Podcasts about iain walker

More than 60 elections are taking place in 2024 and, whilst 90 per cent of people say they want to live in a democracy, many are voting for people and systems that are restricting their rights.The UN has expressed concern about this “democracy paradox”, and that fact that some governments and governance systems are becoming increasingly repressive. Conor Lennon from UN News discusses the issue with Sarah Lister, the Head of Governance at the UN Development Programme, and Iain Walker, the CEO of newDemocracy.

Something in politics is broken. We all know it. Politicians have become masters of getting elected whilst getting nothing done in the real world. Is there a way to get them to focus on solving actual problems rather than chasing polls and keeping their jobs? Iain Walker is the Executive Director of the New Democracy Foundation, an independent research organisation that designs and implements 'citizen juries' to various levels of government around the world. In this interview we explored how citizen assemblies are making an impact globally, gradually becoming a viable and accepted method of decision making. Tune in to this interview to hear about how politicians are being incentivised to 'stop playing politics' by this new form of public governance. LINKS https://linktr.ee/discernableofficial https://www.newdemocracy.com.au https://www.changepolitics.org.au

Two-million-year-old molecular fossils reveal flourishing woodlands and widespread animals in Greenland's pre-Ice-Age past, and give hints to the Arctic's future under global warming. We hear from a molecular palaeontologist and a climate modeller. DNA also reveals the enduring genetic influence of our extinct Denisovan cousins on disease immunity in modern Island Southeast Asians. And the art and science of 3D-printing violins If your home is drafty, filling in holes and cracks can help tackle rising energy bills, and lower your carbon footprint. But is there a limit to how airtight we should make our homes? That's what CrowdScience listeners Jeff and Angie wondered when weatherproofing their doors and sealing up cracks for the winter. Once every last gap is blocked, will enough air get in for them to breathe properly? How would they know if they've gone too far? With Covid-19 making us more aware than ever of the importance of good ventilation, CrowdScience investigates how to make your home cosy and energy-efficient without sacrificing fresh air in the process. And we find out how, in hotter climates, you can carefully tap into your drafts, to reduce energy-intensive air conditioning. With contributions from Kimble Smith, Professor Nicola Carslaw, Dr Iain Walker, Marion Baeli and Dr Yashkumar Shukla. (Image credit: Beth Zaiken/bethzaiken.com)

If your home is drafty, filling in holes and cracks can help tackle rising energy bills, and lower your carbon footprint. But is there a limit to how airtight we should make our homes? That's what CrowdScience listeners Jeff and Angie wondered when weatherproofing their doors and sealing up cracks for the winter. Once every last gap is blocked, will enough air get in for them to breathe properly? How would they know if they've gone too far? With Covid-19 making us more aware than ever of the importance of good ventilation, CrowdScience investigates how to make your home cosy and energy-efficient without sacrificing fresh air in the process. And we find out how, in hotter climates, you can carefully tap into your drafts, to reduce energy-intensive air conditioning. With contributions from Kimble Smith, Professor Nicola Carslaw, Dr Iain Walker, Marion Baeli and Dr Yashkumar Shukla. Presented by Marnie Chesterton Produced by Cathy Edwards for the BBC World Service

“You can pick up a newspaper every day that's talking about what's wrong with our democracy, but there aren't a lot of people talking about what we can do to fix it,” says Iain Walker, Executive Director of Australia's newDemocracy Foundation. Walker goes beyond the problems of the democratic system to the solutions. Along the way, he shares a whole lot of eye-opening information. Press play to learn: Where democracy started, and whether it's always involved elections The different between democracy in Ancient Athens and democracy today In what ways democracy has become excessively responsive to public opinion over public judgment (and why it matters) The importance of critical thinking by members of the public in a democracy How the U.S. political system differs from that of most other countries Why voting disincentivizes politicians to hold deep discussions on the actual issues at hand The wider U.S. public has a good deal of trust in the criminal jury system and the way democracy is run. But should they? Walker brings to light the influence of misinformation and money, the corruptibility of elections, and alternative ways of doing democracy that would make it better – indeed more democratic. Interested in learning more? Tune in for the full conversation and visit https://www.newdemocracy.com.au/. Episode also available on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/38oMlMr

Joining us in this episode is Iain Walker. Iain is the Executive Director of the newDemocracy Foundation (nDF) in Australia and has done various work in both local and state-level governments. As an individual that is interested in the innovation of democracy, Iain has focused his efforts on sortition-based research – aiming to make citizens' assemblies a functional part of democratic decision-making. Click play to learn about: What a democratic decision really is. The importance of finding solutions to democratic problems.  How citizen involvement benefits democracy. What are the benefits of elevating the voices of citizens? Join us now to find out!You can find out more about Iain Walker and newDemocracy Foundation by visiting www.newdemocracy.com.au.

