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In this episode, John Lyon is joined by Parvati Raghuram, Manu Lekunze and Melis Cin who are part of the team that developed the Global Inequalities and the Climate Crisis Lessons. They discuss how the project came to be, how we have now moved from a climate crisis to a climate emergency and how teachers can effectively educate their students without creating fear or anxiety.  They also talk about how Cameroon posed as a near perfect field to study the relationships between global inequality and the climate crisis. The resource was produced in partnership with the Decolonising Education for Peace in Africa (DEPA) project, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council's Global Challenges Research Fund as well as Impact Accelerator Account funding from the University of Lancaster. You can find the free resource here: Global Inequalities and the Climate Crisis - Geographical Association

In this episode of Equality in Housing, hosts Gareth Young (UK Centre for Housing Evidence) and Pedro Cameron (Tenants Information Service) are joined by Professor Vikki McCall from the University of Stirling. Vikki shares insights from the Intersectional Stigma of Place-based Ageing (ISPA) project, a groundbreaking five-year study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.We explore the barriers older and disabled people face in housing and communities, from place-based stigma to the lack of accessible, well-designed home adaptations. Vikki discusses the power of co-production, with over 140 community peer researchers gathering real-life experiences to shape more inclusive policies. We also hear about the Inclusive Living Alliance, a coalition working to create practical, stigma-free housing solutions that benefit everyone.Tune in for a thought-provoking discussion on why housing plays a crucial role in ageing well, and how better design, policy, and collaboration can create more inclusive communities for all.●     The ISPA project page can be found here. ●      For more information on the Inclusive Living Alliance that is being developed, and how to get involved, click here.●      You can read more about Vikki's ‘Designing homes for healthy cognitive ageing' here.  ●      Invisible Creations were discussed as a new way of thinking about the visual impacts of home adaptations to help increase their uptake and reduce stigma.

Dr Patrick Ring, a Reader in Financial Services at Glasgow Caledonian University, and Jack Stanbury, a Senior Project Manager at the University of Bristol, join the Common Good Podcast to discuss Future Finance, a new initiative that aims to enhance innovation and productivity in the sector and help organisations adapt to challenges, ranging from AI and data to changes in regulation and widening access to services. The £1.8million initiative, funded by Innovate UK and the Economic and Social Research Council, is initially being rolled out as a pilot in Scotland today. The pair discuss the genesis of Future Finance, how business can benefit from it, and how it can grow and develop in the future.

We're joined by Polly Barker, Marie Klimis and Natasha Stanton to explore how organisations and individuals approach seeking funding, to create work in immersive contexts. From applying for public funds, through to the requirements of research bodies and third sector trusts and foundations - we get into the nitty gritty raising funds for immersive experiences.Guests:Polly Barker is Punchdrunk Enrichment's Head of Development, leading fundraising with individuals, Trusts & Foundations, and corporate partners. Polly studied English Literature at Sussex before beginning her career in the Museum sector, working at the V&A in London, and at the South Australian Museum in Adelaide. Polly loves learning, the visual arts, travelling and is writing a novel in her spare time. https://www.punchdrunkenrichment.org.uk/, https://www.instagram.com/punchdrunkenrichment/Marie Klimis is is currently Senior Producer at Coney. She has worked as a Producer and Project Manager for a range of organisations, including the City of London Festival, Horniman Museum, Pure Expression or Arts and Gardens. She is a founding member and director of 27 degrees, a migrant-led collective specialised in socially-engaged immersive theatre. As a writer and designer, she specialises in intimate immersive projects in unusual spaces, including “I am Bird and The Paper Traveller”, two choose-your-own-adventure projects in library spaces. https://www.instagram.com/marieklimis/Natasha Stanton is a Senior Portfolio Manager at the Economic and Social Research Council and previously was a Senior Investment Manager at the Arts and Humanities Research Council and an International Stakeholder Engagement Manager at UKRI (UK Research and Innovation). https://www.linkedin.com/in/natasha-stanton-8413b589/Hosted by Dr Joanna Bucknall and produced by Natalie Scott for the Immersive Experience Network's, Knowledge Bank. Funded by Arts Council England.Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/immersive-experience-network/ Instagram @immersiveexperiencenetMailing List https://immersiveexperience.network/sign-up Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Religious Minorities Online (RMO) is the premier academic resource on religious minorities worldwide, reflecting the state of the art in scholarship. It is written by leading scholars and is rigorously peer-reviewed. Available as an Open Access publication and written in an accessible style, Religious Minorities Online is an indispensable resource not only for students and academics but also to broader audiences that include journalists, politicians and policy advisors, activists, NGOs, among others. New articles will be published online twice a year. A printed version, the Handbook of Religious Minorities, will be available at the end of the project. This project was supported by the Centre for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters; UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council and Economic and Social Research Council under UK-Japan Connection Grant number ES/S013482/1; and The University of Bergen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Religious Minorities Online (RMO) is the premier academic resource on religious minorities worldwide, reflecting the state of the art in scholarship. It is written by leading scholars and is rigorously peer-reviewed. Available as an Open Access publication and written in an accessible style, Religious Minorities Online is an indispensable resource not only for students and academics but also to broader audiences that include journalists, politicians and policy advisors, activists, NGOs, among others. New articles will be published online twice a year. A printed version, the Handbook of Religious Minorities, will be available at the end of the project. This project was supported by the Centre for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters; UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council and Economic and Social Research Council under UK-Japan Connection Grant number ES/S013482/1; and The University of Bergen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology

Religious Minorities Online (RMO) is the premier academic resource on religious minorities worldwide, reflecting the state of the art in scholarship. It is written by leading scholars and is rigorously peer-reviewed. Available as an Open Access publication and written in an accessible style, Religious Minorities Online is an indispensable resource not only for students and academics but also to broader audiences that include journalists, politicians and policy advisors, activists, NGOs, among others. New articles will be published online twice a year. A printed version, the Handbook of Religious Minorities, will be available at the end of the project. This project was supported by the Centre for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters; UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council and Economic and Social Research Council under UK-Japan Connection Grant number ES/S013482/1; and The University of Bergen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/indian-religions

Religious Minorities Online (RMO) is the premier academic resource on religious minorities worldwide, reflecting the state of the art in scholarship. It is written by leading scholars and is rigorously peer-reviewed. Available as an Open Access publication and written in an accessible style, Religious Minorities Online is an indispensable resource not only for students and academics but also to broader audiences that include journalists, politicians and policy advisors, activists, NGOs, among others. New articles will be published online twice a year. A printed version, the Handbook of Religious Minorities, will be available at the end of the project. This project was supported by the Centre for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters; UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council and Economic and Social Research Council under UK-Japan Connection Grant number ES/S013482/1; and The University of Bergen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/religion

Religious Minorities Online (RMO) is the premier academic resource on religious minorities worldwide, reflecting the state of the art in scholarship. It is written by leading scholars and is rigorously peer-reviewed. Available as an Open Access publication and written in an accessible style, Religious Minorities Online is an indispensable resource not only for students and academics but also to broader audiences that include journalists, politicians and policy advisors, activists, NGOs, among others. New articles will be published online twice a year. A printed version, the Handbook of Religious Minorities, will be available at the end of the project. This project was supported by the Centre for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters; UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council and Economic and Social Research Council under UK-Japan Connection Grant number ES/S013482/1; and The University of Bergen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/digital-humanities

Nella rubrica Contemporaneamente, Mariantonietta Firmani intervista Federico Faloppa linguista e Laura Caponnetto filosofa. L'intervista è in Contemporaneamente di Mariantonietta Firmani, il podcast divulgato da Artribune.com e Parallelo42.it In Contemporaneamente podcast trovate incontri tematici con autorevoli interpreti del contemporaneo tra arte e scienza, letteratura, storia, filosofia, architettura, cinema e molto altro. Per approfondire questioni auliche ma anche cogenti e futuribili. Dialoghi straniati per accedere a nuove letture e possibili consapevolezze dei meccanismi correnti: tra locale e globale, tra individuo e società, tra pensiero maschile e pensiero femminile, per costruire una visione ampia, profonda ed oggettiva della realtà. Federico Faloppa e Laura Caponnetto ci raccontano della grande varietà linguistica, e dello studio filosofico dei linguaggi. 7000 lingue nel mondo, alcune a rischio estinzione, dove il linguaggio è un ecosistema che racconta umani e territori. Quindi, cruciale è il dibattito tra la ricerca di una lingua comune e la necessità di salvare le molteplicità locali. La filosofia del linguaggio si muove dal significato dei nomi, alle ingiustizie illocutorie, all'innovazione concettuale che riempie di nuovo senso la percezione del mondo. E ancora, ci parlano di fallaci retoriche, argomentazioni deboli, narrazioni distorte delle migrazioni, e molto altro. GUARDA IL VIDEO!! https://youtu.be/PCYF4YrOSpU BREVI NOTE BIOGRAFICHE DEGLI AUTORI Federico Falloppa linguista, ordinario di Italian Studies and linguistics, Dipartimento di Languages and Cultures, all'Università di Reading (UK), dove dirige il Corso di Studi Italiani. Laurea in Lettere e Filosofia all'Università di Torino, Dottorato alla Royal Holloway, Università di Londra, ha insegnato nelle università di Birmingham, Granada, Londra e Torino.È anche PhD esaminatore esterno a Birmingham, Leeds, Cardiff e Sheffield; è anche editor e consulente presso enti pubblici e organizzazioni non governative. Le sue ricerche si rivolgono soprattutto allo studio degli stereotipi etnici, migrazioni e rifugiati, costruzione linguistica della diversità, politica linguistica, letteratura italiana contemporanea. Tra i molti progetti di ricerca è co-investigatore in "MultiMind", Marie Skłodowska-Curie funded Innovative Training Networks, Horizon 2020 3,7 milioni di euro. Inoltre è anche rete internazionale "ProLanguage” finanziata da ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council), 131.000 euro. Autore di numerose pubblicazioni tra cui: “Lessico e alterità. La formulazione del diverso”, 2000; “Parole contro. La rappresentazione del diverso nella lingua italiana e nei dialetti”, 2004. Ed anche: “#Odio. Manuale di resistenza alla violenza delle parole”, 2020. Ultimo: “Sbiancare un etiope. La costruzione di un immaginario razzista”, 2022; e molto altro. Laura Caponetto è Sarah Smithson Research Fellow presso il Newnham College, University of Cambridge, già ricercatrice alla Facoltà di Filosofia dell'Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano. È anche docente a contratto nel Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali dell'Università di Pavia. La sua ricerca verte sulla filosofia sociale del linguaggio, disciplina al crocevia tra filosofia del linguaggio, filosofia sociale e politica, e studi di genere.Sono due i temi principali della sua produzione scientifica. Primo: l‘ingiustizia discorsiva, quando l'identità sociale influisce negativamente sulle possibilità comunicative; secondo: le strategie per “disfare” col linguaggio, ovvero ritrattare dichiarazioni, cancellare promesse, ritirare accuse. Ha pubblicato articoli su prestigiose riviste internazionali, come Analysis, Synthese, Rivista italiana di filosofia del linguaggio. È tra le 100 esperte in storia e filosofia per il progetto “100 donne contro gli stereotipi” condotto dall'Osservatorio di Pavia e l'associazione Gi.U.Li.A giornaliste. Infine, è tra le socie fondatrici di SWIP Italia – Società italiana per le donne in filosofia.

Welcome to the Innovation and Diffusion Podcast! In this episode, we introduce what this podcast is about, why we do this podcast, and give you a quick glimpse of what's awaiting you in the upcoming episodes! For any comments and suggestions, please email us at lsepoidcast@gmail.com or  Twitter @POID_cast Hosts: Ruveyda Nur Gozen (@ruveyda_gozen) & John Van Reenen (@johnvanreenen) The Economic and Social Research Council funds this podcast through the Programme on Innovation and Diffusion (POID) at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

This week, Nick Cohen gets The Lowdown from Jonathan Portes , Professor of Economics and Public Policy at King's College London, ex- Chief Economist at the Cabinet Office.  Jonathan is also  a Senior Fellow of the Economic and Social Research Council's UK in a Changing Europe initiative, which examines the UK's now troubled relatIonship with the EU.Can anything be done to prevent the UK's growing economic crisis? Is decline inevitable? Jonathan reveals how the UK's growth rate shrank by three-quarters following the 2008 crash. Now the country's annual growth rate is an anaemic half a percent with the economy projected to double every 120-140 years instead of the pre-2008 35-year period. Inevitably, Brexit's not helping as it  hits trade and tax revenues. But there are other systemic failures.Jonathan says there's plenty of things a new Labour government could do - despite the calamity of Brexit - to try and run things around:  build homes, reform social ansd tax policy plus up-date our dysfunctional and decrpit voting systemSupport the showListen to The Lowdown from Nick Cohen for in-depth analysis of the issues and events that shape our lives and futures. From Ukraine to Brexit, from Trump to the Tories - we hope to keep you informed - and sane! @NickCohen4

Our guest today is charming international relations-cum-military historian Huw Bennett! Huw is a Reader in International Relations in the School of Law and Politics at Cardiff University in Wales. He was previously a Reader and then Lecturer in International Politics and Intelligence Studies at Aberystwyth University and a Lecturer in Defence Studies at King's College London at the Joint Services Command and Staff College. He was educated at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, earning a degree in International Politics and Strategic Studies, a Master's in Strategic Studies, and a PhD in International Politics. Huw has written two books. The first, Fighting the Mau Mau: the British Army and Counter-Insurgency in the Kenya Emergency, was published by Cambridge in 2012, and his most recent book, Uncivil War: The British Army and the Troubles, 1966-1975, will be released by Cambridge in October 2023. Huw also co-edited The Kenya Papers of General Sir George Erskine, June 1953 to May 1955, with David French (The History Press for the Army Records Society, 2013). Huw's articles have been published in War in History, the Journal of Strategic Studies, the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, and Defense and Security Analysis, to name a few. His work has been supported by the British Academy, The Leverhulme Trust, the Irish Research Council, and the Economic and Social Research Council. Huw's involvement in the profession is considerable. He is an editorial board member at The British Journal for Military History, Studies in Contemporary Warfare, and War and the British Empire. He is also the Co-Editor in Chief of Critical Military Studies. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and The Higher Education Academy and has appeared on BBC World News, Good Evening Wales, Radio France International, and many others. Join us for a fun but, at times, deep chat with Huw Bennett. We'll talk growing up half-Welsh in Surrey, living in Wales, the emotional toll of writing about atrocity, reading War and Peace, the delights of Spaghetti Ice, Barbi, Nirvana, and more! Shoutout to Joe's Ice Cream and Coco Gellato in Cardiff! Rec.: 07/20/2023

