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| 4943 | What should we expect from journalism in 2025? | In this episode we discuss what news publishers are excited and concerned about in the year ahead. | Federica Cherubini, Nic Newman | 17 Jan 2025 | |
| 4942 | Jobs of the future: Dr Fabian Stephany and El-Iza Mohamedou | The future of work in an AI-driven world, whether these new technologies help or hurt the labour market, and what employees should be doing to future-proof their skills, with Dr Fabian Stephany (Oxford Internet Institute) and El-Iza Mohamedou (OECD). | Fabian Stephany, El-Iza Mohamedou, Veena McCoole | 16 Jan 2025 | |
| 4941 | School leadership Training in Malawi | Can student progression test scores improve as a result of a custom-designed school leadership training programme? This episode discusses a custom-made training program for school leaders in Malawi's primary schools. | Salman Asim, Ravinder Casley Gera, Donna Harris, Grace Milner | 03 Jan 2025 | |
| 4940 | Underwater photography and maritime archaeology | Fascinating images that offer a glimpse into ancient Egypt: Photographer Christoph Gerigk talks about his work in the sunken ancient cities off the coast of Egypt and the challenges and developments in underwater photography. | Christoph Gerigk, Damian Robinson | 16 Dec 2024 | |
| 4939 | The digital lives of children: Professor Vicki Nash and Professor Katya Hertog | How digital technologies impact young children, and new ways to think about the ethical and safety measures that govern their use of technology, with Professor Vicki Nash and Professor Katya Hertog (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford) | Vicki Nash, Katya Hertog | 12 Dec 2024 | |
| 4938 | Living through multiple crises: Young Lives’ latest qualitative research uncovering the lived experience of young Ethiopians | Young Lives Country Director Alula Pankhurst launches the study’s latest wave of qualitative research in Ethiopia, exploring young people’s experiences and resilience through the multiple crises of recent years | Julia Tilford, Alula Pankhurst | 06 Dec 2024 | |
| 4937 | Trade Networks Bridging Yemen, Israel, and Ethiopia: The Ḥibshūsh Family and Jewish-Muslim Commercial Relations in the 20th Century | This lecture examines the commercial legacy of the Ḥibshūsh family, a prominent Yemenite Jewish dynasty that played a pivotal role in the Red Sea basin trade from the 1880s to the 1970s | Menashe Anzi | 06 Dec 2024 | |
| 4936 | What people really want from platforms | In this episode we explore how people around the world use platforms for news and information about politics, the value they see in them, and the concerns that they have. | Mitali Mukherjee, Waqas Ejaz, Rasmus Nielsen | 02 Dec 2024 | |
| 4935 | Abraham and Moses as Entrepreneurs: Educating for the Future with Narratives of the Past | How does the global entrepreneurial discourse, which advocates for a neoliberal, individualistic, and future-oriented identity, intersects with a state education system that seeks to establish a collectivist and ethno-national identity? | Sari R. Alfi Nissan | 22 Nov 2024 | |
| 4934 | Chatting with Nabeela Kajee on the complexity of empathy, and how it can be cultivated in health professionals and trainees | Chatting with Nabeela Kajee on the complexity of empathy, and how it can be cultivated in health professionals and trainees | Nabeela Kajee, Danica Sims | 19 Nov 2024 | |
| 4933 | Synagogues in Israeli Urban Internal Frontiers as Symbols of Sovereignty | Israeli synagogues in mixed cities following the 1948 war, and their sovereign role | David Borabeck | 15 Nov 2024 | |
| 4932 | How to make gig work fair: Professor Mark Graham and Dr Alessio Bertolini | The FairWork project and how it is helping make short-term, low job security 'gig' work fairer across the world, with Professor Mark Graham and Dr Alessio Bertolini (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford) | Mark Graham, Alessio Bertolini, Veena McCoole | 14 Nov 2024 | |
