What is rural gentrification? Professor Martin Philips
Traditionally, gentrification has been considered a highly urban process, taking place in cities and towns. But gentrification - and its implications for changing landscapes, rising rents, and displac...
2 Aug 201921min
What do cartoons tell us about global politics? Dr Daniel Hammett
With changing borders, Brexit and Trump it’s an interesting time for global geopolitics. Historically, and even more so in today’s current climate political cartoons are released via newspaper and soc...
29 Jul 201922min
How do we talk about environmental risk? Professor Esther Eidinow
Whilst research and science often provide an explanation on how the world works, the role of concepts such as fate, luck, fortune affect our understandings of risk. In this podcast we speak to Profess...
25 Jul 201919min
How is high street regeneration managed? Dr Steve Millington
Declining retail poses fundamental questions to the future of places where we live, work and socialise. In this podcast we're joined by Dr Steve Millington from Manchester Metropolitan University to ...
23 Jul 201931min
Why did unprecedented migration occur across the Mediterranean in 2015? Professor Heaven Crawley
At the end of 2015, over one million people had taken perilous sea journeys across the Mediterranean in search of safety. As part of #RefugeeWeek2019, we speak to Professor Heaven Crawley to discuss...
17 Jun 201928min
What is the relationship between comic books and geopolitics? Professor Jason Dittmer
In this podcast, we hear from Professor Jason Dittmer at University College London to discuss the role of comic books and their characters is constructing national identity and superpower in the US, C...
24 Apr 201923min
How is internal migration changing cities? Professor Michael Collyer
By 2050, it is estimated that the number of people living in urban areas in Africa and Asia will have doubled to 5.2 billion. Most of this urban growth will be from internal migrants. In this podcast ...
9 Apr 201927min
What are the big challenges for global water security? Professor David Hannah
In this podcast we interview UNESCO Chair of Water Science Professor David Hannah at the University of Birmingham. We explore the hydrological cycle and big challenges related to the sustainable manag...
20 Mar 201911min
