon & Schuster in 2017 (this is a follow-up blog from when it first came out). It is eclectic and packed with original material (when discussing it with Dallas I was hugely impressed by the amount of primary research he was doing). This is entertaining investigation at its best: both informative and compelling to read. It also struck me that the layout and full colour print bring back the joy, in the digital age, of having a proper book in your hands.
- [Documentary Movie: Nureyev](https://space-policy.com/documentary-movie-nureyev/): I am honored to have been at the premier of the new documentary film Nureyev last night (and honored to be one of the expert interviewees in it).
- [New Book “Limiting Outer Space” Ed Alexander C.T. Geppert](https://space-policy.com/new-book-limiting-outer-space-ed-alexander-c-t-geppert/): There’s a great line up of authors in this new book, from NASA’s Roger Launius to the Science Museum’s Doug Millard:
- [New Book “Beyond the Sky: You and the Universe” by Dara O’Briain](https://space-policy.com/new-book-beyond-sky-dara-obriain/): I hadn't realised that Dara O'Briain was interested in space until I was sat across the aisle from him at an event at the Science Museum last summer, when Valentina Tereshkova the first woman in space was there. I'm a huge fan of Mock the Week and so was giddy to see him (though I didn't have the guts to say anything; he was with his daughter and I figured he didn't need to be hassled by a fan!). 
- [New Book “We Can’t Stop Thinking About the Future” by Aleksandra Mir](https://space-policy.com/new-book-cant-stop-thinking-future-aleksandra-mir/): I am incredibly flattered to be one of the people interviewed in this book. The author, artist Aleksandra Mir, contacted me some time ago and invited me to her studio where some of her incredible Sharpie murals were in various stages of completion. We had a brilliant conversation (the transcription of which is included in the book) and then I was photographed, sat on one of her beautiful murals... I couldn't believe I was walking and sitting on a piece of art!
- [Summer 2017 “Space Tapestry” UK](https://space-policy.com/aleksandra-mir-space-tapestry-summer-2017-uk/): I am so incredibly flattered to have been one of the subjects interviewed for this project by the artist Aleksandra Mir.