| 4931 | The European Union | How does the European Union conduct its foreign policy in a turbulent world? | Jan Eijking, Nicholas Westcott | 11 Nov 2024 | |
| 4930 | Greenpeace | Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our times. One of the most important organisations dedicated to the topic is Greenpeace. How has Greenpeace dealt with shocks in the past, and what is the future of climate activism in a turbulent world | Jan Eijkin, Kumi Naidoo | 11 Nov 2024 | |
| 4929 | The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development | The growing membership of the OECD today accounts for 41.1% of global GDP. This powerful organisation is dedicated to stimulating economic growth and setting international standards. But what does the OECD do exactly? How has it dealt with past crises? | Jan Eijking, Mari Kiviniemi | 11 Nov 2024 | |
| 4928 | The World Health Organisation | What is the future of global public health? | Jan Eijking, Ilona Kickbusch | 11 Nov 2024 | |
| 4927 | Chatting with Aditi Siddharth on finding a deep interest and building a coherent career story before embarking on a DPhil | Aditi, an OBGYN registrar reflects on her doctoral journey sharing the importance of joy in research, good supervisory relationships, having a thick skin and building a CV that tells a story | Aditi Siddarth, Danica Sims | 11 Nov 2024 | |
| 4926 | Creative Commons | New & Jew, Zionism and the Quest for National Culture | The Creation of Hebrew Music and its Origins | Yaron Peleg | 06 Nov 2024 |
| 4925 | Creative Commons | O-Ring Production Networks | What is the role of international trade in economic development? Using a rich micro-level dataset from Turkey on a wide range of firms, researchers discuss strong assortative matching of skills in the firms' production networks. | Banu Demir Paker, Ana Cecilia Fieler, Daniel Yi Xu, Kelly Kaili Yang | 06 Nov 2024 |
| 4924 | Creative Commons | Michal Huss - You cannot really live (or die) here: ongoing struggles over cemeteries and housing in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, 1957-2020 | Debates over housing and cemeteries in Jaffa. | Michal Huss | 30 Oct 2024 |
| 4923 | Martin Goodman - The Image of Herod in Modern Israel | Jewish, Israeli, and Zionist perceptions of Herod. | Martin Goodman | 23 Oct 2024 | |
| 4922 | The Portus Magnus of Alexandria: 25 years of underwater archaeological research | The ancient Portus Magnus of Alexandria with its sunken royal quarter was once home to historical figures Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony. Franck Goddio discusses his many years of exploration at the site and some key discoveries. | Franck Goddio, Damian Robinson | 22 Oct 2024 | |
| 4921 | Underwater archaeology: 20 years of collaboration between OCMA and IEASM | Egypt's sunken ancient cities have been the fieldwork project of the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology (IEASM) since 1992. Franck Goddio discusses key finds and the creation of Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology. | Franck Goddio, Damian Robinson | 21 Oct 2024 | |
| 4920 | Yemima Hadad - Buber and Gandhi on land and resistance: Reading the Buber-Gandhi correspondence after October 7 | Contesting pacifist views and their implications today. | Yemima Hadad | 21 Oct 2024 | |
| 4919 | Fellowship Takeaways. Episode 10 – Data journalism in the age of AI | Bite-sized insights from Reuters Institute’s fellowship seminars: the evolving field of data visualisation in journalism. | Alberto Cairo, Simon Rogers, Caithlin Mercer | 18 Oct 2024 | |
| 4918 | Fellowship Takeaways. Episode 9 – The role of newsroom diversity in reporting on gendered violence | Bite-sized insights from Reuters Institute’s fellowship seminars: how gender diversity in newsrooms shapes the stories that get told and ultimately impacts the broader conversation in society. | Marta Caparros, Fermín Elizari, Rosamund Urwin | 18 Oct 2024 | |
