About this episode:

From cutting-edge genomics research to the floor of the UK Parliament, and from advising on AI ethics to shaping the future of financial investments, Dr Julian Huppert has lived a career at the intersection of science, politics, and social good.

As the Founding Director of the Intellectual Forum at Jesus College, Cambridge, Julian convenes brilliant minds to tackle some of the most pressing challenges of our age—from climate change and civil liberties to sustainable finance and better futures for all.

In this conversation, we explore his remarkable journey, the influence of his late mother’s work on creating the world we want to live in, his leadership in pioneering ethical governance in tech, and his vision for aligning innovation, policy, and humanity’s long-term wellbeing.

Join us for a rich, wide-ranging discussion that will inspire you to think bigger about how knowledge, ethics, and action can combine to amplify good in the world.

More about Dr Julian Huppert:

Dr Julian Huppert is Founding Director of the Intellectual Forum at Jesus College, Cambridge, an interdisciplinary centre focused on bringing people to think and talk about some of the key issues of our time. After an academic career in Cambridge in genomics and biophysics, he served as the Member of Parliament for Cambridge 2010-15, and was particularly noted for his work on technology policy, civil liberties, transport policy, international development, and the environment.

He was Deputy Chair of the NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group until it was abolished, and is Chair of the Ethics Committee for NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Health Innovation East.

He was Chair of the Panel of Independent Reviewers for DeepMind Health, pioneering a new approach to oversight and governance in technology companies, and advises a range of Edtech companies. He was a member of the Home Office's Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group, advising on issues such as facial recognition and big data, and chairing their AI Ethics Working Group. In 2003 he set up a very small award-winning but unsuccessful biotech company.

He is also a Visiting Professor at King’s College London and the University of New South Wales, and an Associate Fellow of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence. He is a Director of the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Ltd., and Chairs the UK Democracy Fund.