Hope Johnson chats with Peter Black about her dogs, what it has been to like to teach online and the relevance of her research on global food and agriculture governance in light of the coronavirus. And Hope does not hold back in this fun and freewheeling conversation.

Peter is interviewing QUT staff from the Faculty of Law about how they are surviving through COVID-19. In the sixth interview in this series, Pete talks to Dr Hope Johnson, a Lecturer in the Law School. This semester Hope is the unit coordinator of LLB104 Contemporary Law and Justice.

Hope talks about her dogs (and her rules for naming dogs) (at 2:13), what it's really like to teach online (at 6:36), how wonderful her students have been this semester (at 9:09), the best lighting for Zoom (at 14:51), Animal Crossing (at 16:38) and vegetarianism (at 23:30). Towards the end of the conversation Hope talked about the relevance of her research on global food and agriculture governance in light of the coronavirus (at 19:32), and why she's not looking for silver linings yet (at 24:39).

Here are some links to some of the things Hope discussed: Radiolab's More Perfect podcast (https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolabmoreperfect) and the Pomodoro technique (https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2020/02/productivity-101-a-primer-to-the-pomodoro-technique/).