| 4917 | Fellowship Takeaways. Episode 8 – AI and ethics in Journalism | Bite-sized insights from Reuters Institute’s fellowship seminars: the ethical use of AI and the responsibility that comes with it. | Arthur Grimonpont, Bahareh Heravi | 18 Oct 2024 | |
| 4916 | Fellowship Takeaways. Episode 7 – Diversity and representation in newsrooms | Bite-sized insights from Reuters Institute’s fellowship seminars: issue of diversity and representation in newsrooms, with a focus on the indigenous perspective and global diversity in reporting. | Carmen Parahi | 18 Oct 2024 | |
| 4915 | Fellowship Takeaways. Episode 6 – Moral injury in the newsroom | Bite-sized insights from Reuters Institute’s fellowship seminars: moral injury and the mental health challenges faced by those reporting on conflict, trauma, and crisis. | Antony Feinstein | 18 Oct 2024 | |
| 4914 | Fellowship Takeaways. Episode 5 – Defining your strategy around AI and disinformation | Bite-sized insights from Reuters Institute’s fellowship seminars: how AI and disinformation have become intertwined, and what that means for journalists battling fake news. | Peter Pomerantsev, Dima Saber | 18 Oct 2024 | |
| 4913 | Fellowship Takeaways. Episode 4 – Navigating ethics in sensitive stories | Bite-sized insights from Reuters Institute’s fellowship seminars: one of journalism’s most enduring challenges - navigating ethics when covering sensitive stories. | Connie Walker, Anas Aremeyaw Anas | 18 Oct 2024 | |
| 4912 | Fellowship Takeaways. Episode 3 – AI and innovation in journalism | Bite-sized insights from Reuters Institute’s fellowship seminars: how AI is revolutionising newsrooms and opening up new possibilities for journalism. | Bahareh Heravi, Dima Saber, Hilke Schellmann | 18 Oct 2024 | |
| 4911 | Screen time: the impact of the digital world, with Professor Andy Przybylski and Dr Sakshi Ghai | How the digital world is affecting society and individuals, and concerns around tech usage, with Professor Andy Przybylski (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford) and Dr Sakshi Ghai (London School of Economics). | Andy Przybylski, Sakshi Ghai, Roz Pacey | 15 Oct 2024 | |
| 4910 | Chatting with Geoff Stetson on faculty development, feedback and MedEdMentor (and practicing what you preach) | Geoff shares his move from internal medicine to education and faculty development, reflecting on the broader culture and priorities of medicine and the need to emphasise education. | Geoff Stetson, Danica Sims | 11 Oct 2024 | |
| 4909 | Chatting with Luzaan Kock on innovative interprofessional education (IPE), Indigenous Knowledge Systems, and finding where you are meant to be | Luzaan honestly and passionately shares her journey from physiotherapy into interprofessional education, including details on how to innovatively embed IPE within health professions education for education and health impact | Luzaan Kock, Danica Sims | 11 Oct 2024 | |
| 4908 | Missing angles on the climate crisis | Bite-sized insights from Reuters Institute’s fellowship seminars: covering the climate crisis, with a focus on how local stories can shape global conversations on this crucial topic. | Friederike Otto, Wanjira Mathai, Caithlin Mercer | 09 Oct 2024 | |
| 4907 | A model to understand assessment practice in medicine | Dr Nici Simms discusses her research on the assessment behaviours of clinician educators charged with assessing in undergraduate medical programmes. | Danica Simms, Laura Molway | 07 Oct 2024 | |
| 4906 | Fellowship Takeaways Episode 1 – How to cover democratic regression | Bite-sized insights from Reuters Institute’s fellowship seminars: what can we learn from experts in Indonesia, South Africa and Argentina about political coverage in times of democratic regression? | Sana Jaffrey, Adriaan Basson, Hugo Alconada Mon | 04 Oct 2024 | |
| 4905 | Creative Commons | Cash Transfers and Micro-Enterprise Performance in a Refugee Camp in Kenya | Researchers discuss the business and price effects of a cash transfer programme delivered to 400,000 refugees in Kenya each month in the form of digital money for buying food at licensed shops. | Olivier Sterck, Antonia Delius | 26 Sep 2024 |