In common with many places in the world, the UK has been experiencing high temperatures over the last couple of years, and not a great deal of rain, reminding us of the need to adapt to the consequences of climate change. Our episode focuses on adaptation, and some of the reasons why policy and practice are lagging behind where we need them to be.The Adapt Lock-in project has been working to understand this gap better, looking at experience in three countries – the UK, the Netherlands and Germany. Our guests today have been working on this project over the last 3 years. Tim Rayner is a Research Fellow in the School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia. Part of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, since 2006 he has participated in a range of European Union and national research council-funded projects covering climate change governance and policy, particularly from EU and UK perspectives.Meghan Alexander is an Assistant Professor in Human Geography of climate change at the University of Nottingham. In particular, her work focuses on climate adaptation and aspects of governance, policy and risk management, and the corresponding implications for societal resilience, well-being and social justice.The Adapt Lock-in project was supported by: the UK Economic and Social Research Council, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek. It was funded under Open Research Area (Round 5) Grant Reference ES/S015264/1. Partners are University of East Anglia (UK); Open Universiteit, and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Netherlands) and Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (Germany)Learn more on the project website: https://adaptlockin.eu/(Music by BenSound)

Links from the show:* Knowledge production in higher education: Between Europe and the Middle East* Rate the showAbout my guests:Jan Völkel held teaching and research positions at the Universities of Freiburg and Salzburg, the European University Institute in Florence, Cairo University and Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Besides, he was visiting researcher at Université de Montréal, Dundee University, Bahçesehir Üniversity (Istanbul) and Southern Denmark University (Odense). He participated in various international research activities and won the prestigious Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship from the European Union for a research project on "Parliaments in the Arab Transformation Processes". He got various stipends and scholarships from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and has been member of some DAAD selection committees. Since 2008, he has been working as MENA Regional Coordinator at Bertelsmann Transformation Index (BTI, www.bti-project.org).Michelle Pace is Professor in Global Studies at Roskilde University, Denmark. A political scientist by training, her research focuses on the intersection between European Studies, Middle East Studies, Critical Migration Studies, Democratization Studies and Conflict Studies. She is the Danish Lead partner of the Horizon Europe project SHAPEDEM-EU which investigates the EU's practices within its neighbourhoods in a set of policy fields (including migration, as crucial entangled policy areas) to seek out their impact on the effectiveness of its democracy support. She is the Denmark representative on the Management Committee of a COST ACTION network on migration and religious diversity, with a focus on tolerance in today's societies, and alternative epistemologies in the quest for knowledge equity. She has been/is the Principal and/or Co-Investigator on a number of large project grants funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the British Academy, and the Wellcome Trust in the UK, and in Denmark on projects funded by the EU's H2020 as well as the Erasmus+ Programme, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Carlsberg Foundation. She is currently writing a monograph on Denmark's strict immigration policies, which is funded by a Carlsberg Foundation Monograph Fellowship. Get full access to Dispatches from the War Room at dispatchesfromthewarroom.substack.com/subscribe

We have hosted athletes from across the Middle East, and some of the common factors among them has been their growth mindset, positive competitive spirit and, importantly, the guidance of good coaches and mentors in their sports. Maria Kavussanu, a professor in sports and exercise psychology at the University of Birmingham in the UK has dedicated several years to understanding what causes prosocial and antisocial behaviours in sports, and its consequences. In this discussion with her, we talk about morality in sports, developing the right mindset and her most recent study on “authentic leadership”, which looked into the influence of a coach on an athlete's behaviour, attitudes and performance in their sports. This was published in the Sports Exercise and Performance Psychology academic journal last year. She also discusses how elite and amateur athletes can ease stress and preserve their mental wellbeing.Prof. Maria has published more than 120 journal articles and book chapters and has received funding for her research from the Economic and Social Research Council, the Nuffield Foundation, the World Anti-Doping Agency, and the International Olympic Committee. To find out more about Prof. Kavussanu, visit the University of Birmingham Today's episode was supported by the awesome and adventurous team at Deep Dive Dubai, the world's deepest pool. Check them out for some truly awe-inspiring scuba and freedive experiences. Visit www.deepdivedubai.comOur wider support team for this episode includes Editor JJ Thompson and our Artwork is by the talented Alexandra Hickey of Studio Theodore. For more info, visit www.themettleset.com , and follow us on @themettlesetWe learnt a lot...

In this episode we talk to Prof Helen Ball. Helen is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Durham Infancy & Sleep Centre. Helen studies infant sleep and the parent-infant sleep relationship from a biosocial perspective. Broadly defined, her research examines sleep ecology, of infants, young children and their parents. This encompasses attitudes and practices regarding infant sleep, behavioural and physiological monitoring of infants and their parents during sleep, infant sleep development, and the discordance between cultural sleep preferences and biological sleep needs.Helen has conducted research in hospitals and the community, and contributes to national and international policy and practice guidelines on infant care. She pioneers the translation of academic research on infant sleep into evidence for use by parents and healthcare staff via Basis-- the Baby Sleep Information Source website. She serves as Associate Editor of the journal Sleep Health, and is on the Ediotial Board of the Journal of Human Lactation. She is Chair of the Lullaby Trust Scientific Committe, and an elected Board Member of the International Society for the Study and Prevention of Infant Deaths (ISPID).In 2013 Helen received an award for Outstanding Impact in Society from the Economic and Social Research Council, and in 2018 Durham University was awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize for her research and outreach on parent-infant sleep.In this episode we discuss:·       Where on earth did the myths come from which tell us we will do harm to our baby if we pick them up too much - Rachel tells what horrendous thing she was told with her first baby·       Helen takes us on an anthropological look at motherhood and infancy ·       We find out were the ‘well-baby' nurseries in hospitals came from ·       We discuss the old, current and quite frankly shocking SIDS safety messaging around the globe – Using a meat cleaver in bed with a baby to shock you out of bed sharing! Yes, you need to hear about this!·       And find out how Helen played an incredibly crucial role ensuring that the UK, and now many other countries, actually discuss safe bed sharing with parents instead of a blanket rule against it, in doing so saving many a breastfeeding relationship and many parents sanity! LINKS:Basis-- the Baby Sleep Information Source  www.basisonline.org.ukInfancy & Sleep Centre: www.dur.ac.uk/discProf Helen Ball  https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/h-l-ball/ Research Gate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Helen-Ball Support the show Produced and edited by Katie James - Support the show via our Patreon page or at BuyMeACoffee Music Joseph McDade Like this podcast? Then head over to leave us a review here Want more from Katie and Rachel? Katie's website with links to courses and moreRachel's website with links to courses, blogs, books and the collective

What can fertility clinics do to help neurodivergent patients be more comfortable when seeking treatment?  Patients know that advocating for themselves can be necessary to getting the best medical care, but it can be really difficult for some to be understood when they express themselves — hence this very important conversation! Neurodivergent peoples may communicate their discomfort differently, so it's truly helpful if clinics are more educated and neurodiversity-friendly. For example, offering multiple ways to make an appointment can really help people who find phone conversations challenging. Secure portals, text, emails, etc. — as long as it can be made HIPAA compliant, why not offer it for those who would prefer it? Have you heard of the “double empathy problem”? It's the belief among neurotypical people that neurodivergent people have difficulties communicating. In fact, says guest Dr. Kristin Chambliss, neurodivergent people communicate just fine with one another. The challenges lie in the space between neurodivergent and neurotypical people. Because neurotypical is the most common communication type, everything else is seen as “abnormal.” In this episode, hosts Ruby and Anne and guest Kristin explore the ways fertility clinics (and society in general) can help make the world a little more empathetic and equitable. Seeing and celebrating our many differences enriches everyone, after all! Learn more about Kristin Chambliss on her website (https://kristenchambliss.com/), and find more episodes of The Whole Pineapple on the website (https://thewholepineapple.com/) or your favorite podcast app!  References: The Atlantic: Neurodiversity, Harvey Bloom (1998) article   Damian E.M. Milton (2012) On the ontological status of autism: the ‘double empathy problem', Disability & Society, 27:6, 883-887, DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2012.710008  Sasson NJ, Faso DJ, Nugent J, Lovell S, Kennedy DP, Grossman RB. Neurotypical Peers are Less Willing to Interact with Those with Autism based on Thin Slice Judgments. Sci Rep. 2017 Feb 1;7:40700. doi: 10.1038/srep40700. PMID: 28145411; PMCID: PMC5286449.  Saxena P. Assisted reproductive technology and its Association with autism in children. Fertil Sci Res 2021;8:20-4  Singer, J. (1998). Odd People In: The Birth of Community Amongst People on the Autistic Spectrum: A personal exploration of a New Social Movement based on Neurological Diversity. Sydney: Faculty of Humanities and Social Science University of Technology, Sydney.  Periods & Autism - Chloe Hayden Youtube video  Autistic Doctors International website  From Autistic Doctors International: Williams, G. L., Adams, J., Bull, P., Cave, H., Chown, N., Doherty, M., Forrest, K., Foster, R., Fricker, R., Godfree, B., Keaveney-Sheath, K., Knight, J., Marrable, T., Murray, R., Shaw, S. C. K., Ventour-Griffiths, T., Wood, J. (2022) More than words: Supporting effective communication with autistic people in health care settings. Economic and Social Research Council. Available at:https://www.boingboing.org.uk/more_than_words/

“Neurodiversity,” says Ruby, is basically a term explaining the unique ways people's brains work. And Ruby knows. In this episode, she's “taking down the mask” to talk about her own unique brain! Although neurodiversity is a much more common topic than in days past, it's still pretty misunderstood. And when you pair it with fertility challenges, well, finding research or even conversations becomes really challenging. But few are as tenacious as these two when it comes to sharing important information. They found a licensed psychologist who works in fertility and who is looking to make fertility clinics more neurodiverse-friendly. In this conversation with Dr. Kristen Chambliss, Ruby, Anne, and Dr. Chambliss tackle many of the misconceptions rooted in our culture when it comes to a diversity of neurotypes.  It's a critical conversation. After all, as Dr. Chambliss says, neurodiversity may be as crucial to the human race as biodiversity. Or, as Anne put it so well: “Variety is not a disability.” Neurodivergence is not the same as intellectual disability or mental illness. And the more we understand, the less we'll have to fear. There are many strengths that come with being neurodivergent, though sadly, most of what we hear about are the struggles. Fertility can be a particular problem for the neurodivergent individual. Fertility treatment can be especially difficult for individuals who find sensory experiences problematic, for example. Recognizing the many challenges humans as a whole struggle with means more folks get the kind of help they need, offered in the way they need it. And that's just plain good.  Dr. Kristen Chambliss is a licensed psychologist specializing in treating individuals coping with infertility, in vitro fertilization, relationship concerns, and anxiety. She currently practices in Friendswood, Texas. Not only is she an infertility specialist but she is also actively working with our professional organization, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine on a proposal to make clinics more neurodiverse friendly.  References:  Website for the Bloom (1998) article from The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1998/09/neurodiversity/305909/ Damian E.M. Milton (2012) On the ontological status of autism: the ‘double empathy problem', Disability & Society, 27:6, 883-887, DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2012.710008  Sasson NJ, Faso DJ, Nugent J, Lovell S, Kennedy DP, Grossman RB. Neurotypical Peers are Less Willing to Interact with Those with Autism based on Thin Slice Judgments. Sci Rep. 2017 Feb 1;7:40700. doi: 10.1038/srep40700. PMID: 28145411; PMCID: PMC5286449.  Saxena P. Assisted reproductive technology and its Association with autism in children. Fertil Sci Res 2021;8:20-4  Singer, J. (1998). Odd People In: The Birth of Community Amongst People on the Autistic Spectrum: A personal exploration of a New Social Movement based on Neurological Diversity. Sydney: Faculty of Humanities and Social Science University of Technology, Sydney.  Youtube clip for Chloe Hayden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP84_OHOCzM  From Autistic Doctors International: Williams, G. L., Adams, J., Bull, P., Cave, H., Chown, N., Doherty, M., Forrest, K., Foster, R., Fricker, R., Godfree, B., Keaveney-Sheath, K., Knight, J., Marrable, T., Murray, R., Shaw, S. C. K., Ventour-Griffiths, T., Wood, J. (2022) More than words: Supporting effective communication with autistic people in health care settings. Economic and Social Research Council. Available at:https://www.boingboing.org.uk/more_than_words/

The next generation of cannon fodder - the Militarisation of Youth and Manipulation of History. Not only has Russia engaged in an aggressive war in 2022, but it's also been ramping up military actions abroad and militaristic education and propaganda domestically, since the late 90s. In today's interview I'm exploring Militarisation of Youth and Manipulation of History with Allyson Edwards. Dr Allyson Edwards is Lecturer in Global History at Bath Spa University, researching militarism in Post-Soviet Russia. Her PhD project was fully funded by the Wales Doctoral Training Partnership, which is the Welsh branch of the Economic and Social Research Council. She currently working on turning her thesis into book, and her research interests include militarism, cultural Militarisation in Russia and Eurasia, the Cold War, as well as the Commemoration and Use of Memory in politics and educational spaces.

