It’s Just Research is a podcast produced by the School of Education, Communication & Society (ECS) at King’s College London, that demystifies research while offering a critical outlook onto the global challenges we face in the 21st century.
Bringing to light the behind-the-scenes of research, the interviewees will unpack the research concepts, theoretical and methodological approaches, and ambitions for social change driving their diverse interests – from sociolinguistics, education technology and its effects on social inequality, youth work, post-colonial community building, health ethics, to science and mathematics, sustainability and ecological approaches to education.
A new episode is released on the first Tuesday of each month.
Hosted by ECS academic Dr Sara Black and PhD students Liam Cini O'Dwyer and Pippa Sterk; executive produced by Sylvie Carlos, PhD student in ECS and audio producer.
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On the final episode of Season 3, Dr Sara Black and Sylvie Carlos are joined by Dr Aisha Phoenix, to discuss her research into young people’s experiences of colourism, particularly through humour. Aisha is a Lecturer in Social Justice at the School of Education, Communication and Society and a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow.
The conversation examines why colourist jokes are often seen as more acceptable than racist jokes, particularly when they take place between young people from the same racialised group.
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31 Jul 2026
Intimate partner violence in Egypt
In this episode of It’s Just Research, hosts Sara Black and Sylvie Carlos are joined by Dr Mariam Abouelenin to discuss intimate partner violence against women in Egypt. The trio explores what has changed, and what hasn’t following the Arab Spring.
Mariam's research encompasses the resource theory and the work of Judith Butler, who argues that gender is something that we continually perform on a daily basis.
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25 Jun 2026
Communicating Sanctuary and Care
In this episode of It’s Just Research, hosts Sara Black and Liam Cini O’Dwyer are joined by Dr Christina Richardson and Professor Yvonne Foley to discuss Communicating Sanctuary and Care, a collaborative project between NALDIC (the National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum) and the University of Edinburgh.
Bringing together education, healthcare, linguistics, and contemporary art, the project explores how schools can better support children and young people from refugee backgrounds. Rather than focusing solely on "welcoming" newcomers, Christina and Yvonne argue for approaches that recognise refugee children as active participants in their communities, with agency,
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