| 4904 | Developing Oral Language through a Drama-based Intervention | Dr Faidra Faitaki discusses her research on using a drama-based intervention to help develop oral language proficiency among primary school learners. | Faidra Faitaki, Hamish Chalmers | 23 Sep 2024 | |
| 4903 | Creative Commons | Locked Down and Locked Out: Repurposing Social Assistance in South Africa | Researchers examine how an established social assistance system - not originally designed to support informal workers - can be re-purposed to provide emergency relief to support workers and their household in South Africa. | Rocco Zizzamia, Ihsaan Bassier | 11 Sep 2024 |
| 4902 | What makes a just primary education in Bristol schools? | Fatima Mohamed Ali, Claire Neaves and Dr. Claire Stewart-Hall discuss their experiences of teaching in Bristol schools and opportunities to reimagine schooling differently. | Claire Stewart-Hall, Fatima Mohamed Ali, Claire Neaves | 05 Sep 2024 | |
| 4901 | General Equilibrium Effects of Cash Transfers in Kenya (Frisch Medal 2024 Winner) | Winner of the Frisch Medal 2024, this project examines the impact of a one-time cash transfers to over 10,500 poor households across villages in rural Kenya, on the individual households but also the community at large. | Dennis Egger, Stefan Dercon | 27 Aug 2024 | |
| 4900 | Creative Commons | Asymmetrical Sympathies: the Global North’s Response to Protection Seekers | Why are some countries across the Global North more open and accepting towards refugees than others? How can asymmetrical sympathies and differential treatments be better understood? We search for answers with an expert panel. | Isabelle Lemay, Bridget Anderson, Rob McNeil, Jacqui Broadhead | 23 Aug 2024 |
| 4899 | Monstrosities and Metamorphosis in More-Than-Human Worlds | Metamorphosis is constantly taking place in the worlds of people and other animals. A freewheeling discussion featuring shape-shifting leopard men in Nigeria, gut microbes that shape the human condition, and circus freakshows. | David Pratten, Jamie Lorimer, Beth Greenhough, Eva Bredler | 20 Aug 2024 | |
| 4898 | Creative Commons | AI and the Future of Audio. Episode 5 - Is it possible to build a local radio station powered by AI? This tech CEO says so | Broadcast radio is facing an existential question: can it survive in the digital era, when young audiences don’t know what FM and AM mean? Tech company Futuri Media says they can revitalize local radio using AI. | Daniel Anstandig, Gretel Kahn | 14 Aug 2024 |
| 4897 | How a sound methodology improves understanding of young Ethiopians’ experience of conflict | Researcher Sophie Von Russdorf explains how using audio computer-assisted self-interviews (ACASi), enabled Young Lives to gain a more accurate understanding of the impact of conflict on young people in Ethiopia. | Sophie von Russdorf, Julia Tilford | 14 Aug 2024 | |
| 4896 | Creative Commons | AI and the Future of Audio. Episode 4 - How Swedish Radio balances journalism and AI without falling for hype | How do you best integrate AI in your news strategy as a public service broadcasting organisation? That is a question that Swedish Radio has been pondering and tackling first hand for the past year. | Olle Zachrison, Gretel Kahn | 13 Aug 2024 |
| 4895 | Extraordinary Bodies, Disability Justice, and Metamorphosis | All of our bodies are gradually undergoing metamorphosis. Yet, many people with extraordinary bodies and minds experience discrimination in everyday life. Our speakers imagine metamorphosis and transformations on a grand societal scale. | Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Anna Landre, Benedict Ipgrave, Stuart Murray | 12 Aug 2024 | |