"Loser's consent" could be a critical concept in the event of a referendum on Irish reunification. Will the losing side accept the results? We got some idea of attitudes from new poll results published by The Irish Times this week as a part of our North and South series.Professor John Garry of Queens University Belfast and Northern Editor Freya McClements join Hugh and Pat to discuss the levels of willingness that exist on the island to compromise and accommodate the other side in the event of a united Ireland.Plus: How should we read the large number of "don't knows" in the poll on support for reunification? Could enough undecideds swing towards unity within the ten-year timeframe talked about by Sinn Féın?North and South is a collaboration between The Irish Times and ARINS, which is a joint research project of the Royal Irish Academy and the Keough-Naughton Centre for Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame.John Garry is professor of political behaviour, and director of the Democracy Unit, at Queen's University Belfast. He has published widely on public opinion, voting behaviour, and deliberation in Ireland, North and South. He wrote Consociation and Voting in Northern Ireland: Party Competition and Electoral Behaviour (University of Pennsylvania Press) and co-authored The Irish Voter (Manchester University Press). He is currently leading the Northern Ireland Assembly Election Study, 2022, funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's guest, Frank Dikötter, comes on to chat about the impact that Mao had on China and how the People's Republic of China has navigated the global political landscape since his death. Links from the show:* China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower* Connect with Frank* Connect with Ryan on Twitter* Subscribe to the newsletterAbout my Guest:Frank Dikötter is the author of the People's Trilogy, a series of books that document the impact of communism on the lives of ordinary people in China on the basis of new archival material. The first volume, entitled Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, won the 2011 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, Britain's most prestigious book award for non-fiction. The second instalment, The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution, 1945-1957, was short-listed for the Orwell Prize in 2014. The Cultural Revolution: A People's History, 1962-1976 concludes the trilogy and was short-listed for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize in 2017. His last book is entitled China after Mao: The Rise of a Superpower.Frank has been Chair Professor of Humanities at the University of Hong Kong since 2006. Before coming to Hong Kong he was Professor of the Modern History of China at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.Born in the Netherlands in 1961, he was educated in Switzerland  and graduated from the University of Geneva with a Double Major in History and Russian. After two years in the People's Republic of China, he moved to London where he obtained his PhD in History from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in 1990. He stayed at SOAS as British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow and as Wellcome Research Fellow before being promoted to a personal chair as Professor of the Modern History of China in 2002. His research and writing has been funded by over 2 US$ million in grants from various foundations, including, in Britain, the Wellcome Trust, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, The Economic and Social Research Council and, in Hong Kong, the Research Grants Council and the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation. He holds an honorary doctorate from Leiden University and is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution.He has published a dozen books that have changed the ways historians view modern China, from the classic The Discourse of Race in Modern China (1992) to China before Mao: The Age of Openness (2007). His work has been translated into twenty languages. Frank Dikötter is married and lives in Hong Kong. Get full access to Dispatches from the War Room at dispatchesfromthewarroom.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, Sheila Lord and Peter Kelly are talking to Kevin Daniels, Professor of Organisational Behaviour at the University of East Anglia about how, as employers, we go about prioritising the business case for wellbeing. Kevin also tells us about a recent project he has been involved in Evolve Workplace Wellbeing which launched May 16th Kevin has a background in occupational psychology and is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Academy of Social Sciences and Royal Society of Arts. Kevin has led many projects funded by Economic and Social Research Council, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the Health and Safety Executive amongst others. He has held or holds editorial positions at the scientific journals: European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Human Relations and British Journal of Management.

Time to explore the wonderful surroundings of Westonbirt, the National Arboretum as RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey joins one of their recent Sensing Nature Guided walks lead by two visually impaired Volunteer guides. The Sensing Nature Guided Walks were also part of 'Westonbirt Unseen', a collaboration between Westonbirt, Andy Shipley of Natural Inclusion, Sarah Bell of Sensing Nature, and the University of Exeter. This initiative is part of the wider ‘Re-Storying Landscapes for Social Inclusion' project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. Through the Sensing Nature Guided Walks Westonbirt's visually impaired guides lead bookers through an immersive and interactive sensory experience that aims to shift their perception, enjoy the arboretum at a slower pace and explore the trees of Westonbirt through their nonvisual senses. Toby's visit to Westonbirt begins with an interview with Mark and Mike the two visually impaired Volunteer Guides to find out why they wanted to get involved with the project and lead sighted people around Westonbirt on The Sensing Nature Guided Walks. Their involvement in the setup of the walks and how much of a collaborative process it was working on the walks with input from everyone involved. Then Mark and Mike went on to explain a bit more about the exercises that participants get involved in on the walks to use their senses apart from their sight to get closer to the trees, smells and sounds that are all around them in Westonbirt.   Toby also captured elements of the sensing Nature Guided Walk along with some of the exercises mark and Mike invited bookers to do on the walk such as closing their eyes, feeling the ground through their feet, feeling the wind, listening to the sounds around them along with the smells of the trees, grass and leaves. In another exercise where Mark asked bookers to take a picture and memory of Westonbirt by looking around them and then closing their eyes and putting the images of what they saw into their memory to recall later and one exercise where bookers were invited to take a walk around the low branches of a tree to gage it's height.  At the end of the sensing Nature Guided Walk, Toby caught up with Cotty and Nick, two of the sighted bookers, to find out what the walk was like for them, how they found the whole walk and the exercises that Mark and Mike asked them to do.  Whether being asked to close their eyes and using their other senses gave them a different and maybe better experience of Westonbirt. Also for Cotty and Nick having just spent over an hour and a half on the walk with Mark and Mike did they feel that they had a better understanding around what life might be like for someone who is blind or partially sighted. The Sensing Nature Guided Walks at Westonbirt, The National Arboretum take place every second and fourth Friday of the month from April to September starting at 2pm and more details can be found by visiting the following website - https://www.forestryengland.uk/westonbirt/sensing-nature-walks (Image shows: A tall dark green Serbian spruce tree in the Arboretum that appears thin and needle-like in comparison to the surrounding trees. The sun is shining just out of shot, there is a slight lens flare at the top of the photograph and the sky is blue with a few small clouds.)

Originally from London, Lewis Bush studied at the University of Warwick, worked as a researcher for the United Nations HIV/AIDS taskforce in Geneva, and in 2012 started to develop his own research led photographic projects. In his work he looks for ways to visualise powerful agents, practices and technologies, and the links that connect them. To do this he employs a wide range of research strategies, from depth interviewing to open source investigation, and works across media and platforms, using photography, text, video, data visualisation, exhibitions, books, films, and apps.For Metropole (2015) he investigated the transformation of London at the hands of unaccoutable developers and property speculators. In Shadows of the State (2018), he examined the secret communications used by intelligence agencies, creating images from intercepted signals and uncovering a previously unknown geography of covert radio broadcast sites. Many of his projects have been published as books and have been featured in the press internationally.In 2018 Lewis spent six months as photographer in residence at the Société Jersiaise in the Bailiwick of Jersey, where he laid the groundwork for an ongoing project about the international finance industry, tentatively titled Trading Zones. In 2019 he was BMW artist in residence at Gobelins – École de l'image, Paris, France, working on an augmented reality app about computer vision and artificial intelligence, titled Ways of Seeing Algorithmically.As well as being recipient of both the Archisle and BMW residencies, his work has been nominated and shortlisted for numerous international prizes.As an educator Lewis teaches on the MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography (online/part-time) course at London College of Communication, University of the Arts London and has been a visiting speaker at numerous other institutions and he is currently a PhD candidate at the London School of Economics, department of Media and Communications where he is researching the impact of machine intelligence on photojournalism, and consequently on democracy, funded by an Economic and Social Research Council grant.Lewis recently fully funded on Kickstarter a forthcoming book entitled Depravity's Rainbow: A Dark History of Space Travel which explores the influence of imperialism, the Holocaust, and the Cold War on contemporary space exploration. On episode 181, Lewis discusses, among other things:Depravity's Rainbow and the fascinating story of Wernher von BraunNumber Stations, as featured in his project Shadows of the StateMaking abstract subjects visibleThe perils of calling people out for ethical transgressionsCurrent trends among photography studentsHis photographic and academic journeyBlueprints and cyanotypesThe colonisation of space by billionairesHis project, MetropoleHis blog, Disphotic Website | Instagram | Twitter “I trained first as a historian and then I worked as a researcher and then I retrained as a journalist, and however kinda weird and conceptual my projects are I think the accuracy and truthfulness of them is critical. ”

The future of the protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland remains uncertain, a year after it came fully into force. The arrangements continue to be a major source of tension in the post-Brexit UK-EU relationship and within Northern Ireland, with the first minister citing the DUP's objections to the protocol for his recent resignation. The ongoing uncertainty around the protocol is having a real impact on business and society. And with the May 2022 elections to the Northern Ireland assembly approaching and a question mark over Stormont's future, the UK and the EU are under pressure to reach agreement on the future of the protocol. What lessons are there from the protocol's first year? Why does the protocol continue to be a source of tension in the UK-EU relationship and such a divisive issue in Northern Ireland? Are attitudes changing? Where are the sticking points, and where is the protocol working well? What challenges are coming down the track and where can compromise be found? Set against the results of new polling from Queen's University Belfast, this event explored what people in Northern Ireland think of the protocol, the challenges that the UK and the EU face in managing the protocol and its consequences in the long term, and how people from Northern Ireland can be involved in the effective governance of the protocol's implementation. Panel: Professor Katy Hayward, Professor of Political Sociology, Queen's University Belfast and Senior Fellow at UK in a Changing Europe Professor David Phinnemore, Professor of European Politics at Queen's University Belfast Raoul Ruparel, former Special Adviser to Theresa May on Europe Jess Sargeant, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Government This event was chaired by Jill Rutter, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government. #IfGBrexit We would like to thank Queen's University Belfast and the Economic and Social Research Council for kindly supporting this event.

The future of the protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland remains uncertain, a year after it came fully into force. The arrangements continue to be a major source of tension in the post-Brexit UK-EU relationship and within Northern Ireland, with the first minister citing the DUP's objections to the protocol for his recent resignation. The ongoing uncertainty around the protocol is having a real impact on business and society. And with the May 2022 elections to the Northern Ireland assembly approaching and a question mark over Stormont's future, the UK and the EU are under pressure to reach agreement on the future of the protocol. What lessons are there from the protocol's first year? Why does the protocol continue to be a source of tension in the UK-EU relationship and such a divisive issue in Northern Ireland? Are attitudes changing? Where are the sticking points, and where is the protocol working well? What challenges are coming down the track and where can compromise be found? Set against the results of new polling from Queen's University Belfast, this event explored what people in Northern Ireland think of the protocol, the challenges that the UK and the EU face in managing the protocol and its consequences in the long term, and how people from Northern Ireland can be involved in the effective governance of the protocol's implementation. Panel: Professor Katy Hayward, Professor of Political Sociology, Queen's University Belfast and Senior Fellow at UK in a Changing Europe Professor David Phinnemore, Professor of European Politics at Queen's University Belfast Raoul Ruparel, former Special Adviser to Theresa May on Europe Jess Sargeant, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Government This event was chaired by Jill Rutter, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government. #IfGBrexit We would like to thank Queen's University Belfast and the Economic and Social Research Council for kindly supporting this event.

Digital communication technologies can transform interactions for children with severe speech and physical impairments and their social partners. In this podcast, we hear about how interdisciplinary perspectives can help to guide how we study these interactions by drawing on speech and language therapy practice, human computer interaction and multimodal communication. In this episode, we are joined by Dr Seray Ibrahim a collaborative social researcher who investigates the communication of children with severe speech and physical impairments. She asks how technologies can be designed in new ways to foreground the many different resources that people use to communicate. Her aim is to bring children's views into the design process to improve the communication technologies that are available to them. Before becoming a researcher Seray worked as a Speech and Language Therapist in UK National Health Service hospital and community settings. She was awarded her PhD at UCL in 2019, and in 2020 she received a prestigious post-doctoral fellowship funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/collaborative-social-science-domain-podcasts Date of episode recording: 2021-11-30 Duration: 00:21:04 Language of episode: English Presenter: Lili Golmohammadi Guests: Seray Ibrahim Producer: Cerys Bradley

Dr Matthew Davis and Hannah Collis discuss their recent survey results, showing where office-workers want to work, and how they want to use different workspaces. Matthew and Hannah talk about the need for a whole-system approach when creating a flexible and adaptable office space.  This project – https://business.leeds.ac.uk/dir-record/research-projects/1836/adapting-offices-for-the-future-of-work (Adapting Offices for the Future of Work) – is funded by the https://esrc.ukri.org/ (Economic and Social Research Council) (ESRC), as part of https://www.ukri.org/ (UK Research and Innovation)'s rapid response to Covid-19.   This podcast episode was recorded remotely in October 2021. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/244/podcast_episode_37_-_transcript (transcript of this episode) is available.    About the speakers: https://business.leeds.ac.uk/divisions-management/staff/291/dr-matthew-davis (Dr Matthew Davis) is an Associate Professor at Leeds University Business School, a Chartered Psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. His research centres on how people interact with their environments, the impact of different office designs and how businesses engage in CSR, particularly to address sustainability and modern slavery.   https://business.leeds.ac.uk/faculty/staff/1263/hannah-collis (Hannah Collis) is a Researcher in Occupational and Organisational Psychology at Leeds University Business School and a Member of the British Psychological Society. Her research explores individual differences and wellbeing at work, specifically looking at how the workplace interacts with and influences personality and wellbeing over time, and what this means for work behaviours and performance. 

Today I welcome Adam Searle and Jonathon Turnbull to COVIDCalls to talk about their work on “More than human perspectives” on the pandemic. Jonathon Turnbull is a cultural and environmental geographer from the University of Cambridge. His PhD research, funded by the UK's Economic and Social Research Council, concerns the return of nature to the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine, where he has been working for the last two years with scientists studying different aspects of the Zone's ecology, especially dogs and wolves. Adam Searle is a cultural and environmental geographer from the University of Liège in Belgium. His PhD research at Cambridge examined de/extinction—or bringing extinct animals back to life—building upon ethnographic work in the Spanish and French Pyrenees, and his postdoctoral research, funded by the European Research Council, concerns the use of biotechnologies in agriculture.

