Podcasts about academia in politics

The Bros catch up with Larry Lessig, a Harvard law professor and former 2016 presidential candidate, on the role of academia in our society and its interaction with politics. (Note: Rupert Murdoch is NOT dead. Our bad.)

Stuart White, Director of the Public Policy Unit, gives an introduction to Academic Blogging: Political Analysis in the Digital Age one day conference

Exploring the phenomena of blogging – the motivations and the consequences – with UK academic blogs producers Chair: Katharine Brooks (Deputy Graduate Editor, Politics in Spires, DPIR) Presentations and first Round Table Blake Ewing (Graduate Editor, Politics in Spires, DPIR) Chris Gilson (Managing Editor, LSE USApp – American Politics and Policy) Sierra Williams (Managing Editor, LSE Impact of Social Sciences blog), Chris Bertram (Department of Philosophy, University of Bristol, blogger with the group blog Crooked Timber)

Exploring the phenomena of blogging – the motivations and the consequences – with UK academic blogs producers Chair: Katharine Brooks (Deputy Graduate Editor, Politics in Spires, DPIR) Presentations and first Round Table Blake Ewing (Graduate Editor, Politics in Spires, DPIR) Chris Gilson (Managing Editor, LSE USApp – American Politics and Policy) Sierra Williams (Managing Editor, LSE Impact of Social Sciences blog), Chris Bertram (Department of Philosophy, University of Bristol, blogger with the group blog Crooked Timber)

Analysing the wider effects of blogging: what is at stake in contributing academic analysis on-line? Chair: Katharine Brooks (Deputy Graduate Editor, Politics in Spires, DPIR) William Dutton - Get Ready to Meet the Fifth Estate – how networked individuals and institutions are reshaping academe (Oxford Internet Institute), David Levy – Blogging, journalism and the consumption of news (Director, Reuters Institute for the study of Journalism) and Will de Frietas – Introduction to a new on-line academic publishing project – The Conversation (Business & Economy Editor, The Conversation)

Analysing the wider effects of blogging: what is at stake in contributing academic analysis on-line? Chair: Katharine Brooks (Deputy Graduate Editor, Politics in Spires, DPIR) William Dutton - Get Ready to Meet the Fifth Estate – how networked individuals and institutions are reshaping academe (Oxford Internet Institute), David Levy – Blogging, journalism and the consumption of news (Director, Reuters Institute for the study of Journalism) and Will de Frietas – Introduction to a new on-line academic publishing project – The Conversation (Business & Economy Editor, The Conversation)

Analysing the wider effects of blogging: what is at stake in contributing academic analysis on-line? Chair: Katharine Brooks (Deputy Graduate Editor, Politics in Spires, DPIR) William Dutton - Get Ready to Meet the Fifth Estate – how networked individuals and institutions are reshaping academe (Oxford Internet Institute), David Levy – Blogging, journalism and the consumption of news (Director, Reuters Institute for the study of Journalism) and Will de Frietas – Introduction to a new on-line academic publishing project – The Conversation (Business & Economy Editor, The Conversation)

What do we know about audiences, readership and patterns of use of political analysis on-line? Chair: Blake Ewing (Graduate Editor, Politics in Spires, DPIR) Andrew Sparrow - The rise of the Guardian Politics Blog, (Editor, Guardian Politics Blog) Chris Prosser - Uses of analytics data (Deputy Graduate Editor, Politics in Spires, DPIR), Rosemary Bechler - openDemocracy: A public service on the web? (Editor, OpenDemocracy) and Vicki Nash - Current research on on-line risk (Oxford Internet Institute)

What do we know about audiences, readership and patterns of use of political analysis on-line? Chair: Blake Ewing (Graduate Editor, Politics in Spires, DPIR) Andrew Sparrow - The rise of the Guardian Politics Blog, (Editor, Guardian Politics Blog) Chris Prosser - Uses of analytics data (Deputy Graduate Editor, Politics in Spires, DPIR), Rosemary Bechler - openDemocracy: A public service on the web? (Editor, OpenDemocracy) and Vicki Nash - Current research on on-line risk (Oxford Internet Institute)

What do we know about audiences, readership and patterns of use of political analysis on-line? Chair: Blake Ewing (Graduate Editor, Politics in Spires, DPIR) Andrew Sparrow - The rise of the Guardian Politics Blog, (Editor, Guardian Politics Blog) Chris Prosser - Uses of analytics data (Deputy Graduate Editor, Politics in Spires, DPIR), Rosemary Bechler - openDemocracy: A public service on the web? (Editor, OpenDemocracy) and Vicki Nash - Current research on on-line risk (Oxford Internet Institute)

Niki Seth-Smith and Stuart White launch the 'Democratic Wealth' e-book by openDemocracy and Politics in Spires

Niki Seth-Smith and Stuart White launch the 'Democratic Wealth' e-book by openDemocracy and Politics in Spires

Professor Marc Stears reflects on his experiences. Marc Stears is a Professor of Political Theory and fellow at University College. He is the author of Demanding Democracy: American Radicals in Search of a New Politics and is one of the co-editors of the widely discussed The Labour Tradition and the Politics of Paradox. He is currently visiting fellow at Britain's leading think tank, the Institute for Public Policy Research, and he works closely with many of Britain's most prominent politicians on questions of political strategy and communication. Chaired by Mark Philp, Fellow and Tutor in Politics at Oriel College who works on political theory, the history of political thought, and is interested in political ethics, corruption and standards in public life.

Professor Marc Stears reflects on his experiences. Marc Stears is a Professor of Political Theory and fellow at University College. He is the author of Demanding Democracy: American Radicals in Search of a New Politics and is one of the co-editors of the widely discussed The Labour Tradition and the Politics of Paradox. He is currently visiting fellow at Britain's leading think tank, the Institute for Public Policy Research, and he works closely with many of Britain's most prominent politicians on questions of political strategy and communication. Chaired by Mark Philp, Fellow and Tutor in Politics at Oriel College who works on political theory, the history of political thought, and is interested in political ethics, corruption and standards in public life.