Entomophagy throughout the ages 🐞
January, 2022
Entomophagy, or the practice of eating insects, has been hailed as the panacea of our food system, with its innumerable health and environmental benefits.
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How edible insects can solve the looming shortage of agricultural land 🐜
January, 2022
If everyone had the diet of an American, we’d need 138% of the Earth’s land to feed everyone. We must change how our agricultural land is used.
The carbon costs of Japan’s illegal scientific whaling 🐋
January, 2022
The Impact of Japan’s Scientific Research Whaling Programs on the Marine Ecosystem and the Carbon Cycle.
The Potential of Crickets as a Protein Source 🦗
February, 2022
Would you like some side of crickets with those spaghetti? Yes, please!
Will seaweed ever power our jets? 🧪
February, 2022
Why do we need sustainable fuel?
Insects on our plates? 🐛
May, 2022
Potential, challenges and opportunities in the edible insect market
When relationships aren’t as exclusive as you think 🔗
July, 2022
Instrumental Variables chat
Reducing conflict by improving water access in Uganda 🚰
August, 2022
I built a model that will better predict which water points are at risk of breaking down, so the Ugandan government can better monitor, improve and repair crucial water points.
A New Hope for Supply Chain Risk Management: How Knowledge Graphs can help you avoid building the next Death Star 🌌
June, 2023
Written by Katarzyna Marszałek-Kowalewska, Anna Richert and myself at YUKKA Lab. Full article on medium, here.
Who wrote it first, or: why originality matters? 🗞️
June, 2023
Written by Lennard Berger and myself at YUKKA Lab. Full article on medium, here.
SDGs & Open Data at Wikirate’s Hack Day
March, 2024
Blog post written for the Wikirate Hackathon, celebrating the OpenDataDay of March 6th 2023.
Graphing Complexity: Designing an Awesome Graph Database in Neo4j - Part 1 🌐
March, 2024
“Mankind invented a system to cope with the fact that we are so intrinsically lousy at manipulating numbers. It’s called the Graph.” - Charlie Munger
Data from OpenSanctions.
Graphing Complexity: Designing an Awesome Graph Database in Neo4j - Part 2 🔗
March, 2024
“The whole universe is based on the concept of graph theory where love is an edge, that is connecting two vertices or people either directly or indirectly.” - Yatin Mehndiratta
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Licence to Krill: The Impact of Japan’s Scientific Research Whaling Programs on the Marine Ecosystem and the Carbon Cycle 🐋
May, 2020
Whaling is still practiced in Japan, and its impact is devastating
The Persistent Impact of Electoral Incentives on the Quality of Infrastructure - Rogger & Somani 💦
March, 2021
What determines the quality of a nation’s infrastructure?
Rogger, D. & Somani, R., (2023) “The persistent impact of electoral incentives on the quality of infrastructure”, Journal of Public Economics 222, doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2023.104880
Modelling Resiliency Against the Unknown: Theory and Practice 💹
April, 2021
Finance Canada problem: the need for a new class of crises models
Macroeconomic Agent Based Modelling - DCMS 💸
June, 2021
Why should policymakers use ABMs?
Events Research Programme: Phase I findings 🎭
July, 2021
Policy Paper - Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Events Research Programme Phases I, II and III data release 🏟️
August, 2021
Data Release - Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Why insects are cool and how you can grow them in your kitchen! 🦋
May, 2022
Learn how you can grow mealworms at home and unlock the ultimate superfood to save the planet and your health!
Agent Based Modelling - Food Delivery 🍱
June, 2022
Agent-Based Model of a food market
Reducing conflict by improving water access in Uganda 💧
August, 2022
Using Machine Learning to predict whether a water point has broken down in order to repair it quicker
Insects on our Plates? Potential, Challenges and Opportunities in the Edible Insect Market 🐛
August, 2022
Why insects are not yet mainstream and why they should be
Adler, T., (2022) “Insects on our Plates? Potential, Challenges and Opportunities in the Edible Insect Market”, UCL Journal of Economics 1(1), 93–110. doi.org/10.14324/111.444.2755-0877.1383
E-Rey - Challenge Entrepreneurship sdw 💻
September, 2022
Teaching sustainability in everyday life
Explainable AI for ship captains 🚢
May, 2024
The Alan Turing Institute Data Study Group - Theyr Challenge
Exploring Call Graphs of Nestedly Recursive Functions 🌼
July, 2024
Wolfram Summer School Research Project
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Grandma 👵
November, 2022
1-1 Icebreaker
The Fog of Ancient History 🛕
December, 2022
1-2 Writing a Speech with Purpose
Would you drop the Fat Man? 💣
January, 2023
1-3 Introduction to Vocal Variety and Body Language
My insects and my girlfriend(s) 🐞
February, 2023
1-4 Evaluation and Feedback - 1
The Turk Father Christmas 🎅
April, 2023
1-5 Evaluation and Feedback - 2
The Fragrant Opium Harbour 🇭🇰
May, 2023
2-1 Know your Sense of Humor
The Californian God 🇺🇸
June, 2023
2-2 Connect With Your Audience
The Berliner Grail 🎠
July, 2023
3-1 Connect with Storytelling
A Leadership Seminar courtesy of the Swiss Army 🪖
September, 2023
2-3 Introduction to Toastmasters Mentoring
No Job, No Love, No Inheritance…all for the Berlin party creds 💍
January, 2024
3-2 Make Connections Through Networking
Nobody will read your blog 📃
February, 2024
4-1 Write a Compelling Blog
The Turk Father Christmas will bring the jet-set life 🎄
February, 2024
3-3 Engage Your Audience with Humor & 3-6 Using Descriptive Language
Memetics, or why the US government is run by lizards 🦎
February, 2024
3-4 Researching and Presenting
Operation Mother in law 🤶
April, 2024
3-5 Inspire Your Audience
Graphing Complexity: The Beauty of Networks 🌐
May, 2024
5-1 Deliver Your Message With Humor
What better feeling than lifting 270kg overhead? 🏋🏼
July, 2024
5-2 Leading in Your Volunteer Organization
The benefits of the Toastmaster Cult 🌅
August, 2024
6 Reflect on Your Path