This multi-disciplinary podcast explores people's perspectives on different topics related to the social sciences and the humanities. Francisco Lopez and Donna Mlyneck will be interviewing individuals coming from various backgrounds on themes related to international relations, economics, culture, history, sustainable development and entrepreneurship. More specifically, we will focus on global challenges that are relevant for local communities and individuals. This is a space to express one’s opinions with no filter, while being able to listen to the other, and have insightful conversations.
How can 'hard-to-abate sectors' come together to develop a low-carbon future? What is the role of the BRICS, especially Brazil, in global environmental and climate governance? What role do you foresee for the BRICS in international climate change negotiations? How to improve energy access and the switch to renewables while reducing inequalities to make the energy transitions just and fair?
Larissa Basso will discuss with us these relevant issues that are often left out of the discussion.
Check out Larissa's bio: https://www.su.se/english/profiles/lade5584-1.418852
20 Jun 2021
Cecilia, EU affairs, and trade
How will COVID-19 impact EU Trade Policy in the long-term? Why has the EU-Mercosur trade agreement taken over two decades to be finalized? What current challenges will shape the future of the EU? These are some of the themes discussed in our conversation with Cecilia Malmström. She has served as MEP, Minister of EU Affairs, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs, and EU Commissioner for Trade. She is currently lecturing at Gothenburg University and is a fellow at Washington's Peterson Institute.
Check out Cecilia's bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Malmstr%C3%B6m
8 Jun 2021
Klaudija, Glen, ocean governance, and marine policy
How are the world’s oceans governed? What are the legal and policy implications of large-scale ocean energy developments? How can we manage fish stocks more sustainably? These are the type of questions that are discussed in this special episode dedicated to the World's Ocean Day. We invited Klaudija Cremers and Glen Wright, who are research fellows at IDDRI and work on various aspects of international ocean governance and marine policy. Also, Glen and Klaudija explain the 'high seas', the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy, marine spatial planning, and ocean energy futures.
Check out Glen's and Klaudija's profiles:
https://www.iddri.org/en/about-iddri/team/glen-wright
https://www.iddri.org/en/about-iddri/team/klaudija-cremers
7 Jun 2021
Global Perspectives (Season 2 - Introduction)
This is Global Perspectives, the multi-disciplinary podcast that discusses local, national, regional and international issues from a global angle. In this introductory episode, Donna Marie Mlyneck is introduced as the new co-host of the podcast. She discusses her ideas on the most pressing global challenges as well as what to expect from this new podcast season.
2 Nov 2020
Neelke, ethics, and water engineering
Why is it important to include an ethical analysis in the process of developing new technologies? What does an ethical analysis of engineering reveal compared to an analysis which does not consider ethical, philosophical, or moral dimensions? These are the type of questions that are discussed in this episode, for which I have invited prof. Neelke Doorn from TU Delft. She is distinguished Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Professor of ‘Ethics of Water Engineering’ at the Department of Ethics and Philosophy of Technology. Furthermore, she is the Director of Education of the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management.
Check out Neelke's bio: https://www.tudelft.nl/en/tpm/about-the-faculty/departments/values-technology-and-innovation/people/full-professors/profdrmrir-n-neelke-doorn/
24 Oct 2020
Julie, political ecology, and STS
In this episode, I will interview Julie Trottier, a university lecturer at Sciences Po Paris, and a researcher that has spent over twenty years studying water management, and the political struggles of water in Palestine and Israel. We will discuss issues related to critical political ecology, sustainability, and science and technology studies (STS).
Check out Julie's bio: https://cnrs.academia.edu/JulieTrottier
11 Sept 2020
Frederik, social networks, and media law
What are the main drivers of public debate when it comes to social media? Why are social media especially controversial today? Can we perceive social media as replacing printed press and television? What makes online social media so different from previous media platforms? These are some of the questions dealt in this podcast episode, for which I interviewed Dr. Frederik Ferreau from the University of Cologne.
18 Aug 2020
Stephan, media control, and digital surveillance
What is the difference between surveillance in the offline and the online world? To what extent are we leaning towards a social (super) scoring system that determines many aspects of human life? In this episode, I want to talk about some issues that are present in our daily lives without being noticed; i.e. media control and digital surveillance. During my conversation with Prof. Dr. Stephan Packard, I talk about surveillance in postdigital societies and the future of media control.
Check out Stephan's bio: https://mekuwi.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/en/stephan-packard
17 Aug 2020
Jessie, language revitilization, and indigenous communities
In this podcast episode, we’ll talk about the relevance of indigenous languages, focusing on the case of the indigenous communities in Alberta, Canada. For doing so, I have interviewed Jessie Loyer, a member of the indigenous group Michel First Nation, and an associate professor at the University of Mount Royal.
Check out Mount Royal's DeciphAR project: https://library.mtroyal.ca/deciphar (https://library.mtroyal.ca/deciphar)
21 Jul 2020
(SP) Juan Pablo, geografía electoral, y ciencia política
En el podcast de hoy, quiero hablar sobre un tema muy interesante y poco conocido por muchos de nosotros. Me refiero al análisis electoral, y más específicamente a la geografía electoral. Tengo como invitado a Juan Pablo Milanese, jefe del departamento de estudios políticos de la universidad Icesi. Juan Pablo tiene un doctorado de la universidad de Bologna en ciencia política, y ha trabajado como investigador y profesor en la universidad Icesi durante más de diez años. Link a la biografía de Juan Pablo: https://www.icesi.edu.co/profesores/cv/juan-milanese (https://www.icesi.edu.co/profesores/cv/juan-milanese)
6 Jul 2020
Soem, sustainability, and universities
How can we make our universities more sustainable? Should universities integrate courses on sustainability and the environment on the curricula of their degrees? I will be discussing these questions with Soem Zeijlmans, a student of Governance, Economics, and Development at Leiden University College in The Hague. He is also the Sustainable Operations Coordinator at his university’s green office.
Check out the Green Office's work on their site: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/green-office (https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/green-office)
24 Jun 2020
Vasileios, Cyprus, and theories
In this episode, I want to focus on three very interesting topics: Cyprus, academia, and theories. Our guest from today has managed to link these three issues very well. I have interviewed Vasileios Karakasis, a PhD student at the faculty of Governance and Global Affairs at Leiden University. His research focuses on Cyprus, energy security, and the Mediterranean.
Check out Vasileios' biography: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/vasileios-karakasis#tab-2 (https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/vasileios-karakasis#tab-2)
19 Jun 2020
David, water, and academia
I have invited dr. David Zetland, a university lecturer at Leiden University College, and author of several books related to water, sustainability, and political economy. During the podcast, we discuss a bit about his academic career, about water management, and about how to make a change when it comes to sustainability.
Check out David's bio: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/david-zetland#tab-1
17 Jun 2020
Global Perspectives (Introduction)
This is Global Perspectives, the multi-disciplinary podcast that discusses local, national, and international issues from a global angle. Episodes from this podcast focus on topics related to the challenges our societies face today.
17 Jun 2020
Leonardo, child development, and education
For this podcast, I invited the early child development expert Leonardo Yánez to talk about education policies, child development, and education trends in the Latin American region. . Leonardo has worked as a lecturer in different Venezuelan universities, he was a consultant to UNICEF, and he was the national director of early child education in Venezuela. Currently, he works as the senior representative for Latin America in the Bernard van Leer Foundation.
Check out Leonardo's bio: https://bernardvanleer.org/team/j-leonardo-yanez/
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