Public lecture podcasts

Orthodox Nun and Visiting Local Faith Leader Mother Sarah is joined by students from the Christian Union and the Islamic Society to discuss how faith writings can help with feelings of loneliness and isolation. The panel share Christian, Islamic and Buddhist writings that have proved helpful to them.

In this public lecture, Lead Social Scientist in the Development Research Group at the World Bank Michael Woolcock, discusses his forthcoming book International Development: Navigating Humanity’s Greatest Challenge. This hybrid event took place on 10/11/2022.

In this IPR public lecture Chief Executive of the Royal Arts Society, Andrew Haldane, discusses the rethinking and reformulation of life in the 21st century. Featuring contributions from Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bath, Professor Ian White, and Vice-President (Community and Inclusion), Professor Rajani Naidoo in addition. This hybrid event took place on the 7th of November 2022.

In this Centre for Climate Change & Social Transformations (CAST) and the Institute for Policy Research (IPR) panel event, Baroness Parminter, Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh MBE, Hirra Khan Adeogun, Nick Molho and Professor Nick Pearce discuss the House of Lords report: In our hands: behaviour change for climate and environmental goals and what it means for government, business and civil society. This event took place on the 7th of November 2022 as an online event.

In this event, Dr Ana Catalano Weeks (University of Bath) joined us to discuss her new book 'Making gender salient: From gender quota laws to policy'. Featuring contributions from Professor Rosie Campbell (King's College London) and Dr Peter Allen (University of Bath). This event took place at the University of Bath on 14 July 2022. For further information on the book, visit: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/making-gender-salient/2D3D592FC6C6B1182203FAA84149E09D.

In this lecture, Professor in Political Theory, Chris Armstrong, discusses his latest book ‘A blue new deal: Why we need a new politics for the ocean'. He explores existing governing institutions and makes the case for a powerful World Ocean Authority, putting equality, democracy, and sustainability at the heart of ocean politics. This lecture took place online on 29 June 2022 and is part of the series 'Our oceans: A deep dive': https://www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/our-oceans-a-deep-dive/.

In this webinar, Professor Jaideep Roy joined us to discuss his research on automation, displacement and democracy. This webinar took place on 22 June 2022.

In this lecture Dr Graeme Garrard (Cardiff University) discusses the ideas behind his new book 'The return of the state and why it is essential for our health, wealth and happiness', published by Yale University Press: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300256758/the-return-of-the-state/. This event took place online on 21 June 2022.

In Episode One of the University of Bath’s Research with Impact podcast, Roland Pease discusses the route to net zero with three of the University’s world-leading experts, whose research focuses on aspects of the climate crisis. Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh – from the Department of Psychology – is Director of the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST), member of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group and was an expert lead for Climate Assembly UK. She also recently advised for Netflix’s climate change parody ‘Don’t Look Up’. Professor Marcelle McManus – part of the Department of Mechanical Engineering – specialises in life cycle assessment, sustainable systems, renewable technologies and bioenergy. Marcelle is a Research Director of the Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre and is also one of the Directors of the Centre for Sustainable and Circular Technologies. Professor Ania Zalewska - one of the School of Management’s foremost academics - is an expert in financial regulation and reform, in particular the pensions industry; green finance and the financial challenges around climate change; and market and investment risk. Ania has a large following on LinkedIn, where she engages with academics and industry experts. For more information on our guests and the University of Bath’s Research with Impact Podcast please visit go.bath.ac.uk/research-with-impact or follow @uniofbath.

Join acclaimed science journalist and broadcaster, Roland Pease, as he meets nine researchers from the University of Bath whose expertise spans the environment, the digital age, and preventable diseases, looking for answers to three fundamental questions: • How do we get to net zero carbon? • How can we make big data work for society? • And, how can we reduce the number of people still dying from preventable diseases? For more information about guests and how research from the University of Bath is having an impact please visit go.bath.ac.uk/research-with-impact and follow @uniofbath.