
Politics of Free Movement (Cecilia Bruzelius)
Free movement of people is a contentious issue. In this episode, moderated by RECET's Scientific Director Jannis Panagiotidis, Cecilia Bruzelius talks about how states deal with the resulting challeng...
29 Sep 202115min

Peripheral Liberalism (Tobias Rupprecht)
In this episode, RECET's Dr. Anna Calori talks with Tobias Rupprecht, Head of the Junior Research Group "Peripheral Liberalism", about Tobias's recent project on peripheral liberalism, economic reform...
9 Sep 202113min

Transformation(s) of Sexual Education (Agnieszka Kościańska)
Talking about sex and educating young people about the challenges and questions related to human sexuality is a sensitive and often controversial topic. In this episode, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Agnieszka Koś...
18 Aug 202112min

(Post-)Socialist Shakespeare (Eva Spišiaková)
What can translations tell us about the societies in which they are published? In this episode, moderated by Rosamund Johnston (RECET), Dr. Eva Spišiaková (University of Vienna) reflects upon one hund...
28 Juli 202114min

Modern Autocracies (Sergei Guriev)
Which factors play a leading role in the transformation and collapse of modern autocracies? In this episode, moderated by Anastassiya Schacht (RECET), our guest Prof. Sergei Guriev (Sciences Po) talks...
7 Juli 202114min

Deindustrializing Societies (Anne-Marie Jeannet)
Milan is a city that is synonymous with industry, as well as with style. In this episode, moderated by Dean Vuletic (RECET), we take a tour of Milan with Prof. Anne-Marie Jeannet as we discuss her res...
16 Juni 202114min

Resilient Neoliberalism? (Dorothee Bohle)
Governments in East Central Europe have long relied on radical neoliberal reforms as a strategy to leave socialism behind. In this episode, moderated by RECET's founding director Philipp Ther, our gue...
26 Maj 202113min

Legacies of Dissidence (Michal Kopeček)
Is the legacy of dissidence, rather than the legacy of communism, driving the current illiberal turn in some East Central European states' politics? In this episode moderated by Rosamund Johnston (REC...
5 Maj 202111min

