| 4894 | Keynote: Time traveling with Gregor Samsa, or what you can do with six legs | Professors Rosemarie Garland-Thomson and Eben Kirksey use Gregor's transformation in 'Metamorphosis' to muse on the everyday changes we all experience and their relations to disability, design justice and ableism. | Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Eben Kirksey | 07 Aug 2024 | |
| 4893 | AI and the Future of Audio. Episode 3 - Meet NAT, the AI-generated presenter offering soft news to Mexican audiences | Mexican news organisation 'Grupo Fórmula' has created an AI news anchor to attract younger audiences. Host Gretel Kahn spoke with Oswaldo Aguilar Castro, Director of Technology and AI Infrastructure. | Oswaldo Aguilar Castro, Gretel Kahn | 06 Aug 2024 | |
| 4892 | Integrating Disability Across the Community | Watch the replay of the Social Sciences Division's Inaugural EDI lecture, an inspiring event, delving into the heart of disability justice and culture with Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Professor of English and Bioethics at Emory University. | Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Jonathan Herring | 02 Aug 2024 | |
| 4891 | AI and the Future of Audio. Episode 2 - The day AI clones took over a Swiss radio station | On April 27 2023, artificial intelligence took over a radio station in francophone Switzerland, the voices were AI clones of their real hosts, everything they said were scripts generated by AI, and even the music played was aggregated and composed by AI. | Gretel Kahn, Antoine Multone | 02 Aug 2024 | |
| 4890 | CRISPR, Gene Editing, and Metamorphosis | Biotechnology is transforming the human condition. A molecular tool called CRISPR-Cas9 is being used to edit human DNA. Scientists will join influential disabled thinkers to discuss ethical issues hovering around gene editing. | Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Nada Kubikova, Dagan Wells, Julia-Sophia Bellingrath | 26 Jul 2024 | |
| 4889 | Creative Commons | Demystifying the A-level grading process | Associate Professor of Educational Assessment, Michelle Meadows and local teacher, Jonny Tridgell discuss the A-level grading process and how grade boundaries are set for these important national exams. | Michelle Meadows, Jonny Tridgell, Hamish Chalmers | 24 Jul 2024 |
| 4888 | Creative Commons | AI and the Future of Audio. Episode 1 - When AI meets creative writing: an audio experiment at Czech Radio | Can AI write better short stories than a human writer? This is the questions at the heart of the Digital Writer project from Czech Radio. | Gretel Kahn, Anna Vošalíková | 24 Jul 2024 |
| 4887 | Digital News Report 2024. Episode 6: How audiences think about trust in news | What drives trust in news and how do different audiences think about this. | Rasmus Nielsen, Federica Cherubini | 19 Jul 2024 | |
| 4886 | Creative Commons | Global Migration Data: Making Sense of the Numbers | Why does official data tell us so little about migration? Why do some migration statistics seem to clash? How can we shape this “age of migration data” for better? | Frank Laczko, Elisa Mosler Vidal, Rob McNeil, Jacqui Broadhead | 16 Jul 2024 |
| 4885 | Creative Commons | Digital News Report 2024. Episode 5: The rise of news influencers | What explains the rise of news influencers and who are the most popular? | Nic Newman, Federica Cherubini | 15 Jul 2024 |
| 4884 | Hunger Artistry: Kafka and the Art of Starvation | Kafka’s provocative story “The Hunger Artist” explores starvation, art, and the nature of human existence. Experts discuss the story and its reception. | Peter Boxall, Ankhi Mukherjee, Meindert Peters, Karen Leeder | 10 Jul 2024 | |
| 4883 | Digital News Report 2024. Episode 4: How much people pay for news | How much money are people paying for news around the world? | Craig T. Robertson, Federica Cherubini | 05 Jul 2024 | |
| 4882 | Creative Commons | Digital News Report 2024. Episode 3: What people want from news | What do news audiences actually say they want from news? | Richard Fletcher, Federica Cherubini | 27 Jun 2024 |
