Here you can find a selection of talks, interviews, podcasts, panels and media articles in which I have participated. These contributions are available in video (🎦), audio (🔊) and written (📃) formats. In cases where the content is not available I have included links to related articles (📌).
Keynotes
10/09/2025. Keynote talk for workshop ‘Sustainability of AI: Probing the Problem and Scoping Solutions’. Department of Management & Centre for Responsible Innovation. University of Exeter.
23/06/2025. Keynote talk for Cambridge Social Data School. University of Cambridge.
14/05/2025. Keynote talk for ‘Towards Sustainable Digital Futures’ symposium. ESRC Digital Good Network. University of Sheffield, UK.
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
13/10/2025. Spoke at the Fifth Session of the Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law. Co-organised by UN Human Rights Office. Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland.
13/05/2026. Spoke at the 8th Session of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on E-Commerce and The Digital Economy. Organised by UN Trade & Development (UNCTAD). Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland. Talk available in multiple languages here. 🎦
TALKS
06/05/2025. Hubris in the Amazon: The Politics of AI Environmentalism. Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence seminar series. University of Cambridge.
03/04/2024. Hubris in the Amazon: The Politics of AI Environmentalism. Ethnography of Digital Governance and Society (EDGES) project. Leiden University. Netherlands.
10/10/2024. El impacto ambiental de las tecnologías [The Environmental Impact of Technologies]. Wikimedistas Wayuú. Colombia. 🎦
TALKS
05/06/2024. Turbulencia planetaria de datos [Planetary Data Turbulence]. Facultad de Filosofía y Educación, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Chile. 📌
14/05/2024. ‘Science and Inequality‘ seminar series. Faculty of Physics. University of Vienna. 📌
09/05/2024: Decolonising Digital Futures: Is Sovereignty the Answer to Digital Colonialism? EthicsLab, Cape Town University. South Africa 🎦
02/02/2023. Digital Sovereignty and the Decolonial Option. Singapore Biennale 2023.
29/11/2022. Tecnologías terricidas [Terricidal Technologies]. Territorio Ectoplasma, Medialab Matadero. Spain. 🎦
Interviews & Podcasts
06/06/2025. The Politics of AI. Youtube livestream by the Centre for Digital Inquiry, University of Warwick.
16/02/2025. AI & Sustainability ft. Dr Sebastián Lehuedé. ‘For Better or Worse’ podcast show. King’s College London Radio. 🔊
10/12/2024. Lithium Extraction in the Atacama with Sebastián Lehuedé. ‘The Good Robot’ Podcast. United Kingdom. 🎦
29/11/2024. Fighting Data Centers in Chile w/ Sebastian Lehuede. ‘Tech Won’t Save Us’ Podcast. Canada. 🔊
14/10/2024. Data Vampires: Opposing Data Centers. ‘Tech Won’t Save Us’ Podcast. Canada. 🔊
06/02/2024. How to Stop a Data Center. Disconnect. Canada. 📃
21/09/2023. Whose Extinction? Resisting the Environmental Impact of AI. Humane Conversations, University of Amsterdam. The Netherlands. 🎦
06/04/2023. With Google as My Neighbor, Will There Still Be Water? AlgorithmWatch. Germany. 📃
Panels
13/05/2025. Speaker at the 8th Session of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on E-Commerce and the Digital Economy. UN Trade & Development. Geneva.
25/11/2024. Seminario Virtual: IA para el bien público [Virtual Seminar: OECD for the Public Good]. Colombian Mission at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). 🎦
11/2024. ‘Artificial Intelligence as Worldmaking: Colonial Dimensions and Planetary Futures‘ retreat. Ethics Lab, University of Cape Town. South Africa. 📌
20/03/2024. What Role Will AI Play in Achieving Environmental Sustainability?. Cognizant. United Kingdom. 📌
03/2023. ‘Southern Digitalities‘ conference. The Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South, Northwestern Qatar. 📌
29/03/2023. Big Tech: The New Colonialists? Cambridge Festival. United Kingdom. 🎦
18/01/2023. ‘(De)coding AI: Examining the impact of the lifecycle of algorithms‘ workshop. Oxford Internet Institute. United Kingdom. 🎦
21/07/2022. Narrativas, tecnología y justicia global [Narratives, Technology and Global Justice]. Oxfam Intermón. Spain. 🎦
22/06/2022. The Global Harms of Artificial Intelligence. Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP) conference. Belgium. 🎦
QUOTED & Inputs
24/05/2025. Where Clouds Meet Cement. Report by Computer Says Maybe.
27/05/2025. The Data Centre Dilemma. Revolve Magazine. 📃
27/02/2025. Can We Afford the Environmental Cost of AI? Think Landscape – Global Landscapes Forum. 📃
05/12/2024. El debate por el consumo de recursos naturales llega a América Latina [The Debate Over AI’s Natural Resource Consumption Reaches Latin America]. Simalco. Latin America. 📃
14/11/2024. Dissiper le mirage du ‘cloud’ [Dispelling the Illusion of the ‘Cloud’]. Socialter. France.
02/11/2025. As the Data Center Industry Booms, an English Village Becomes a Battleground. Associated Press. United States. 📃
04/10/12. Los activistas luchan contra la construcción de centros de datos por su consumo energético y de agua [Activists Fight Against the Construction of Data Centre due to their Energy and Water Consumption]. Euronews. 📃
02/10/2024. ‘Do we Want Fewer Emissions or More Netflix?’: Inside the Fight Against Europe’s Data Centres. Euronews. 📃
08/2024. Data Centers, Chip Plants Raise Green Concerns. EcoAméricas. 📃
12/08/2024. La expansión de los data centers agudiza las sequías y acelera el calentamiento global [Data Centre Expansion Can Sharpen Droughts and Accelerate Global Warming]. La Política Online. Mexico. 📃
30/07/2024: Not Just Nimbys – Why Data Centre Protests are On The Rise. Racounteur. United Kingdom. 📃
04/05/2024. Inteligencia artificial: el costo climático oculto [Artificial Intelligence: The Hidden Climate Cost]. DW Español. Germany. 🎦.
29/04/2024. How AI Causes Serious Environmental Problems (But Might Also Provide Solutions). DW. Germany. 🎦
21/03/2024. Critics Fear Catastrophic Energy Crisis as AI is Outsourced to Latin America. Mongabay. 📃
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