In this episode of Exploring Global Problems, Professor of Law Yvonne McDermott Rees and 2020 Hillary Rodham Clinton Global Challenges Programme scholars Charlotte Morgan and Andrea Stanišić discuss child poverty, environmental human rights, and how social media evidence can be used for accountability for mass human rights violations.   Yvonne's research focuses on international criminal law, human rights law, and the law of evidence. She recently led a large Economic and Social Research Council-funded project on the use of open-source evidence for human rights fact-finding. Yvonne has published in leading journals including the American Journal of International Law, Leiden Journal of International Law, Journal of International Criminal Justice, International Criminal Law Review, and Law, Probability, and Risk.   Charlotte's research examined whether children in Wales are unable to access their rights due to the socioeconomic disadvantage that they experience, and how this disadvantage has been worsened by Covid-19. She works as a Policy and Public Affairs Intern at British Heart Foundation Cymru, addressing health inequalities in Wales.    Andrea conducted research in environmental human rights, exploring developments and trends in the human rights approach to environmental protection. She worked at think tank Centre for Democracy and Human Rights in Montenegro and cooperated with ClientEarth and American Bar Association on research projects. To find out more about Swansea University's research, visit https://www.swansea.ac.uk/research/

We are fortunate that there are people looking at parts of our criminal justice system which otherwise can be easily overlooked. Jayne Price is one of those people and here she describes her work studying the process of transition for young people moving from a Young Offenders Institution to an adult prison. Price, J. (2021). The impacts of the drop in staffing provision in the transition between the youth custody estate and young adult/adult estate. Prison Service Journal, 256, pp. 23-29. https://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/sites/crimeandjustice.org.uk/files/PSJ 256 September 2021_0.pdf Price, J. (2021) Violence, Control and Restraint: The Harms to Young Adults Particularly Upon Transition, The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.12418 Price, J. & Turner, J. (2021) (Custodial) spaces to grow? Adolescent development during custodial transitions, Journal of Youth Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2020.1865525 Price, J. (2020) The experience of young people transitioning between youth offending services to probation services. Probation Journal, 67(3), 246-263. https://doi.org/10.1177/0264550520939166 Jayne joined the Department of Social and Political Science, Chester University as Lecturer in Criminology in September 2018.  In October 2019 she completed her PhD at the University of Liverpool. The project was a CASE studentship with Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. The research aimed to ‘explore pathways and transitions between juvenile and adult penal institutions'. Through speaking to young people who experience the transition, key stakeholders, observations within the institutions alongside analysis of relevant literature and HMIP survey data, the research findings contribute to the on-going collective reflexive learning of policy and practise. The original research sought to establish the most effective and progressive way of supporting young people through the transition. Brewster D (2020) Not Wired Up? The Neuroscientific Turn in Youth to Adult (Y2A) Transitions Policy. Youth Justice 20(3): 215–234. Coyle B (2019) ‘What the f**k is maturity?': Young adulthood, subjective maturity and desistance from crime. British Journal of Criminology 59(5): 1178-1198. HM Inspectorate of Prisons (2021) Outcomes for young adults in custody.  HM Inspectorate of Prisons, January. https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprisons/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/01/Young-adults-thematic-final-web-2021.pdf   House of Commons Justice Committee (2018a) Young adults in the CJS: eighth report of session (HC 419). House of Commons Justice Committee. https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmjust/419/419.pdf House of Commons Justice Committee (2018b) Young adults in the CJS: Government response to the Committee's eighth report of session 2017-19. Fifth report of session 2017-19 (HC 1530). House of Commons Justice Committee. https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmjust/1530/1530.pdf  Lancaster University Research Project http://www.research.lancs.ac.uk/portal/en/upmprojects/breaking-the-carecrime-connection-learning-from-careexperienced-women-in-prisondisrupting-the-routes-between-care-and-custody-learning-from-females-in-the-care-and-criminal-justice-systems(067b972d-bd2d-4e74-afcb-2867d2a80f2b).html Transition to Adulthood Alliance https://t2a.org.uk/t2a-evidence/research-reports/

Welcome to Episode 29 of The Genomics Lab! On today's episode we talk to Alexandria Andrayas who is a PhD candidate in the Soc-B Centre for doctoral training which is a new and unique programme in biosocial research. The programme is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and the Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council. It combines the strengths of the University of Essex, Manchester and UCL. The impact of smoking on health can be mediated through several biological pathways and it is well documented that smoking can be linked to large differences in DNA methylation as Alex discusses today. We also discuss the need and importance of giving consideration to the role that society may play in studies such as these. Stay tuned to find out more about epigenetics, DNA methylation and biosocial research. Contact alex here: https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/people/aandra My preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.09.02.458717v1

The Covid-19 pandemic has shown the value of the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) sector as part of the country's infrastructure, yet ECEC workers remain undervalued. Drs Helen Norman and Nathan Archer talk to Neil Leitch, Chief Executive at the Early Years Alliance, about how the pandemic has affected the Early Years sector and what the priorities for change are.   This episode is part of a https://childcare-during-covid.org/ (research project exploring the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on early years education and childcare across England and Wales), led by Professors Kate Hardy and Jennifer Tomlinson at the University of Leeds. The project is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council as part of the UK Research & Innovation's rapid response to COVID-19.  This podcast episode was recorded remotely in August 2021. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/240/podcast_episode_34_-_transcript (transcript of this episode) is available.    About the speakers:   https://business.leeds.ac.uk/faculty/staff/1010/dr-helen-norman (Helen Norman) is a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change at Leeds University Business School. Her research focuses on fathers and fatherhood, the gendered division of labour and gender inequalities in work, employment and family life. Helen is also interested in mothers' and their work-care trajectories after having children, as well as cross-national variations of work, employment and care practices.   https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-nathan-archer-459b3b15/ (Nathan Archer) is a Post Doctoral Researcher in the Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change at Leeds University Business School. His research focusses on the professional identities of early childhood educators and how these are constructed in workforce reform policy and in practice.    https://www.linkedin.com/in/neil-leitch-5690819/ (Neil Leitch) is head of the largest voluntary sector childcare operator in the UK, representing 14,000 nurseries, pre-schools, and childminders. The https://www.eyalliance.org.uk/ (Early Years Alliance (EYA)) also supports more than 800,000 families. Before joining the EYA, Neil held several senior posts within the financial and commercial environment including chair of the Finance Industry Standards Association.  

Episode Summary:It is now a common phrase: fake news. Are you getting tired of it? I wanted to talk to someone who doesn't have a horse in the race and who has studied media, polling, political polarization, and the psychology of how people think about political media so I can get handle on the Trumpian bon mot that is lasting a lot longer than he did. Dr. Jennifer Jerit is that person, and this is our conversation.Syd Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life. Jennifer JeritJennifer Jerit is a Professor of Government at Dartmouth College. She studies American politics with a focus on public opinion and political communication. Her research explores how information (from elected leaders and the media) influences people's attitudes as well as their knowledge about the political world. She also studies misinformation and techniques for correcting this problem. Several of her current projects examine best practices for the measurement of public opinion through survey and experimental methods. In 2010, Jerit received the Erik Erikson Early Career Award for Excellence and Creativity in the field of Political Psychology and her work has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the Economic and Social Research Council. Professor Jerit has been the recipient of Best Paper awards from the American Political Science Association, International Society of Political Psychology, and International Communication Association. She is on the editorial board of several leading political science journals and a co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology (3rd edition). Prior to coming to Dartmouth College, Jerit held positions at Stony Brook University, Florida State University, MIT, and University of Connecticut. Insights from this episode:Understanding the psychology of how people process and use political information.The idea that a general concept becomes a partisan issue.How specific motivations can drive behavior in order to influence others.Understanding that algorithms influence exposure to specific resources.How the pandemic is affecting general public health behaviors. Quotes from the show:“There has been, it seems, like a separation between people who study politics and people who practice it. And I'm not quite sure I understand why that's the case. I do think there are people who get phDs or maybe Master's in political science and then they go on and work in the political world, so they've been trained as political scientists. But I don't think political scientists have had the kind of experience as economists have had.” Jennifer Jerit [28:21]“The content of these two channels is obviously vastly different. It's challenging to identify the effect of that on people because people are choosing to watch these programs. You know, there's some element by which there are different people who watch these programs and so they're different to begin with. They may have different persuasions. They may have different levels of knowledge, different levels of interest. They may differ on other characteristics that we can't even mention. And so there are different viewers and they are selecting into these channels, most likely. And so that, from a social science standpoint, that's the biggest challenge: is how to identify or isolate the unique effect from the same person watching Fox versus that same person watching MSNBC.” Jennifer Jerit [30:22]“When the algorithms know what we like, it is logical for those algorithms to suggest more similar things, which takes you deeper and deeper down the same pathway that you've been on and it leads to less diversity and variety of perspectives, if you let that happen. And that's their job. And many people, I mean I was quite happy about these algorithms when Amazon said, “You might like this book.” And I said, “You know what, I think I might.” But when you start to reflect on it, algorithms are a method, a very common method everywhere really now, that leads people to narrower range of use--less exposure to diverse products, ways of thinking, books, records, who knows what.” Syd Finkelstein [34:20]“The real challenge measuring opinion through polls is that the people who agree to participate in a poll are different than the people who don't. And so even with the very highest quality probability based polls there's still the choice of whether or not you're going to participate once you've been selected to be a respondent. And so, you know, the conventional way to deal with this is through weighting, where we upweigh the responses of the people who choose to participate among these underrepresented groups. And so I think some of the thought was that that was not being done. There were some mistakes or errors in the way that was done for particular groups, particularly groups related to education in 2016. But weighting, the philosophy of that approach assumes that you know everything about the people who decided to participate; that you can solve this problem through weighting. And I'm just skeptical that that can be done. Because I think there are some differences that maybe we haven't measured--that we can't measure. Or maybe there are differences that we don't even know about.” Jennifer Jerit [45:09]Stay Connected:Syd FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastJennifer JeritWebsite: http://www.jjerit.comSubscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Hannah Collis is joined by Antony Hylton to discuss how to create an ergonomic workspace for those returning to the office after the Covid19 pandemic.  This project – https://business.leeds.ac.uk/dir-record/research-projects/1836/adapting-offices-for-the-future-of-work (Adapting Offices for the Future of Work) – is funded by the https://esrc.ukri.org/ (Economic and Social Research Council) (ESRC), as part of https://www.ukri.org/ (UK Research and Innovation)'s rapid response to Covid-19.  This podcast episode was recorded remotely in August 2021. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/239/podcast_episode_33_-_transcript (transcript of this episode) is available. About the speakers:   https://business.leeds.ac.uk/faculty/staff/1263/hannah-collis (Hannah Collis) is a Researcher in Occupational and Organisational Psychology at Leeds University Business School and a Member of the British Psychological Society. Her research explores individual differences and wellbeing at work, specifically looking at how the workplace interacts with and influences personality and wellbeing over time, and what this means for work behaviours and performance.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/antony-hylton-24428b6b/ (Antony Hylton) is Ergonomics Director at https://www.zoinomics.com/ (Zoinomics). Antony is a Chartered Physiotherapist of 20 years and has worked in a variety of settings, treating necks, backs and various other physical ailments. He also has almost 10 years of experience working in the field of office ergonomics and has a wide knowledge base as it relates to the conditions that afflict those that are mostly desk-based in their jobs and the products and furniture that can help improve comfort and reduce risk of injury. 

Is air conditioning enough to ventilate a room? And is an open window better than an electric fan? In this episode of Leeds University Business School's Research and Innovation Podcast, Dr Matthew Davis is joined by Professor Cath Noakes and Professor Simon Rees to discuss the importance of good ventilation in buildings, particularly as people begin to return to the office after lockdown.  This project – https://business.leeds.ac.uk/dir-record/research-projects/1836/adapting-offices-for-the-future-of-work (Adapting Offices for the Future of Work) – is funded by the https://esrc.ukri.org/ (Economic and Social Research Council) (ESRC), as part of https://www.ukri.org/ (UK Research and Innovation)'s rapid response to Covid-19.  This podcast episode was recorded remotely in July 2021. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/237/podcast_episode_31_-_transcript (transcript of this episode) is available.   About the speakers: Dr Matthew Davis is an Associate Professor at Leeds University Business School, a Chartered Psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. His research centres on how people interact with their environments, the impact of different office designs and how businesses engage in CSR.  Cath Noakes is Professor of Environmental Engineering for Buildings at the University of Leeds and is on the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) committee. Her research expertise is in building physics and environmental engineering and she leads research into ventilation, indoor air quality and infection control in the built environment.  Simon Rees is Professor of Building Energy Systems at the University of Leeds. His research interests are in the field of Building Engineering Physics and geothermal heating and cooling systems. These interests can be summarised as sustainable building design, energy simulation and dynamic thermal modelling methods, room heat transfer, thermal networks and geothermal systems.  

Hannah Collis and Dr Matthew Davis discuss how organisations can make the most of the disruption caused by the pandemic, and the need for employers to continually check-in with employees on their return to the office.  This project – https://business.leeds.ac.uk/dir-record/research-projects/1836/adapting-offices-for-the-future-of-work (Adapting Offices for the Future of Work) – is funded by the https://esrc.ukri.org/ (Economic and Social Research Council) (ESRC), as part of https://www.ukri.org/ (UK Research and Innovation)'s rapid response to Covid-19.  This podcast episode was recorded remotely in June 2021. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A https://business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/download/236/podcast_episode_30_-_transcript (transcript of this episode) is available.   About the speakers: https://business.leeds.ac.uk/divisions-management/staff/291/dr-matthew-davis (Dr Matthew Davis) is an Associate Professor at Leeds University Business School, a Chartered Psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. His research centres on how people interact with their environments, the impact of different office designs and how businesses engage in CSR, particularly to address sustainability and modern slavery.  https://business.leeds.ac.uk/faculty/staff/1263/hannah-collis (Hannah Collis) is a Researcher in Occupational and Organisational Psychology at Leeds University Business School and a Member of the British Psychological Society. Her research explores individual differences and wellbeing at work, specifically looking at how the workplace interacts with and influences personality and wellbeing over time, and what this means for work behaviours and performance. 

