Interview on finding solutions to the problem of living with wildfire through mimicry of plants and other life forms that evolved to live with fire, live broadcast on France 24, 2025.

Discussing the future of cities with astrophysicist Neil de Grasse Tyson for Startalk radio, ahead of a panel session at a Business Insider conference in New York in 2012.

Interview with Melissa on aspects of her research on complex systems, hazard resilience, and sustainability in the built environment, recorded at the Festival of Ideas in 2015.

Interview for the Computer-Aided Biology series in which Melissa discusses issues at the interface of the biological sciences, wider STEM research, and industry, first aired in July 2021.

Short film from the Longitude Prize launch held at the Science Museum, London in March 2015 featuring short commentary on the prize and its purpose.

Interview for Aurora’s ‘Creativity Reframed’ podcast series in which Melissa discusses aspects of her career, and her research and practice, first aired in November 2021.

Interview for The Speaker Show in which Melissa discusses innovation against the odds, sustainability and the environment, and the future of industries including events, first aired in 2022.

Commentary and footage of a keynote delivered at the The Lux Energy Club launch, sponsored by lighting controls specialist Lutron, held at Millbank Tower, London in 2011.

Interview with Silicon Republic for its Future Human series on the future of cities, including a discussion on emerging opportunities, recorded in 2023 and first aired in March 2024.

Interview with STIR recorded during the Future of Architecture and Building conclave in Mumbai, discussing how the living world relates to architecture, first aired in April 2024.

Commissioned and aired by BBC Radio 4, and recorded in Milan as part of its ‘The Five Faces of Leonardo’ series, the show was produced by Sara Parker and presented by Melissa, first airing in April 2019.

Short film co-written and presented by Melissa to accompany a report on the future of technology to which she was lead contributor. Commissioned by CW Jobs, the film was first aired in December 2019.

One of a series of short films commissioned by ECOTOC, presenting issues inc. the role of scientists, using nature to solve human problems, and sci-comms, filmed in Brussels and first aired in April 2019.

Part of a mixed media campaign integrating print, digital, and events, discussing using nature for inspiration when solving design problems in short film for Interface’s Beautiful Thinking campaign, first aired July 2016.

Short film exploring how emerging ideas in sustainable innovation may shape our future cities. Part of a series produced for both the small and big screen by Earth 2 Hub in 2011.

Panel session curated by 5x15 in partnership with Rathbones, discussing how wildfires, volcanic eruptions, and migration might shape the coming years and decades, first aired in April 2023.

Delivering a talk for the ‘What happened to Utopian Cities’ session at the Festival of the Future City, part of the Festival of Ideas, held at the Watershed, Bristol in November 2015 [ mins in].

In Conversation with Neil deGrasse Tyson and Jason Silva for a Startalk radio live session, recorded at a Business Insider conference at the Time Warner Center, New York, November 2012.

Radio discussion on the future of urban living between Oxfam’s Erinch Sahan, LSE’s Dr. Alice Evans and Melissa recorded for Voice of Russia radio and aired in August 2014

Delivering the closing keynote at the Canadian Institute of Planners’ Generation themed centenary conference in Ottawa in July 2019.

Delivering a talk in the ‘Built Environment of the Future’ session for the University College of Estate Management’s centenary conference held at The Crystal, London in May 2019.

Delivering a talk for the ‘Architecture, Nature, and Wildlife in Cities’ session at the Festival of the Future City, part of the Festival of Ideas, held at the Watershed, Bristol in 2015.

​Delivering a talk on biological and social networks in urban environments for the TEDx LSE conference held at the London School of Economics in May 2015.

Delivering a talk for the ‘New Thinking About Cities’ session at the Festival of the Future City, part of the Festival of Ideas, held at the Watershed, Bristol in November 2015 [27 mins in].

Delivering a talk on building biomimetic resilience to natural hazards for the 'Synthetic Biology & the Living City’ session at the Re:Work Cities Summit, Tobacco Dock, London, 2013.