Keynote talks, public lectures podcasts and interviews

I’ve been honoured to deliver dozens of invited keynote talks, public lectures, seminars, podcasts, panels, presentations and extended interviews at universities, museums, conferences, educational centers, NGOs, arts organizations and community-based organizations around the world, and on public radio and TV in the UK, Canada and Australia.

I enjoy connecting with new people and sharing ideas in a wide range of settings from university settings to community-based and public events.

Formats of my talks have included: lectures; ‘evening with’ conversations; collective keynotes (curated by me); seminars and masterclasses; artistic exhibitions/talks; interactive storytelling; traditional media and podcast interviews. 

If you’d like to invite me to speak about any of the topics discussed on this site or in my research, please feel free to reach out.

Select recent talks

Arendt/Schürmann Symposium
The New School for Social Research, USA, 2024 with Romy Opperman

Green Dreamer Podcast USA/International (2024)
With Kamea Cheyne

Independent Social Research Foundation
UK/Europe Book Launch for ‘Revenant Ecologies’ (2024)
With Chris Newfield, Sadiah Qureshi and Hugo Reinert


Ethics of Human Extinction Study Group (USA/International) 2024
With Émile P. Torres

Extinction Studies Guest Lecture, University of Leeds, UK, 2024
With Stefan Skrimshire

Lost Species Day 2020 (UK/International)
With Sadiah Qureshi, Suzanne Dhaliwal and Persephone Pearl

Workshops, training and futuring sessions

I have created and delivered dozens of workshops, gatherings, training sessions, creative interludes, ideation meetings and planning processes in over 10 countries in a wide range of contexts, from universities, research centers and museums to governmental organizations, grassroots movements and NGOs. 

My approach to workshops is rooted in;

  • facilitation: bringing ease to the process of sharing and idea-making, creating a space of shared creativity and trust

  • elicitation: helping to ‘draw out’ the key ideas, questions, goals and aspirations of participants and the group as a whole

  • plurality: deep respect for the diverse cultures, knowledge systems and lived experience of participants

Some examples of the formats and themes of workshops I’ve created and delivered:

  • Multi-perspective futuring processes and exercises

  • Inter-community and cross-culture knowledge-sharing meetings

  • Co-writing and co-creation workshops

  • Manifesto-making for organizations and futuring processes

  • Arts-, craft- and design-based planning and agenda-setting workshops 

  • Creative planning and path-finding processes for organizations and networks