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3pFhUv3 Fraud is often mistakenly treated as a homogeneous phenomenon, whereas it actually consists of many different stocks and flows of activities and our responses to them. Drawing on work conducted for the British Academy, Economic and Social Research Council and the Australian Institute of Criminology, Professor Mike Levi from Cardiff University examines the evidence on changes in fraud during pandemics and economic crises since Spanish Flu; whether there is good evidence that frauds were particularly impacted by the covid-19 pandemic, either positively or negatively; and what lessons can be learned for our responses to frauds of different types. Speaker: Michael Levi has a distinguished track record of transnational and multidisciplinary research. In particular, he has built an international reputation for excellence in both fundamental and policy-oriented research on money laundering, corruption, cybercrimes, transnational organised crime and white-collar crimes. Michael has played an advisory role both internationally (with the European Commission and Parliament, Europol, Council of Europe, UN and World Economic Forum) and nationally (with the UK Home Office and Cabinet Office, and with the Crime Statistics Advisory Committee). Michael recent research paper on the subject is free to access: Levi M & Smith R 2021. Fraud and its relationship to pandemics and economic crises: From Spanish flu to COVID-19. Research Report no. 19. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology. Chairman: Graeme Gordon is a chartered accountant and prior to joining Praxity was Managing Director and Senior Tutor of Emile Woolf Group, the international training and development firm. He was also previously Group Finance Director of a technology company listed on the London Stock Exchange. Graeme has extensive international experience including in Europe, Russia, North America, the Far East, the Indian Sub-Continent and the Middle East. Before becoming a chartered accountant Graeme served as an officer in the Royal Navy. He is a member of the Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and formerly twice President of the Thames Valley Chartered Accountants.

How green is office working? Have changes since Covid helped us plan for a more environmentally friendly way of working? Philosopher Dr Alexander Douglas and Dr Jane Parry, who works on Work after Lockdown, talk to Des Fitzgerald about the future of work in a post-Covid-19 world and the implications for our environment. Dr Alexander Douglas is a Lecturer in Philosophy in the School of Philosophical, Anthropological and Film Studies at the University of St Andrews. He is a founder and co-director of the Future of Work and Income Research Network (funded by AHRC) at the Centre for Ethics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs. Dr Jane Parry is a Lecturer and Director of Research for HRM and Organisational Behaviour within Southampton Business School at the University of Southampton. She is the Principal Investigator on the project, Work after Lockdown, which is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (part of UKRI). You can read more about the project and contribute to their worker wellbeing survey at https://www.workafterlockdown.uk/participate. Professor Des Fitzgerald is a New Generation Thinker based at the University of Exeter. You can find a new podcast series Green Thinking: 26 episodes 26 minutes long in the run up to COP26 made in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council, part of UKRI, exploring the latest research and ideas around understanding and tackling the climate and nature emergency. New Generation Thinkers Des Fitzgerald and Eleanor Barraclough will be in conversation with researchers on a wide-range of subjects from cryptocurrencies and finance to eco poetry and fast fashion. The podcasts are all available from the Arts & Ideas podcast feed - and collected on the Free Thinking website under Green Thinking where you can also find programmes on mushrooms, forests, rivers, eco-criticism and soil. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07zg0r2 For more information about the research the AHRC’s supports around climate change and the natural world you can visit: Responding to climate change – UKRI or follow @ahrcpress on twitter. To join the discussion about the research covered in this podcast and the series please use the hashtag #GreenThinkingPodcast. Producer: Marcus Smith

Welcome to the third in a new series of The Possibility Club podcasts looking in depth at the subject of Ageing Well. Each of the four special episodes will feature discussions between researchers, community practitioners, health specialists and more, busting some of the myths that persist about ageing as well as looking at how our understanding of how to live long and happy lives is changing. From technology to the care system, innovation in product and service design to narratives about ageing - we will be exploring how to turn the problem of getting older into an opportunity for a life well lived. This series has been developed by always possible in collaboration with the University of Sussex and in each episode, a member of the always possible team will be in conversation with an expert from the University of Sussex plus special guests. To find out more about the whole programme, the free online events and The Possibility Club discussion circle - where people with an interest in the topic can share ideas and connect - visit www.alwayspossible.co.uk/ageing-well In this third episode, always possible Associate Lucy Paine discusses digital inclusion and inclusive design with Dr Ralitsa Hiteva from the University of Sussex's Science, Policy and research unit and Social Entrepreneur, Eric Kihlstrom – with a special guest appearance from Oscar the dog! To have future Ageing Well conversations download automatically to your smartphone or tablet hit the subscribe button on your favourite podcast app. You will also receive other episodes from The Possibility Club including the After Corona? series in which we look ahead at society and business beyond the Covid-19 pandemic, and a series about how we eradicate slavery in the 21st century - another collaboration between always possible and the University of Sussex. --- Useful links: https://the-possibility-club.mn.co/groups/3992209/feed https://www.aging2.com/about/ http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/97148/ --- Ageing Well is an always possible podcast, created in collaboration with the University of Sussex with support from the Economic & Social Research Council. It is produced and edited by Chris Thorpe-Tracey for Lo Fi Arts.

Joeseph Allen is a Manchester-based Data Scientist and Front-end Developer. Joe currently works as a Research Associate at the UK Data Service, the UK's largest collection of social and economic data. The UK Data Service is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council to meet the data needs of researchers, students and teachers from all sectors, including academia, central and local government, charities and foundations, independent research centres, think tanks, and business consultants and the commercial sector. The UK Data Service collection includes major UK government-sponsored surveys, cross-national surveys, longitudinal studies, UK census data, international aggregate, business data, and qualitative data. In his spare time, Joe organises PyDataMCR, teaches mathematics amongst many other sidelines. He also writes blog posts about agile working, recruitment and more. During the podcast episode, Ben sits down with Joe to discuss how Joe has navigated his career, the pitfalls of job searching in the data science industry and how to stand out from the crowd when applying to roles.

This is the second in the series of The Possibility Club podcasts looking in depth at the subject of Ageing Well. Four special episodes will feature discussions between researchers, community practitioners, health specialists and more, busting some of the myths that persist about ageing as well as looking at how our understanding of how to live long and happy lives is changing. From technology to the care system, innovation product and service design to narratives about ageing - we will be exploring how to turn the problem of getting older into an opportunity for a life well lived. This series has been developed by always possible in collaboration with the University of Sussex and in each episode, a member of the always possible team will be in conversation with an expert from the University of Sussex plus special guests. To find out more about the whole programme, the free online events and The Possibility Club discussion circle - where people with an interest in the topic can share ideas and connect - visit alwayspossible.co.uk/ageing-well In this episode, always possible associate Lucy Paine speaks to Dr Maja Golf-Papez, lecturer in Marketing at the University of Sussex Business School. Dr Golf-Papez was also a featured panellist on our second webinar: Ageing Well: How can co-creation improve products and services for older people? Which is available to view via The Possibility Club. To have future Ageing Well conversations download automatically to your smartphone or tablet hit the subscribe button on your favourite podcast app. You will also receive other episodes from The Possibility Club including the After Corona? series in which we look ahead at society and business beyond the Covid-19 pandemic, and a series about how we eradicate slavery in the 21st century - another collaboration between always possible and the University of Sussex. --- Useful links: https://the-possibility-club.mn.co/groups/3992209/feed https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hvpgWUgAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao https://the-possibility-club.mn.co/posts/12774551?utm_source=manual --- Ageing Well is an always possible podcast, created in collaboration with the University of Sussex with support from the Economic & Social Research Council. It is produced and edited by Chris Thorpe-Tracey for Lo Fi Arts.

Dr Matthew Davis and Dr Helen Hughes, Associate Professors at Leeds University Business School, talk about what office space might be like post-pandemic, asking questions such as whether the office is dead, how different sectors will respond, and whether employers will use this as an opportunity to re-think what office space should be for.  This project - Adapting offices to support COVID-19 secure workplaces and emerging work patterns - is funded by the https://esrc.ukri.org/ (Economic and Social Research Council) (ESRC), as part of https://www.ukri.org/ (UK Research and Innovation)'s rapid response to Covid-19. Visit the webpage http://www.bitly.com/adaptingoffices (www.bitly.com/adaptingoffices)  This podcast episode was recorded remotely in March 2021. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available.    About the speakers: Dr Matthew Davis is an Associate Professor at Leeds University Business School, a Chartered Psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. Dr Helen Hughes is also an Associate Professor at Leeds University Business School and the Programme Director for the British Psychological Society accredited MSc in Organisational Psychology.  

This is the first in a new series of The Possibility Club podcasts looking in depth at the subject of Ageing Well. Each of the four special episodes will feature discussions between researchers, community practitioners, health specialists and more, busting some of the myths that persist about ageing as well as looking at how our understanding of how to live long and happy lives is changing. From technology to the care system, innovation product and service design to narratives about ageing - we will be exploring how to turn the problem of getting older into an opportunity for a life well lived. This series has been developed by always possible in collaboration with the University of Sussex and in each episode, a member of the always possible team will be in conversation with an expert from the University of Sussex plus special guests. To find out more about the whole programme, the free online events and The Possibility Club discussion circle - where people with an interest in the topic can share ideas and connect - visit www.alwayspossible.co.uk/ageing-well --- In this first episode, always possible Chief Executive Richard Freeman speaks to Dr Henglien Lisa Chen, the University of Sussex's Deputy Director for Social Work Innovation & Research and Charlotte Evans, also known as the Story Chaplain. They discuss the definition of 'old'; who is consulted when policies are made, and who is really at the heart of product and service design for older people? They look at the role of technology, when considering elder care and connection - but it is not a panacea. If there is one thing we have learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is that there is such a thing as 'touch deprivation'. --- To have future Ageing Well conversations download automatically to your smartphone or tablet hit the subscribe button on your favourite podcast app. You will also receive other episodes from The Possibility Club including the After Corona? series in which we look ahead at society and business beyond the Covid-19 pandemic, and a series about how we eradicate slavery in the 21st century - another collaboration between always possible and the University of Sussex. Useful links: https://the-possibility-club.mn.co/groups/3992209/feed https://www.storychaplain.com/ Co-creating connected and intelligent care homes for people with dementia https://blogs.sussex.ac.uk/policy-engagement/files/2020/05/research-brief-EK-2020-final.pdf Staying together recovering together: Covid-19 research report https://www.befriending.co.uk/resources/25014-staying-together-recovering-together-covid-19-research-report --- Ageing Well is an always possible podcast, created in collaboration with the University of Sussex with support from the Economic & Social Research Council. It is produced and edited by Chris Thorpe-Tracey for Lo Fi Arts.

Jeffrey Young is joined by Dr. Jack Stilgoe, Associate Professor of Science and Technology at UCL. Jack discusses the technological advancements that are shaping the Borough of Camden and how we make good decisions as a society about these new technologies, ensuring the benefits are spread widely and fairly across our community.Jack is a social scientist working on science and technology policy. He is particularly interested in responsible innovation and the governance of emerging technologies. From January 2019 to December 2021 he is the Principal Investigator of Driverless Futures, a project funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council on the anticipatory governance of self-driving cars.

Welcome to Episode 6 of The Genomics Lab! On today's episode we talk to Alexandria Andrayas who is a PhD candidate in the Soc-B Centre for doctoral training which is a new and unique programme in biosocial research. The programme is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and the Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council. It combines the strengths of the University of Essex, Manchester and UCL. The impact of smoking on health can be mediated through several biological pathways and it is well documented that smoking can be linked to large differences in DNA methylation as Alex discusses today. We also discuss the need and importance of giving consideration to the role that society may play in studies such as these. Stay tuned to find out more about epigenetics, DNA methylation and biosocial research. Contact alex here: https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/people/aandra

This edition of the Futures of Work podcast is brought to you in conjunction with the journal Political Quarterly, Bristol Festival of Ideas, University of Bristol’s Thinking Futures programme and the Economic & Social Research Council's Festival of Social Science 2020. The world has faced two major crises in 12 years. The aftershocks of the 2008 financial crisis are still being felt and the consequences of COVID-19 for economy and society will be with us for a long time. A series of utopian and dystopian visions of the futures of work and capitalism have sprung up alongside these crises, seeking to make sense of an age defined by technological shifts, populist upheaval, digital authoritarianism and global pandemic. Following a recent special issue on “Postcapitalism and the Politics of Work”, Political Quarterly sponsored an event picking through these futures and debate their political implications on both the national and international stage. In the immediate wake of the US presidential election, we were joined by Jon Cruddas, MP for Dagenham and Rainham and author of The Dignity of Labour (forthcoming, Polity); Lisa Nandy, MP for Wigan and Shadow Foreign Secretary; and Paul Mason, commentator and author of How to Stop Fascism (forthcoming, Penguin). The event was chaired by Futures of Work co-editor Harry Pitts.