| 4881 | Fatness and the body 5/5: When the measure becomes the metric - making sense of the body mass index in research and practice | How body size is used in research and discourse on health, bringing together theory from anthropology, sociology, public health and more. With llya Gutin, University of Texas at Austin | llya Gutin | 24 Jun 2024 | |
| 4880 | Fatness and the body 4/5: Fifteen (plus!) ways estrogens influence adipose tissues | Exploring the phenomenal range of roles estrogens play with respect to our metabolism – a range that is only just beginning to be understood. With Deborah Clegg, Texas Tech University | Deborah Clegg | 24 Jun 2024 | |
| 4879 | Fatness and the body 3/5: Why is there a higher prevalence of overweight and obesity in rural areas? A qualitative study of rural children's perspectives of rural foodways | Exploring children's views on their diets in relation to culture, identity and tradition in their everyday lives. With Ellen Margrete Iveland Ersfjord, University of Agder, Norway | Ellen Margrete Iveland Ersfjord | 24 Jun 2024 | |
| 4878 | Fatness and the body 2/5: Being fat or having obesity - combining social constructivism and biomedical research on childhood obesity | Where or what is the difference between childhood obesity and fatness, who has the right to decide that, and why is it important? With Zofia Boni, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan | Zofia Boni | 24 Jun 2024 | |
| 4877 | Fatness and the body 1/5: Childhood adversity and adiposity - examining differences by sociocultural context | Looking at the complex relationships between adversity in childhood and obesity in adulthood, with Shakira Suglia, Emory University | Shakira Suglia | 24 Jun 2024 | |
| 4876 | Creative Commons | Our podcast: Digital News Report 2024. Episode 2. Public attitudes about AI and journalism | In this episode of our Digital News Report 2024 series, we explore what people think about the use of AI in journalism. | Amy Ross Arguedas, Federica Cherubini | 24 Jun 2024 |
| 4875 | Creative Commons | Our podcast. Digital News Report 2024. Episode 1. What you need to know | In this opening episode of our series, we’ll explore the key findings from our Digital News Report 2024, the most comprehensive study of news consumption worldwide. | Nic Newman, Rasmus Nielsen, Federica Cherubini | 13 Jun 2024 |
| 4874 | Creative Commons | Limits and Alternative Approaches to Peacemaking | The liberal peace is gone and is not coming back. This presentation attempts to sketch some of the new (or perhaps more prominent) actors and approaches that are taking its place. | Roger Mac Ginty | 12 Jun 2024 |
| 4873 | Creative Commons | Navigating Climate and Peace | Conflict prevention is vital in Sudan and the Sahel. Conflict drivers include climate and bad governance. Round Lake Chad, 48% of youths joining Boko Haram sought money and prestige after losing livelihoods as the lake shrinks. | Nisreen Elsaim | 12 Jun 2024 |
| 4872 | Creative Commons | Global Fragmentation and its Impact on Peace Processes | Dr Mateja Peter introduces PeaceRep, a new data collection effort. | Mateja Peter | 12 Jun 2024 |
| 4871 | Creative Commons | New actors and changes? | Dr Richard Baltrop provides some observations from peace processes in Africa and the Middle East. | Richard Baltrop | 12 Jun 2024 |
| 4870 | Creative Commons | AI and Peace and Security: the opportunities and challenges | Sam Daws with some observations on the efforts of the UN, regional organisations and national governments to govern and provide ethical frameworks for AI, and what pivotal and innovative technology means for multilateral governance. | Sam Daws | 12 Jun 2024 |
| 4869 | Creative Commons | The Private Sector and Pathways to Peace-building | The responsibilties of business are shifting on issues such as human rights, labour conditions, climate change, social and economic inclusion and systemic integrity. Dr Isabella Bunn introduces a paper providing an overview of several key initiatives. | Isabella Bunn | 12 Jun 2024 |