We have finally reached the last episode of season 5 on the decline of democracy and boy is it a good one! This week Rhiannon brings you two incredibly passionate guests, Iain Walker and Tim Hollo. Iain is the executive director of New Democracy – a research organisation established to ensure citizens trust their government's decision making and democratic processes. Rhiannon chats to Iain about deliberative democracies, increasing participation and community involvement in democratic processes, and what new kinds of democracy could look like in the future. Then Rhiannon chats to Tim Hollo, who is not only the executive director of the Greens institute and an author but is the Greens candidate for the seat of Canberra. They discuss the crisis of democracy in contemporary society, international and national issues influencing democracy and citizens involvement, and how to work towards ecological democracy. You can find more about Iain and his organisation New Democracy here! Tim is active on Twitter and Facebook and you can also check out his page on The Greens! We hope you have loved this season as much as we have and are inspired to help protect democracy in the future. The Global Questions team will be taking a short break and getting ready for next season, so don't go anywhere!! Stay tuned for updates on next season on our socials! FOLLOW US: Follow Global Questions on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter for more content! Find more about Young Diplomats Society on our website. CREDITS: This episode is produced by the Young Diplomats Society on the lands of the Wurundjeri/Gadigal people. We pay our respects to the traditional custodians of the lands upon which we operate and live.

We first released this episode in April 2019. Since then, our topic of discussion with Iain has only become more relevant. We recently caught up... The post (ENCORE) Why is Kitchen Ventilation So Important? With Dr. Iain Walker from LBNL appeared first on Steven Winter Associates, Inc..

Today we're traveling to Australia and Vietnam with The Sapphires! Join us for a discussion of MLK as a global figure, the Stolen Generations, segregation in Australia, and more! Sources: Martin Luther King, Jr: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Vision Was More Global Than We Remember. The World Mourned Him Accordingly. Time. Available at https://time.com/5224787/martin-luther-king-global-vision/ Martin Luther King, Jr. "Beyond Vietnam: Time to Break the Silence." Available at https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkatimetobreaksilence.htm Vicki L Crawford and Lewis Baldwin, Reclaiming the Great World House: The Global Vision of Martin Luther King Jr. University of Georgia Press, 2019. Jennifer Clark, "'The Winds of Change' in Australia: Aborigines and the International Politics of Race, 1960-1972. International History Review 20, 1 (1998)National Geographic: "Martin Luther King Streets Worldwide". Available at https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/04/martin-luther-king-streets-worldwide/ The USO: Ann-Mari Jordens, "Not 'Apocalypse Now': Government-Sponsored Australian Entertainers in Vietnam, 1965-1971," Labour History 58 (1990). Meghan K Winchell, Good Girls, Good Food, Good Fun: The Story of USO Hostesses During WWII. University of North Carolina Press.  USO. "USO Camp Shows, D-Day, and Entertaining Troops on the European Front Lines in WWII," Available at https://www.uso.org/stories/2368-uso-camp-shows-d-day-and-entertaining-troops-on-the-european-front-lines-in-wwii Production Background: Behind the scenes: https://youtu.be/vb1VfqPM4QA  Nell Minow Review https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-sapphires-2013  https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_sapphires_2012  BTS: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sapphires-featurette-goes-behind-scenes-595519  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sapphires_(film)  https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/people-became-famous-using-backstage-7384/   Segregation in Australia: Hogg, Russell. "Penality and modes of regulating Indigenous peoples in Australia." Punishment & Society 3, no. 3 (2001): 355-379.   Nugent, Maria. "Sites of segregation/sites of memory: remembrance and ‘race’in Australia." Memory Studies 6, no. 3 (2013): 299-309.   https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-10/how-racial-segregation-was-exposed-at-an-australian-hotel/10887128  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cummeragunja_Reserve Parliament: https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp1718/Quick_Guides/IndigenousParliamentarians#_ftn1  Nauru detention: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-45327058   https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/23/racism-pervades-australian-society-and-the-effects-can-be-lethal   The Stolen Generations: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) (1997) Bringing them home - report of the national inquiry into the separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families. Sydney: Commonwealth of Australia.  https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/bringing-them-home-report-1997  Dudgeon, Pat, Michael Wright, Yin Paradies, Darren Garvey, and Iain Walker. "The social, cultural and historical context of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians."  Working together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice (2010): 25-42. https://www.academia.edu/download/45867982/paradies-socialculturalhistorical-2010.pdf   Cassidy, Julie. "The Stolen Generations-Canada and Australia: The Legacy of Assimilation." (2006): 131.  