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/32wiu5K Speakers: Dr Anthony H Cordesman is the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at CSIS. During his time at CSIS, Cordesman has been director of the Gulf Net Assessment Project and the Gulf in Transition Study, as well as principal investigator of the CSIS Homeland Defense Project. He has led studies on national missile defense, asymmetric warfare and weapons of mass destruction, and critical infrastructure protection. He directed the CSIS Middle East Net Assessment Project and codirected the CSIS Strategic Energy Initiative. He is the author of a wide range of studies on U.S. security policy, energy policy, and Middle East policy and has served as a consultant to the Departments of State and Defense during the Afghan and Iraq wars. He served as part of General Stanley McChrystal's civilian advisory group during the formation of a new strategy in Afghanistan and has since acted as a consultant to various elements of the U.S. military and NATO. Current projects include ongoing analysis of the security situation in the Gulf, U.S. strategic competition with Iran, the conflicts in Syria and Iraq, a net assessment of the Indian Ocean region, Chinese military developments and U.S. and Asian assessments of these developments, changes in the nature of modern war, and assessments of U.S. defense strategy, programs, and budgets. His recent paper, "Setting New U.S. Strategic Priorities for a Post-Trump World" (9 November 2020) is well worth reading as the world looks to a new Biden Administration. Ms Madeleine Moon represented the Bridgend constituency at Westminster from 2005 to 2019. She joined the Defence Select Committee in 2009. She chaired sub-committees reporting on the safety and welfare of military personnel on training and exercises, the use of Remotely Piloted Air Systems and defence in the Arctic. Madeleine was a member of the UK Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly from 2010, serving as a member of the Defence and Security Committee. She was elected President in November 2018. Since leaving Westminster Madeleine has continued to work defence facing organisations including Cityforum and joined the European Leadership Network. Mr Carl Miller is a technology author and researcher. His first book is The Death of the Gods: The New Global Power Grab. An examination of the new centres of power and control in the twenty-first century, it was published by Penguin Random House in August 2018. In 2012 he co-founded the first UK think tank institute dedicated to studying the digital world at DEMOS, and has written for the Economist, Wired, New Scientist, the Sunday Times, the Telegraph and the Guardian. He's also a Visiting Research Fellow at King's College London. Dr Catarina P Thomson is Senior Lecturer in Security and Strategic Studies in the Politics Department of the University of Exeter. Her background is in clinical psychology and international relations. Her recent work compares the foreign policy attitudes of security elites and the general public in the UK, Europe, and the United States. Her work has been funded by the American National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Defense's Minerva Research Initiative, and the Economic and Social Research Council among others.

A study by Oxford University researchers on how playing video games affects mental health used data from video game makers, marking what the authors say is a rare collaboration between academics and the game industry.Lack of transparency from game makers has long been an issue for scientists hoping to better understand player behaviors.The paper released Monday by the Oxford Internet Institute comes as video game sales this year have boomed as more people are stuck at home because of the pandemic and many countries have once again imposed limits on public life.The findings are based on survey responses from people over 18 who played two games, Plants vs Zombies: Battle for Neighborville and Animal Crossing: New Horizons.The study used data provided by the game makers, Electronic Arts and Nintendo of America, on how much time the respondents spent playing, unlike previous research that relied on imprecise estimates from the players. The video game industry has previously been reluctant to work with independent scientists, the paper noted.Such partnerships might be needed for future research on the booming video game industry.Academics “need broader and deeper collaborations with industry to study how games impact a wider, and more diverse, sample of players over time,” said Andrew Przybylski, the institute's director of research. “We’ll need more and better data to get to heart of the effects of games, for good or ill, on mental health.”The research was funded by the Huo Family Foundation, a London-based foundation, and the Economic and Social Research Council, a U.K.-government funded public body.The researchers said they found the actual amount of time spent playing was a small but significant positive factor in people’s well-being.The paper said the level of enjoyment that players get from a game could be a more important factor for their well-being than mere playing time.Some 2,756 players of Animal Crossing: New Horizons and 518 players of Plants vs Zombies: Battle for Neighborville responded to a survey, out of 250,000 invitations. They were asked to fill out a survey on their experiences that was matched up against playing time logged by the game companies.While the paper has yet to be peer reviewed, academics who weren't involved in the research said it showed some strengths, such as accurately measuring game playing time.“The fact that it’s the electronic data collected from the device is very good, it's very objective," said Paul Croarkin, a psychiatrist at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota who has studied video gaming and children. He said he had “lingering questions" about the study and said the self-reporting nature of the survey was a weakness, but said the researchers presented their findings in a balanced way.Joseph Hilgard, an assistant professor of social psychology at Illinois State University, also noted some limitations.“This is correlational data, and so we cannot estimate the causal effect of video games on well-being," said Hilgard. He added that respondents may have been playing other games simultaneously for which playtime wasn't tracked. “Finally, the low response rates on the surveys may limit the generalizability of the results to the entire player base of these games."

We’re used to hearing that the UK’s high streets are in decline. With a decade of austerity, the shift to online shopping and the closure of shops during the coronavirus pandemic, high streets certainly face huge challenges. This session will ask - should we fight to maintain the high street as we have come to know it? Or do we need to replace it with something else that is community owned and has a community function? It will challenge the notion that all UK high streets are fizzling out - finding examples from across the UK of where high streets already offer huge community value. Hosted by: Ruth Strange from Ethical Consumer With: Neil McInroy is CEO of CLES – the UK’s leading independent think and do tank, realising progressive economics for people and place. CLES’s aim is to achieve social justice, good local economies and effective public services. Neil currently focuses on applying a progressive economic model for places, which includes ideas around local wealth building (a people-centred approach to retaining wealth within communities). He has been commissioned by and collaborated with local, regional and national governments and agencies in the UK, Europe, Asia, US and Australasia. He is an Honorary Fellow at the Manchester Urban Institute, University of Manchester, and a Visiting Fellow at Edge Hill University. Sara Gonzalez is Associate at the School of Geography, University of Leeds. She teaches and carries research on urban issues. She has been researching traditional retail markets and their transformation for ten years. Through publication and public engagement, she has analysed the gentrification of many markets in cities across the UK and internationally and how this can lead to the displacement of customers and traders. Currently she focuses on a project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, understanding the community value that markets generate particularly for vulnerable groups and which is often ignored or neglected. https://trmcommunityvalue.leeds.ac.uk/ Twitter: @sgonzalez_sara Vidhya Alakeson is founding Chief Executive of Power to Change, an independent trust supporting the growth of community businesses across England to create more prosperous and cohesive communities. Vidhya was previously Deputy Chief Executive at the Resolution Foundation, a public policy think tank working on issues affecting low and middle income families. She is a board member of More in Common, an initiative reducing polarisation in developed societies, and trustee of the Young Foundation, developing more connected and sustainable communities across the UK. She advises organisations and the government on the role of community business in regeneration and writes and speaks on community-led development and inclusive growth. Nicola Round is Co-Founder and Outreach Director at Adfree Cities, a growing network of groups collaborating to resist advertising. Corporate outdoor advertising drives unsustainable consumption, harms our wellbeing and undermines local economies. Adfree Cities supports creative, community-led opposition and alternatives, to make space for what we really need to thrive. www.adfreecities.org.uk More audio at ethicalconsumer.org Ethical Consumer Week 2020, explored the role of consumers, businesses, and NGOs in building more resilient communities in the face of Covid-19 and the ecological crisis. We discussed the underlying issues, a radically reimagined future and the actions that we can all take to support just transitions. We gained inspiration from those exploring the answers and already creating ripples of change. More audio for Ethical Consumer Week at ethicalconsumerweek.com

We’re used to hearing that the UK’s high streets are in decline. With a decade of austerity, the shift to online shopping and the closure of shops during the coronavirus pandemic, high streets certainly face huge challenges. This session will ask - should we fight to maintain the high street as we have come to know it? Or do we need to replace it with something else that is community owned and has a community function? It will challenge the notion that all UK high streets are fizzling out - finding examples from across the UK of where high streets already offer huge community value. Hosted by: Ruth Strange from Ethical Consumer With: Neil McInroy is CEO of CLES – the UK’s leading independent think and do tank, realising progressive economics for people and place. CLES’s aim is to achieve social justice, good local economies and effective public services. Neil currently focuses on applying a progressive economic model for places, which includes ideas around local wealth building (a people-centred approach to retaining wealth within communities). He has been commissioned by and collaborated with local, regional and national governments and agencies in the UK, Europe, Asia, US and Australasia. He is an Honorary Fellow at the Manchester Urban Institute, University of Manchester, and a Visiting Fellow at Edge Hill University. Sara Gonzalez is Associate at the School of Geography, University of Leeds. She teaches and carries research on urban issues. She has been researching traditional retail markets and their transformation for ten years. Through publication and public engagement, she has analysed the gentrification of many markets in cities across the UK and internationally and how this can lead to the displacement of customers and traders. Currently she focuses on a project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, understanding the community value that markets generate particularly for vulnerable groups and which is often ignored or neglected. https://trmcommunityvalue.leeds.ac.uk/ Twitter: @sgonzalez_sara Vidhya Alakeson is founding Chief Executive of Power to Change, an independent trust supporting the growth of community businesses across England to create more prosperous and cohesive communities. Vidhya was previously Deputy Chief Executive at the Resolution Foundation, a public policy think tank working on issues affecting low and middle income families. She is a board member of More in Common, an initiative reducing polarisation in developed societies, and trustee of the Young Foundation, developing more connected and sustainable communities across the UK. She advises organisations and the government on the role of community business in regeneration and writes and speaks on community-led development and inclusive growth. Nicola Round is Co-Founder and Outreach Director at Adfree Cities, a growing network of groups collaborating to resist advertising. Corporate outdoor advertising drives unsustainable consumption, harms our wellbeing and undermines local economies. Adfree Cities supports creative, community-led opposition and alternatives, to make space for what we really need to thrive. www.adfreecities.org.uk More audio at ethicalconsumer.org Ethical Consumer Week 2020, explored the role of consumers, businesses, and NGOs in building more resilient communities in the face of Covid-19 and the ecological crisis. We discussed the underlying issues, a radically reimagined future and the actions that we can all take to support just transitions. We gained inspiration from those exploring the answers and already creating ripples of change. More audio for Ethical Consumer Week at ethicalconsumerweek.com

This is a recording from the Academy of Ideas Scotland Salon on 25 August 2020. All Academy of Ideas online events are free - if you are in a position to be able to donate, we’d greatly appreciate your support: www.academyofideas.org.uk/donate Education has rarely been out of the news this month with the controversy surrounding exam results and other recent developments from school closures to calls to decolonise the curriculum, from the Us-for-Them campaign to the promotion of blended learning. All of these topics suggest an urgent need for an open public debate on changes in education. These recent developments raise fundamental questions for Scotland – about the purpose of education, about what is taught and how, and about the very nature of knowledge itself. The Curriculum for Excellence puts giving children and young people “the knowledge, skills and attributes needed for life in the 21st Century” at its heart. But how well does it do this? What is that knowledge, the skills and the attributes it seeks to enhance? Some commentators, politicians and business leaders seem to see the main role of schools and universities as preparing young people for work. Others see schools as a means to mould students to make them better citizens. Many educators have focused on the damage to children and young people’s mental health caused by the pandemic and subsequent lockdown and believe we should focus on a more therapeutic approach within the learning environment. Have we given up on knowledge for knowledge’s sake? The OECD’s director for education and skills, Andreas Schleicher has suggested, that education should aim at providing students with a reliable compass and the skills to navigate a volatile and ambiguous world. Is he right? And how do the challenges posed by Covid-19 impact upon these discussions? SPEAKERS: Professor Lindsay Paterson is a professor of Education Policy at the University of Edinburgh where he specialises in the Sociology of Education, Scottish Politics, Quantitative Methods in Social Research and Education Policy. Lindsay holds a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship and is exploring Education and Society in Scotland. Previous research has covered Educational reform in the twentieth century, the long-term effects of educational reform, the effects of education on people’s civic values, and educational expansion and social mobility. Lindsay has served on the Research Resources Board of the UK Economic and Social Research Council and has been an adviser to several government departments. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2004 and a Fellow of the British Academy in 2013. He contributes regularly to public debate on these topics in the broadcast and print media and at public events. Dr Penny Lewis is a lecturer in Architecture and Urban Planning in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Dundee. She also leads the Joint Architecture Programme at Dundee and the University of Wuhan in China. She originally studied architecture and then went on to become an architectural journalist writing for magazines and newspapers as well as editing Prospect, the Scottish architectural magazine before becoming a full-time lecturer and academic. She is an advocate for parents and was chair of her children’s Parent Council, playing an active role in the campaign against the Named Person Scheme and the campaign against the smacking ban – Be Reasonable.