| 4868 | Creative Commons | Dealing with Intractable Conflicts by De-escalation and the Initiation of an Incremental Procedural Process | Highly escalated conflicts between groups are characterised by deep animosities and contradicting demands, thus posing enormous challenges for conflict resolution. Daniel Schaefer's proposal envisages an incremental approach. | Daniel Schaefer | 12 Jun 2024 |
| 4867 | ‘Franz Kafka’s ‘Metamorphosis’: Insects and Disgust and Repulsion’ | Franz Kafka exploited people’s disgust at insects as his protagonist, Greger Samsa, was transformed into a giant insect. Is this disgust innate, widely shared or justified and what are the consequences for our treatment of insects? | Liam Crowley, Rosemary Gillespie, Clair Linzey, Geraldine Wright | 12 Jun 2024 | |
| 4866 | Tuberculosis: vaccines, diagnostics and experience | Kafka died in 1924 of tuberculosis, which remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases. This talk looks at the various aspects of tuberculosis from candidate vaccines, the role of genetics in TB treatments and the perspective of a patient. | Helen McShane, Philip Fowler | 12 Jun 2024 | |
| 4865 | Oxford Reads Kafka | A collective public reading of 'Metamorphosis' to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of Franz Kafka’s death. Bringing together literary figures, civic leaders and University academics and students, this event celebrates the power of Kafka’s voice today. | Lemn Sissay, Ben Okri, Lisa Appignanesi, Helen McShane | 12 Jun 2024 | |
| 4864 | 'Kafka's Ape' and 'Words and Music' | Interview with the creatives behind two shows inspired by Kafka's story 'A Report for an Academy' which explore race, migration, ageing and "humanimal" agency. | Ed Gaughan, Karen Leeder, Tony Miyambo, Wes Williams | 07 Jun 2024 | |
| 4863 | Setting research priorities for English as an Additional Language. | Hamish Chalmers discusses his study asking teachers what kinds of research they think should be prioritised to help inform policy and practice in teaching pupils for whom English is an additional language (EAL). | Hamish Chalmers, Laura Molway | 30 May 2024 | |
| 4862 | What can we learn from asking students directly about their experiences of French lessons? | Laura Molway discusses her research on students’ attitudes and experiences of learning French in secondary schools. She explores the value of teachers seeking direct feedback from their students and how this can help develop policy and practice. | Laura Molway, Hamish Chalmers | 30 May 2024 | |
| 4861 | The UK’s development strategy and the new economic and geopolitical challenges | The Minister for Development and Africa, Andrew Mitchell MP, will join us to discuss how to address these challenges as well as seize new opportunities. | Andrew Mitchell, Stefan Dercon, Emily Jones, Ricardo Soares de Oliveira | 30 May 2024 | |
| 4860 | Book talk: 'Not the end of the world: how we can be the first generation to build a sustainable planet' | Hannah Ritchie discusses her new book 'Not the end of the world' with Prof Charles Godfray. | Hannah Ritchie, Charles Godfray | 20 May 2024 | |
| 4859 | Creative Commons | Chatting with Chris Kowalski | In episode five we chat with Dr Chris Kowalski, a consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, from the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust in the United Kingdom, where he is the simulation lead and is involved in all stages of medical education. | Chris Kowalski, Danica Sims | 14 May 2024 |
| 4858 | Creative Commons | Chatting with Simone Titus-Dawson | In episode four we chat with Associate Professor Simone Titus-Dawson from the Centre for Health Professions Education in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. | Simone Titus-Dawson, Danica Sims | 14 May 2024 |
| 4857 | Creative Commons | Chatting with Richard Canter | In episode three we chat with Professor Richard Canter from the University of Oxford. He reflects over the decades of his fascinating career, sharing his story of how he, a surgeon, became involved in medical education and research. | Richard Canter, Danica Sims | 07 May 2024 |