What if there was a better way for us to do democracy? A more representative way? A way that would take corporate influence out of politics?Iain Walker is Executive Director of the newDemocracy Foundation.find out more about what they do at newdemocracy.com.au See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Two seasoned players in the deliberative field: one from a research foundation, the other from a consulting firm. Iain Walker (newDemocracy Foundation) and Nicole Hunter (Mosaic Lab) bring a wealth of experience to a discussion about public deliberations. They explore: identifying the policy challenge, timeliness, convincing elected representatives, knowing what the most appropriate process would be, what commitment is the decision-maker prepared to make and challenges that arise with polarised communities. They also, together, reflect on facilitation that works well, Nicole as an experienced facilitator, Iain as an observer of many mini-publics.   newDemocracy Foundation projects Democracy in Geelong Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engagement     Music acknowledgement.

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I have asked all of my guests what they think is the essence of a real democracy. In this episode I showcase their responses.   Professor Carson sees the essence of a real democracy as being about self government and trust.   Luca Belgiorno-Nettis, founder of the newDemocracy Foundation, agreed that people should be able to govern themselves.   Professor Janette Hartz-Karp from Curtin University in Western Australia highlighted the need to consider the common good co-designed by the people.   Peter MacLeod from MASS LBP in Canada talked about giving citizens a role between elections with more opportunities for citizens to be involved.   Associate Professor Helene Landemore from Yale University democracy talked about inclusiveness and equality, where everyone has an equal chance of being heard in decision-making.   Iain Walker, the Executive Director of the newDemocracy Foundation, doesn’t believe that democracy equals the vote, rather it should be about acting on the informed will of the people.   Professor Graham Smith for Westminster University sees citizen participation at the heart of democracy with citizens able to participate in critical decisions which affect their lives.   Emily Jenke from DemocracyCo, a facilitation company in South Australia, its about active citizenship.   Titus Alexander from Democracy Matter in the UK believes the public should have an equal say in public decisions.   Associate Professor Caroline Lee from Lafayette University identifies social, economic and political equality being more balanced as important in a real democracy.   Jay Weatherill the Premier of South Australia, like Janette, sees citizens acting in the community interest as part of a real democracy.   And Professor Gerry Stoker from Southamption University proposes a real democracy would be one that allows people to participate when and how they want to, what he calls 'politics fit for amateurs'.   I’d love to know what you think is the essence of a real democracy. Please share you views with the Real Democracy Now! community on our Facebook page, by Twitter or on the website. I’ll share some of your perspectives in later episodes.

The newDemocracy Foundation is a is an independent, non-partisan research organisation here is Australia that aims to identify improvements to our democratic process with a focus on promoting deliberative mini-publics as a key democratic reform. Iain Walker is the Executive Director of the newDemocracy Foundation and has designed and managed over twenty deliberative mini-publics for local and State Governments in Australia.  Iain explains the approach newDemocracy Foundation takes to the design of deliberative mini-publics generally and also sets out the example of the Melbourne People's Panel a 43 person deliberative mini-public, involving both residents and businesses, which advised the City of Melbourne Council on their 10-year budget.  The newDemocracy Foundation makes all of their deliberative mini-public designs public on their website and recently designed and managed one of the largest citizens' juries in Australia, the South Australian Nuclear Citizens' Jury. 

Citizen juries are now being used by state and local governments to solve complex issues. Hear the two pioneers of Australian deliberative democracy, Curtin University's Prof. Janette Hartz-Karp and Iain Walker of the New Democracy Foundation, and a case study from Melbourne City Councillor Stephen Mayne. Recorded 12 March 2015.

Today we talk with Dr. Iain Walker of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory about the frontier of air tightness, fresh air ventilation, and why we're arguing about it in the first place.

Learn what it will take to create tomorrow's net-zero energy home as Lawrence Berkeley National lab scientists reveal the secrets of cool roofs, smart windows, and computer-driven energy control systems. Iain Walker will explores net-zero energy houses that generate as much energy as they use. Mary Ann Piette discusses how new technologies are enabling buildings to listen to the grid and adjust demands based on fluctuating electricity prices. Bruce Nordman explores digital networks that will allow homeowners to save energy. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID: 19343]

Learn what it will take to create tomorrow's net-zero energy home as Lawrence Berkeley National lab scientists reveal the secrets of cool roofs, smart windows, and computer-driven energy control systems. Iain Walker will explores net-zero energy houses that generate as much energy as they use. Mary Ann Piette discusses how new technologies are enabling buildings to listen to the grid and adjust demands based on fluctuating electricity prices. Bruce Nordman explores digital networks that will allow homeowners to save energy. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory " [Science] [Show ID: 19343]