Our second PhD pod showcases Dr. Rorie Parsons' PhD research. Rorie used a range of different qualitative methods, including archival analysis, interviews, and ride-alongs, to explore cycling cultures and cycling advocacy in Newcastle. This takes in both contemporary practices and those that came before them, exploring links between what cycling means, how infrastructure is designed and used, and what kinds of skills people cycling are expected to have. Tune in and find out what a ‘practice theory approach' can offer to understanding problems of advocacy and activism.Dr Rorie Parsons is a geographer who completed his PhD in cycling cultures, advocacy, and practice, at Newcastle University in 2018.Rorie is now a post-doctoral research associate at the University of Sheffield as part of the Plastics: redefining single-use project. For this episode, he talks about his work around cycling, with a little bit of his current work thrown in for good measure. ESRC is the Economic and Social Research Council, a national funding body for social sciences, and 1+3 is four years' funded postgraduate study – one year of a Masters and then three years of a PhD.Rorie's work thesis can be found here - https://theses.ncl.ac.uk/jspui/handle/10443/4687And an article based on Rorie's masters thesis, here - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02665433.2017.1348973 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Laura Cretney is the Director of Al Ishara Consulting, a consultancy offering insight and expertise for organisations working in the Middle East and North Africa. She is currently working on a PhD at Durham University's School of Government and International Affairs, researching diaspora, tribalism and the conflict in Yemen, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. She is also CEO of Pink Jinn, a socially conscious lifestyle brand inspired by the Middle East and North Africa, promoting cross-cultural interaction and supporting businesses and victims of conflict in the MENA region._________Anglo Omani Society accounts:Instagram: angloomanisocietyLinkedin: The Anglo-Omani SocietyTwitter: @AngloOmaniSOCFacebook: The Anglo-Omani Society

In this podcast we reflect on the recent UK Dementia Care Research Summit 2020 hosted by Alzheimer’s Society, National Institute for Health Research and Economic & Social Research Council. Discussing the highlights, outcomes and next step (which we think are probably applicable in many countries). The dementia research community is driven by a desire to make positive change for people affected by dementia. Great progress has been made so far but change is still needed. Our host Adam Smith talks with Hannah Churchill from Alzheimer’s Society, Dr Tamara Backhouse from the University of East Anglia and Dr Keir Yong from University College London. Footage from the summit can be viewed on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/AlzheimersSociety/videos For details of all the speakers and the programme visit: https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/sites/default/files/2020-01/Programme_A5_ONLINE.pdf Adam Smith the chair of this podcast has also written a blog with his top 10 suggestions for next steps, and what he thought were the main lessons learned and take-aways form the day: https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/guest-blog-reflecting-on-the-first-uk-dementia-care-research-summit/ You can find out more about our panellists, and their work on our website www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk. A transcript of this podcast is also available here https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/podcast-uk-dementia-care-research-summit-2020/ Like what you hear? Please review, like, and share our podcast - and don't forget to subscribe to ensure you never miss an episode. Finally, we are now hosting a bi-weekly WhatsApp discussion (the week after each new podcast is released) which includes the panellists from this podcast. To talk to the panellists. ask questions and to chat about the 'DEMON Network' with the rest of our community join our WhatsApp group using this link: https://chat.whatsapp.com/BqxaDYhdjsML7doT6Qmbyd _________________________ If you would like to share your own experiences or discuss your research in a blog or on a podcast, drop us a line to dementiaresearcher@nihr.ac.uk or find us on twitter @dem_researcher

In this episode, Anne-Katrin Speck and Professor Clara Sandoval discuss the findings from their research into the implementation—or non-implementation—of human rights judgements/decisions in the Inter-American and European human rights systems. Their work was undertaken as part of the ESCR-funded Human Rights Law Implementation Project (HRLIP), in collaboration with colleagues from leading human rights centres (Bristol, Essex, Middlesex and Pretoria). The project aims to examine the factors which impact on human rights law implementation across Europe, Africa and the Americas, with the hope that the research will impact the compliance by states and result in greater justice for individual victims. Clara and Anne-Katrin join Lorna McGregor to discuss some of the cases they have researched, and to suggest how implementation and compliance can be improved, including by increasing the role played by civil society. You can read more about The Human Rights Law Implementation Project here: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/law/hrlip/ Anne-Katrin Speck is Co-Director of the European Implementation Network (EIN), an NGO based in Strasbourg which works with civil society actors from across the Council of Europe region to promote the full and timely implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. Anne previously worked as a Research Associate on the Human Rights Law Implementation Project (HRLIP) at Middlesex University London, and within the Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). She holds an LL.M. in International Human Rights Law from the University of Essex and is currently an MPhil/PhD candidate at Middlesex University, where she researches the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. Professor Clara Sandoval is a qualified lawyer and Professor in the School of Law at the University of Essex. She was Acting Director of the Human Rights Centre (January to December 2017), Director of the Essex Transitional Justice Network and former Director of the LLM in International Human Rights Law. She teaches and researches on areas related to the Inter-American System of Human Rights, Legal Theory, Reparations, Business and Human Rights and Transitional Justice. Clara is co-investigator and leads on the Americas part of a major three years ESRC funded Human Rights Law Implementation Project which looks at the factors that hinder or enable implementation of reparation orders/recommendations of regional systems and UN treaty bodies. This discussion was moderated by Lorna McGregor, who is a Professor of International Human Rights Law in the Law School, and PI and Director of the multi-disciplinary Human Rights, Big Data and Technology Project (HRBDT) funded with £4.7m from the UK Economic and Social Research Council. Lorna is a Co-Chair of the International Law Association's Study Group on Individual Responsibility in International Law and a Contributing Editor of EJIL Talk!. She was the Director of the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex for two terms (2013 - 2019) and has held positions as a Commissioner of the British Equality and Human Rights Commission (2015 - 2019) and as a trustee of the AIRE Centre.

Brendan O'Leary Hon. MRIA discusses his latest three volume book 'A Treatise on Northern Ireland' with Ben Lowry, Deputy Editor, News Letter . Brendan O'Leary is an Irish, European Union, and US citizen, and since 2003 the Lauder Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author, co-author, and co-editor of twenty eight books and collections, and the author or co-author of hundreds of articles or chapters in peer-reviewed journals, university presses, encyclopedia articles, and other forms of publication, including op-eds. His latest production is a three-volume study called A Treatise on Northern Ireland, published by Oxford University Press, which has been positively reviewed in the Dublin Review of Books, the Irish News, and the Irish Times. He recently co-authored a research report, Northern Ireland and the UK's Exit from the EU: What Do People Think? Evidence from Two Investigations: A Survey and a Deliberative Forum (PI: Garry, J., McNicholl, K., O'Leary, B., & Pow, J., Queen's University Belfast, 2018 sponsored by the UK's Economic and Social Research Council), and is currently researching the UK's secession from the EU, and possible models of Irish re-unification. Ben Lowry is a distinguished journalist and political commentator from Northern Ireland. Inter alia he has articulated the view that Northern Ireland's establishment was an essential part of the administration of the island of Ireland. When: Wednesday, January 8, 2020, 19:30 - 21:00 Where: Benburb Priory Library and Museum, Main Street, Benburb, Co Tyrone BT 71 7JZ

When a mother with minor children is imprisoned, she is far from the only one facing consequences. Their children can end up cared for in multiple placements, they’re often unable to attend school and they’re stigmatised. These effects on the children of the incarcerated, although predictable, have been poorly understood precisely because almost no one has done that. But Minson, who practiced both criminal and family law before entering academe, did. Following up on issues she’d seen in her work as a lawyer and after taking a master’s at the University of Surrey, she interviewed children, their caregivers and members of the Crown Court judiciary to see both how having a mom locked up affected children and how sentencing decisions that created those situations came about. Furthermore, she shared her findings with the authorities. “I didn’t realize,” she tells interviewer David Edmonds in this Social Science Bites podcast, “that academics didn’t normally try to change things.” And while that action might have been somewhat out of the ordinary , what happened next is even more unusual: the authorities listened. After telling the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights about her findings in March 2018, the committee held an enquiry centered on the rights of the children of the imprisoned, and on Tuesday, 1 October, new guidelines were released with the aim of strengthening female offenders' family and other relationships. Existing systemic problems, she believes, can be “more of a blind spot than a deliberate dismissal of these children.” While the policy affect was likely the most gratifying reward, she also received this year’s Outstanding Early Career Impact Prize awarded by the Economic and Social Research Council in association with SAGE Publishing (the parent of Social Science Space). In this podcast, Minson explains that the lack of research into the children of imprisoned women echoes scant data on the mothers themselves. No one knows exactly how many mothers are locked up in England and Wales because that information isn’t collected, but a “best” guess follows by multiplying the results of a 1997 study that found 61 percent of women in prison were mothers by the rough daily headcount of 3,800 women in prison. Of that estimated maternal population of 2,300, most are single mothers incarcerated up to 60  miles from home, leaving their children in the hands of a variety of carers, ranging from grandparents to friends to, as a last resort, a local authority. “Most people don’t want their children to go into the care system,” Minson relates, “because it can be very, very difficult to get them back again. And often short sentences are given women ... so if they lose their children into care at that point, it can be years before they have them back even though they’ve only been in prison a few months.” But those informal arrangements are also fraught, with children often living in multiple places during their mom’s confinement. And because these particular children are not recognized as ‘children in need,’ they get no priority in school places – so carry-on issues with not being in school, stigma because their mother is in prison, and resulting damage to education all plant seeds for future problems. And some not so-future ones ... “Most of the children that I met just describe themselves as sad,” Minson says. “They have this huge grief, and therapists have written about this, whether it’s a disenfranchised grief where you’re almost unentitled to it, or an ambiguous loss because of the uncertainty – a person hasn’t died, but you don’t know when they’re coming back and you can’t talk about in the way you might if your parents separated or divorced.” In this podcast, Minson discusses why she chose not to interview the imprisoned mothers for her research, the surprising lack of knowledge about child issues she saw in the judges she talked with, and how new court rulings are opening up non-custodial sentencing options for some mothers. Minson is currently a British Academy post-doctoral fellow at the Centre for Criminology at the University of Oxford, where she is continuing to study children’s rights, this time in the wake of both custodial and non-custodial sentences.

In this episode Katy talks with us about the benefits and application of HIIT in the school based environment. Dr Kathryn Weston is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Biosciences for Health at Teesside University. She graduated from the University of Strathclyde in 2008 with a BSc (Hons) in Sport and Exercise Science; then went on to complete an MSc in Physical Activity and Health at Loughborough University in 2009. Kathryn then completed her PhD at Teesside University, through an Economic and Social Research Council studentship via Fuse: the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health. In 2014 she was awarded her PhD, which examined the effect of a novel school-based high-intensity interval training intervention on cardiometabolic risk factors and physical activity levels in adolescents.

[125] With the damage to our environment and the increase of plastic waste an ever growing concern, becoming more knowledgeable about the products we use, our actions and habits is key in discovering how we can make friendlier choices for both the environment as well as for ourselves. In 2012, Professor Denise Baden from the Southampton Business School was awarded funds from the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) to engage with hairdressers and their clients to establish more sustainable practices. Following the success of this project, she has since been working with awarding organisations to further embed sustainability into the industry’s practices. A couple of weeks out of Conscious Hair & Beauty taking place in London at which Professor Denise Baden will be speaking, this episode explores ways to motivate eco-friendly behaviours and sustainable solutions in the salon industry. Links: Eco Hair and Beauty: Get your eco salon or stylist certification here! Watch Prof. Denise Baden's TEDxSouthamptonUniversity: "What Hairdressers Can Tell Us About Sustainability" Register for the 6-Week Salon Management Course hosted by Business Strategist Valerie Delforge Book a free 15-30 minute consultation on The Salon Mentorship Hub This episode was edited and mixed by Audio Z: Great music makes great moments. Montreal's cutting-edge post-production studio for creative minds looking to have their vision professionally produced and mixed. Tune in every Monday for a mix of interviews with industry thought-leaders, roundups of our most recent salon owners marketing tips & tricks, all the latest in and around Phorest and what upcoming webinars or events you can join. Feel free to let us know who or what topic you'd like to hear on the show! Leave a Rating & Review: http://bit.ly/phorestfm  Read the transcript, or click here to request a personalised quote from Phorest Salon Software.

How do we interpret the current political moment in Britain? Is Brexit changing Britain's unwritten constitution? Tune in to our special Brexit edition of the Governance Podcast between Andrew Blick and Vernon Bogdanor.  This episode is co-hosted by the Centre for British Politics and Government at King's College London. Subscribe on iTunes and Spotify Subscribe to the Governance Podcast on iTunes and Spotify today and get all our latest episodes directly in your pocket. Follow Us For more information about our upcoming podcasts and events, follow us on facebook, twitter or instagram (@csgskcl). The Guest Vernon Bogdanor is a Research Professor at the Institute for Contemporary British History at King's College London and Professor of Politics at the New College of the Humanities. He is also Emeritus Professor of Politics and Government at the University of Oxford where he is an Emeritus Fellow of Brasenose College. Since 1966, he has been Senior Tutor (1979–85 and 1996–97), Vice-Principal, and (in 2002–2003) Acting Principal at Brasenose College, Oxford. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Fellow of the British Academy and an Honorary Fellow of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies. He has been a member of Council of the Hansard Society for Parliamentary Government, Specialist Adviser to the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Communities, Member of the Court of Essex University, adviser (as a member of the Council of Europe and American Bar Association delegations) to the governments of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Israel and Slovakia on constitutional and electoral reform, member of the Academic Panel of Local Authority Associations, member of the Hansard Society Commission on the Legislative Process, member of the UK Government delegation on Democratic Institutions in Central and Eastern Europe and Conference on the Protection of Minorities, Consultant to Independent Television News (ITN) on the General Election, member of the Economic and Social Research Council's committee administering the ‘Whitehall' programme, special adviser to the House of Commons Select Committee on the Public Services, member of the Swedish Constitutional Reform Project, member of the Advisory Group to the High Commissioner on National Minorities, adviser to the President of Trinidad on the Constitution of Trinidad, and member of the Economic and Social Research Council's committee administering the devolution programme. The Book Beyond Brexit: Towards a British Constitution was published by Bloomsbury Press in 2019. Skip Ahead 1:12: Why did you write this book? 2:56: What is the main thesis of this book? What is the main impact of Brexit on the British Constitution? 5:08: Turning to the referendum, which as you say has become, since the issue of being in the EU came on to the agenda, a big part of our constitution and our way of taking decisions, as you show in earlier works you've written, we were actually arguing about whether or not we should introduce a referendum for a long while, as far as the late 19th century… one important proponent of the referendum… wrote an important book on that in the 1920s. And one point he made was that although he was in favour a referendum… he said that “the referendum shall never be used in answer to abstract questions such as ‘are you in favour of a monarchy.' 8:09: What do you think is the reason for the political turbulence that has taken place? You could argue that two prime ministers now have seen their careers destroyed by the referendum. How do you account for that? 10:43: In your estimation do you think that David Cameron learned the lesson in 1975 and felt that he could replicate the same trick that Harold Wilson had pulled off then? 11:52: Moving on to your background, as I said in the introduction you've been talking about the constitution in the UK…for a long while… What first interested you in the constitution? 13:15: Who were your teachers? Who influenced you? 14:52: Would you describe yourself now as a political scientist, historian or something else? 15:36: You mentioned earlier this idea of the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty – the theoretical and practical problems associated with it… and in your book you talk about the possibility that the UK will move towards a written constitution. I'm sensing you think that's a good idea. Do you think it's likely to happen? 18:01: In that kind of scenario, you could potentially see clashes between judges and elected politicians over who actually has the legitimacy to take these kind of decisions. 21:20: You mentioned earlier that one of the reasons for the political turbulence since the referendum was that the people … have a different view to most of the people in parliament and government.  Do you think there are ways to bring them back together? 23:45: We're now on the brink of a new prime minister taking power. Do you see any reason to believe that, whoever that may be, will be more successful than the last two prime ministers were in managing the referendum and the European issue? 25:02: What are you working on next? 25:53: Is it fair to say that that period… the pre-first world war period, which was… a period of constitutional turbulence… is comparable to the one we're in now?

