Meliora: a podcast from the Sustainability & Resilience Institute

About Meliora: a podcast from the Sustainability & Resilience Institute

Welcome to the Green Gown Award winning Meliora Podcast from the Sustainability and Resilience Institute at the University of Southampton! This podcast explores the greatest and most wicked problem that is sustainability, whilst looking at how we are collectively addressing this critical global challenge. Sustainability needs to be addressed by understanding how the economy, society, culture, politics and environment intersect, and this is the focus that informs each episode of the Meliora podcast. In each episode, host Professor Simon Kemp and guest hosts are joined by a variety of guests, including academics, students, staff, researchers, alumni, community groups and business leaders. The aim of the podcast is to shine a light on the vast range of topics surrounding sustainability and to allow listeners to learn about the critical challenges we face, as well as how they can be part of the solution. We also ensure our fantastic students have the opportunity to share their brilliant work with the world. Podcast host: Professor Simon Kemp, Deputy Director of the Sustainability & Resilience Institute, University of Southampton Podcast editors: Jack Dinham, Ellie Howell, Mya Harvey, Lily Killner, Sophie Green, Libby Kale, School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton Podcast communications: Tyler Domone-Hollands, Hannah Parish, Alexander Ayerst, Maya Stevens, University of Southampton Please do get in touch to discuss this podcast and any of the issues we raise by emailing sri@soton.ac.uk Follow us on instagram and X: @meliorapodcast

Publisher

University of Southampton

Category

education · science · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Oct 2023

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

175 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026

   Francesca Trotman: Love The Oceans

   It's a real privilege to be joined by the inspirational Francesca Trotman, Founder and Managing Director of the brilliant non-profit conservation organisation 'Love The Oceans'! University of Southampton Alumna Francesca founded Love The Oceans at the frankly astonishing age of 21! Since then she has built a hugely respected and globally recognised organisation whose pioneering research and conservation work spans fisheries, coral reef health, apex predators, and megafauna - all of whic...

2. 

   11 Sept 2026

   Corey Peterson: University of Tasmania and International Leader in Sustainability in HE

   We are absolutely thrilled to be joined by Corey Peterson, one of the true global leaders in sustainability in higher education! Corey is the Chief Sustainability Officer at the University of Tasmania where he has transformed their sustainability work in the over 16 years he has worked there. A consistently high performing institution in the THE Impact Ratings, Corey has again led UoT to Number 1 in the world in SDG 13 Climate Action in the 2026 ratings - just one of many indicators to ...

3. 

   25 Jul 2026

   Stefania-Myrto Staiculescu: Sustainability Across Borders: Comparing student attitudes and behaviours at Southampton (UK) and Can Tho (Viet Nam)

   Stefania-Myrto Staiculescu (BSc Geography) joins us to discuss her independent research project "Sustainability Across Borders: Comparing Student Attitudes and Behaviours at Southampton (UK) and Can Tho (Viet Nam) which is part of the Sustainability & Resilience Institute (University of Southampton) and Mekong Institute (Can Tho University) research collaboration. In recent years, sustainability has become increasingly relevant, and universities are recognised as key to promoting and shap...

Who has been a guest on Meliora: a podcast from the Sustainability & Resilience Institute

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Julia Dines
• Ethan Dennis
• Jessica
• Mia
• Megan

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

31 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 63 / 100

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Quality

97

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

71

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