| 4856 | Creative Commons | Intersecting Crises: Housing and Forced Migration in Oxford | How does housing relate to migration and asylum issues? Using the City of Oxford as a case study, we consider the affordability and accessibility of housing to newcomers and the impact this has on refugee and asylum seekers. | Tiger Hills, Hari Reed, J, Rob McNeil | 30 Apr 2024 |
| 4855 | Emotions in international food law | Anne Saab, associate professor at the Geneva Graduate Institute looks at how feelings such as fear and anxiety might influence food safety regulations. | Anne Saab | 30 Apr 2024 | |
| 4854 | Sugarcoated: Sugar tax and media discourses on the context of policymaking | Dr Esther Gonzalez-Padilla asks what is sugar? Why should we study it? And how much sugar should we be eating? | Esther Gonzalez-Padilla | 30 Apr 2024 | |
| 4853 | Sweetness as an aesthetic relationship | Dr Maddalena Borsato, senior researcher at Ritsumeikan University examines the ambiguities and of the contradictions of sweetness. | Maddalena Borsato | 30 Apr 2024 | |
| 4852 | Outwitting the temporalities of ‘control’ for Type 2 diabetes in urban India | Pallavi Laxmikanth speaks about her PhD research examining understandings and practises of diabetes management in middle class communities in Hyderabad’s High-Tech City. | Pallavi Laxmikanth | 30 Apr 2024 | |
| 4851 | Chatting with Danelle Hess | In episode two we chat to Dr Danelle Hess from the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. | Danelle Hess, Danica Sim | 17 Apr 2024 | |
| 4850 | Chatting with Danica Sims | This is the first episode of “Conversations in Med Ed”. Podcast host, Dr Danica (’Nici’) Sims, plays the role of the guest, as her colleague, Dr Liam Guilfoyle, asks her, “Why start a podcast?” | Danica Sims, Liam Guilfoyle | 08 Apr 2024 | |
| 4849 | Creative Commons | Diaspora Communities: Powerful Partners Driving Change | What makes diaspora communities unique? We learn about the roles of diasporas, contributions to development and humanitarian initiatives across the globe and unpack how people living in diaspora drive change in their communities. | Alan Gamlen, Larisa Lara, Martin Russell, Rob McNeil | 20 Mar 2024 |
| 4848 | From grassroots to platforms. The reconfiguration of alternative food provisioning in an online world | Dr Francesca Forno, Associate professor at the University of Trento discusses how new, grassroots food movements are using online platforms and how their online platforms are being appropriated by bigger businesses. | Francesca Forno, Stanley Ulijaszek, Tanja Schneider | 13 Mar 2024 | |
| 4847 | Curating good choice, digital marketplace platforms and the framing of eating | Dr Jeremy Brice explores how consumer choice is governed, protected, and cared for by firms which operate digital marketplace platforms from the likes of Deliveroo to Amazon Fresh. | Jeremy Brice, Stanley Ulijaszek, Tanja Schneider | 13 Mar 2024 | |
| 4846 | Creative Commons | Excess as entertainment: Mukbang and the theatrics of eating for an online audience | Dr Thao Dam explores how food is experienced digitally, through the Korean-originated practice of mukhbang, where people pay to watch others eat inline. | Thao Dam, Stanley Ulijaszek, Tanja Schneider | 13 Mar 2024 |
| 4845 | Creative Commons | Personalised nutrition and dietary behaviour change in an online study across 7 European countries | Dr Anna Macready, associate professor in the School of Agriculture Policy and Development at the University of Reading, takes us through personalised nutrition and asks, ‘is there a right or wrong diet?’ | Anna Macready, Stanley Ulijaszek, Tanja Schneider | 13 Mar 2024 |
| 4844 | The International Monetary Fund | How does the global financial system cope with a turbulent world? | Jan Eijking, Maurice Obstfeld | 28 Feb 2024 |
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