The Economic and Social Research Council estimate that black businesses contribute between 25-32 billion pounds to the UK economy. Melanie Eusebe, founder of The Black British Business Awards and Racheal Sealy, who runs UK Afrolista, join 5 Live journalist Jessie Aru-Phillips, Scottish supermodel Eunice Olumide MBE and TV presenter Scarlette Douglas to share their stories.

The Global Development Institute is pleased to present Prof Kate Brickell, Royal Holloway, University of London, talking about: Blood Bricks: Untold Stories of Modern Slavery and Climate Change from Cambodia Cambodia is in the midst of a construction boom. The building of office blocks, factories, condominiums, housing estates, hotels, and shopping malls is pushing its capital city upwards. But this vertical drive into the skies, and the country’s status as one of Asia’s fastest growing economies, hides a darker side to Phnom Penh’s ascent. Building projects demand bricks in large quantities and there is a profitable domestic brick production industry using multi-generational workforces of debt-bonded adults and children to supply them. Moving from the city, to the brick kiln, and finally back to the rural villages once called home, the talk traces how urban ‘development’ is built on unsustainable levels of debt taken on by rural families struggling to farm in one of the most climate vulnerable countries in the world. Phnom Penh is being built not only on the foundation of blood bricks, but also climate change as a key driver of debt and entry into modern slavery in brick kilns. Blood bricks embody the converging traumas of modern slavery and climate change in our urban age. The study was co-funded by the Economic and Social Research Council & Department for International Development. For more information see www.projectbloodbricks.org.

Diane Reay grew up in a council estate in a coal mining part of Derbyshire in England’s East Midlands. Those working-class roots dogged her from the start of her formal schooling. “I had to fight not to be in the bottom set; I was told that girls like me don’t go to university,” Reay, now a renowned Cambridge University education professor, tells interviewer David Edmonds in this Social Science Bites podcast. “I think that spurred a strong interest in class inequalities and I became, like many working-class girls of my age, a primary school teacher.” She in turn taught working-class children. Her primary motivation “was to make things better for them than it had been for me as a school pupil.” To which, she adds, “and I failed. I failed for a whole lot of reasons, but mainly to do with poor policy and an increasing focus on performativity and competition rather than fulfilling a child’s potential.” Those experiences in turn had a big influence on her research interests into educational inequality and embrace of social justice. Some of her specific investigations have looked at boys' underachievement, supplementary schooling of black students, access to higher education, female management in schools, and pupil peer group cultures. One thing has become clear to her across this research - “It’s primarily working-class children who turn out to be losers in the educational system.” Whether it’s through the worst-funded schools, least-qualified teachers, most-temporary teaching arrangements or narrowest curricula, students from working class backgrounds in the United Kingdom (and the United States) draw the shortest educational straws. Reay, under the banner of Britain’s Economic and Social Research Council, is currently directing a project explores choice in education and how that affects white, middle-class identity. Her research is qualitative, albeit at a large scale (she tells Edmonds she’s done 1,170 interviews). “I recognize that qualitative research can’t tell us the entire story in toto. That’s why I’m always very keen to use statistical data and quantitative research to support my qualitative analysis.” Using that statistical material serves a check, too, on confirmation bias she might bring to a research question. That said, she adds, “Some very important things can’t actually be counted. They can’t be enumerated. And they’re about the quality of the learning experience, the quality of the child’s engagement with peers in the classroom, and with curriculum. I think this focus on counting means we have a very reductive curriculum.” That policymakers see education as solely a means of preparing young people for the labor market, and not as an end in itself, as “inherently problematic.” The perceived need to measure all outputs all the time and to focus on making future employees instead of future citizens are pernicious, Reay says, but there are policy-based remedies. She suggests, for example, mixed ability teaching, delaying assessment until children reach 16, collaborative learning and teaching critical thinking skills as counteracting some of the worst problems of the current system. This year, Policy Press published Reay’s book Miseducation: Inequality, Education and the Working Classes, which draws from 500 of those interviews and a healthy heaping of statistical evidence supporting her conclusions. Reay is also an executive editor of British Journal of Sociology of Education, and is on the editorial boards of Cultural Sociology and the Journal of Education Policy.

More than 1 billion people are estimated to be migrants, living either inside or outside their country of birth. Since an influx of Syrian refugees arrived in Europe in 2015, the question of dealing with migrants and asylum seekers has dominated Western headlines. Although net migration in Europe has declined, anti-migration rhetoric persists and has provoked political instability in countries such as Germany and Spain. What’s more, US President, Donald Trump, has drawn ire for his ‘zero tolerance’ policy towards irregular immigration. This podcast explores why migration remains such a hot-button issue, and the work of the London International Development Centre Migration Leadership Team (MLT), which has been formed by the UK Economic and Social Research Council and Arts and Humanities Research Council. The speakers are Professor Kavita Datta, Professor of Development Geography at Queen Mary University of London and co-Investigator on the MLT, and Jenny Allsopp, Postdoctoral Fellow on the MLT.

The ASA annual meeting is almost upon us! In our final pre-ASA episode, Derek chats with one of his own mentors, Dr. Carla Pfeffer, Associate Professor of Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies at the University of South Carolina (Derek's alma mater!), about her book Queering Families: The Postmodern Partnerships of Cisgender Women and Transgender Men (Oxford University Press), teaching conversial topics and issues, and some of the problems with traditional approaches to peer-review. Nothing like a chat about peer-review before thousands of sociologists gather in Philly, huh?   Carla's research lies at the intersections of sociological inquiry into contemporary families, genders, sexualities, and bodies considered marginal, as well as social actors' management of stigma and discrimination. Her book Queering Families, published in 2017, is one of the first deep explorations into the lives and partnerships of cisgender women married to transgender men. Her work has been widely published in the Archibes of Sexual Behavior, American Journal of Sociology, Gender & Society, Journal of Homosexuality, the Journal of Marriage and Family, and many other academic journals. Currently, Dr. Pfeffer is working as the United States co-Investigator on the projvect, "Trans Pregnancy: An International Exploration of Trans Male Experiences and Practices of Reproduction" (w/ Dr. Sally Hines, Leeds University), funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.  In addition to her great work, Dr. Pfeffer is wonderful person, mentor, and colleague. You can follow Carla on Twitter! American Sociological Association Annual Meeting - August 11-14, 2018 in Philadelphia, PA. 2018 ASA Sexualities Preconference - August 9-10, 2018 in Philadelphia, PA. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Follow the co-hosts: @Derekcrim | @Thomasncooke Email us: wtncast@gmail.com Subscribe for updates: https://wtncast.podbean.com/feed/ Follow us on iTunes: What's That Noise?

On our latest episode of the Governance Podcast, Professor Mark Pennington interviews Professor Frans Berkhout of King's College London on his latest book about climate governance. Tune in for a rich discussion on the limits of international coordination and how local experimentation can solve global commons dilemmas. Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe to the Governance Podcast on iTunes today and get all our latest episodes directly in your pocket. The Guest Frans Berkhout is Executive Dean of the Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy and Professor of Environment, Society and Climate at King's College London. He joined the Department of Geography at King's in 2013. From 2013-2015 he was Director of the Future Earth programme, based at the International Council for Science (ICSU) in Paris. Before that, Prof Berkhout directed the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) at the VU University Amsterdam in The Netherlands and led the Amsterdam Global Change Institute. He has also held posts at SPRU (Science and Technology Policy Research), University of Sussex, and was Director of the UK Economic and Social Research Council's Global Environmental Change and Sustainable Technologies programmes. Among other advisory roles, Professor Berkhout was a lead author in the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report (2014) and a member of the Social Science Panel of the Research Excellence Framework (REF2014) of the Higher Education Funding Council for England. He sits on the editorial boards of Research Policy, Global Environmental Change, Journal of Industrial Ecology, Current Opinion on Environmental Sustainability, Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions and The Anthropocene Review. Follow Us For more information about our upcoming podcasts and events, follow us on facebook or twitter (@csgskcl). Skip Ahead  00:45: What was the motivation for your latest book? 5:15: What is experimentation in your framework? Is climate governance experimentation different from scientific experimentation? 10:15: Can you combine top down and bottom up approaches to climate governance? 15:25: Why do people at the local level take action on climate change? 19:35: How do local networks of experimentation get off the ground and get connected globally? 21:30: Some say that focusing on an experimental approach can serve as an excuse for a lack of coordination on climate change policy at the global scale. Others say global coordination is too slow and cumbersome. Can we reconcile this tension? 27:25: Do we always want local experiments to ripple out to a broader scale? Would they stop having contextual relevance? 31:45: What evidence do we have that local experiments are having a broader, more global effect? 35:00: Are we abandoning global coordination? Is there still a role for international policy? 39:17: What role does interdisciplinarity play in the study of climate change governance? 42:18: Do we have examples of networks of academic actors that experiment in social science approaches to climate governance? 45:03: What are the next research avenues for climate governance? 45:45: Are social scientists equipped to oversee the experiments? Are academics themselves complex enough to understand governance?

Winnie M. Li is a writer, producer, and activist.  And frequent backpacker who has somehow managed to spend the past 15 years, engaged in film and literature in various parts of the world. Taiwanese-American and raised in New Jersey, Winnie studied Folklore and Mythology at Harvard, specializing in Celtic Languages and Literature.  In 2000, she was selected as a George Mitchell Scholar and earned her MA in Anglo-Irish Literature at the National University of Ireland, Cork. While in Cork, Winnie began volunteering for the Cork International Film Festival.  Shortly afterwards, she moved to London to work for Ugly Duckling Films / Left Turn Films, a small independent film production company.  Eventually as Head of Development there, Winnie was involved in producing six award-winning feature films and two shorts, one of which was Oscar-nominated® and the other Oscar-shortlisted®.  In 2010, Winnie began working with the Doha Film Institute (DFI) in Qatar, where she served as Programme Manager for the 2nd and 3rd editions of the annual Doha Tribeca Film Festival.  As Film Series Producer for the DFI, she founded the Institute’s year-round screening series, bringing 150+ screenings of arthouse and foreign films to a city accustomed to mainstream Hollywood movies. IAs of Autumn 2015, Winnie is a PhD researcher in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics.  She is researching the impact of social media on the public discourse about rape and sexual assault, on an Economic and Social Research Council grant.www.winniemli.com

I sit down with Harry Verhoeven, professor at the School of Foreign Service in Qatar, Georgetown University, to discuss the current geopolitical situation in the Gulf, and Qatar's role in the region and beyond. Bio: Professor Harry Verhoeven teaches at the School of Foreign Service in Qatar, Georgetown University. He is also editor of the Cambridge University Press series on Intelligence and National Security in Africa & the Middle East and an Associate Member of the Department of Politics and International Relations of the University of Oxford. His research focuses on elite politics, ideology and international relations. He was founder of the the Oxford University China-Africa Network (OUCAN) in 2008-2009 and remains a Co-Convenor of OUCAN. In 2016-2017, he served as a Visiting Scholar at Cambridge University. Harry Verhoeven completed a doctorate at the University of Oxford, where he was a postdoctoral fellow from 2012 to 2014 and a Junior Research Fellow at Wolfson College from 2013 to 2014. He was a founder of the Oxford Central Africa Forum (OCAF). Outside academia, he has worked in Northern Uganda, Sudan, India and Democratic Republic of Congo. He has provided consultancy services to and collaborated with the World Bank, UNDP Sudan, Chatham House, Small Arms Survey and several governments. His work has been funded by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, the Economic and Social Research Council, the Qatar National Research Fund and the Volkswagen Foundation.

Dr Daragh Murray from the University of Essex's Human Rights Centre discusses the risks of our data being misused, why we need to look at the issue in more depth and why politicians might need work internationally to protect our rights. Daragh is part of the Human Rights, Big Data and Technology Project at Essex funded by the Economic and Social Research Council: www.hrbdt.ac.uk/

In this talk, Professor Charles A. Nelson, Harvard University, discusses what happens to children whose experience after birth deviates from the norm; specifically, infants who experience profound early neglect. In the Bucharest Early Intervention Project three groups of Romanian children are being studied: infants abandoned to institutions and who remain in institutional care; infants abandoned to institutions but then placed in high quality foster care; and infants who have never been institutionalized. These three groups have been studied for the past 16 years and in this talk he discusses the findings from a variety of domains (including but not limited to IQ, attachment, and brain development). This work will be considered within the broader context of the 140 million parentless children around the world, 8 million of whom are being raised in institutional settings. This talk is supported by the Economic and Social Research Council.

Ana Gheorghiu graduates this week and loves the "warm and supportive" research environment at Essex so much she is staying on to study for a Masters and then a PhD at our Department of Psychology thanks to a scholarship from the Economic and Social Research Council.

Allan Findlay, Professor of Population Geography, School of Geography and Geosciences, University of St. Andrews, gives a talk for the COMPAS breakfast briefing series. The impact of global climate change on human mobility and migration has been in the news recently because of the landmark publication of the Foresight research, Migration and Global Environmental Change, a two year study led by the UK Government Office for Science, which drew on a major body of evidence produced by several experts from across the globe to understand how diverse environmental changes will converge on populations between now and 2060; as well as the profound consequences for those who move and for those who stay behind, and also for the regions of origin and destination. This month's presenter, Allan Findlay, was involved in two of the reports that formed part of the Foresight programme's massive evidence base. However, Allan Findlay has been writing on migration in a number of capacities and in this briefing will be reflecting on the evidence that he has developed in his career, to explore some of the possible implications for migration policy. The research is part of the programme of the ESRC Centre for Population Change (CPC), which is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council as the UK's first research centre on population change. Based jointly at the University of Southampton and the National Records of Scotland, CPC brings together expertise from the Universities of Southampton, St. Andrews, Edinburgh, Strathclyde, Stirling and Dundee.