Dr Susan Oman from the University of Sheffield explains how well-being data is used to make crucial decisions that affect our life chances, livelihoods and quality of life.
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25 Jul 2025
Russia’s War in Ukraine: Episode Two
Why does the Western countries' response to Russia come short of stopping the war in Ukraine? How did the UK, a leading country in response to Russia, fare so far in the conflict? Dr Baris Celik presents a two-episode podcast series exploring Russia’s war in Ukraine. Are there any forms of international cooperation that are more likely to stop the war? What do the non-Western countries think of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? What kinds of warfare methods does Russia use in Ukraine?
Episode two features Dr Greg Stiles who unpacks the challenges of international cooperation for resolving the conflict in Ukraine, as well as non-Western perspectives on the conflict, and Gabriel Evans who helps us explore the new ways of warfare as observed in Russia’s war in Ukraine. Dr Baris Celik closes the podcast with reflections on possibilities for peace in Ukraine.
25 Jul 2025
Russia’s War in Ukraine: Episode One
Why does the Western countries' response to Russia come short of stopping the war in Ukraine? How did the UK, a leading country in response to Russia, fare so far in the conflict? Dr Baris Celik presents a two-episode podcast series exploring Russia’s war in Ukraine. Are there any forms of international cooperation that are more likely to stop the war? What do the non-Western countries think of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? What kinds of warfare methods does Russia use in Ukraine?
Episode one features Professor Richard Whitmanm who helps us understand the achievements and shortcomings of the Western countries' response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with a focus on the UK’s foreign and security policies.
25 Jul 2025
Calcium regulation: How we have developed a treatment for Hypoparathyroidism
Dr Ian Wilkinson from the University of Sheffield talks about Hypoparathyroidism - a rare condition that affects calcium regulation in the body - and how him and his team have developed a treatment.
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25 Jul 2025
Qualifying work experience: An opportunity or an obstacle for the role of clinical legal education?
Gillian Hutchens from the University of Sheffield explores how Law Clinics work and the role they play in ensuring new lawyers have the skills the public needs.
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25 Jul 2025
Women with disabilities in academia
Victoria Baskett - elite para-sprinter and doctoral researcher at the University of Sheffield - talks to fellow researchers about why women with disabilities are leaving academia.
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25 Jul 2025
Why should we all care about energy justice?
Sandra Jazmin Barragan from the University of Sheffield looks at how we as a society can encourage people to take an active role in tackling climate change.
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25 Jul 2025
Parkinson‘s Disease
Researchers from the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience at the University of Sheffield discuss a current neuroscience research paper on Parkinson’s disease.
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25 Jul 2025
Motor Neurone Disease
Researchers from the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience at the University of Sheffield discuss a current neuroscience research paper on motor neurone disease.
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25 Jul 2025
Crop Growth in Space and Urban Agriculture on Earth
Learn how to grow plants in space (and in urban environments) with Luke Fountain from the University of Sheffield.
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25 Jul 2025
Clinical trials: The who, the how, the what
Dan Beever and colleagues from the University of Sheffield give an insight into how clinical trials work, how they are carried out and who is involved.
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