Call My Supervisor! A PhD podcast

It's the final episode of our third series and we sign-off in style with PhD candidate  Tobe Nneli. Tobe's research focuses on how social media-enabled connections between citizens at ‘home’ and in the diaspora shape citizen perceptions of state legitimacy in new democracies.  Specifically, his study seeks to understand historical and cultural factors that shape citizens’ perceptions of...

For the penultimate episode in this series, we welcome Claire Burchett for a discussion about her PhD research: Everyday victimhood on social media: the framing of Jews and anti-Semitism in the populist radical right online space in France, Germany and Austria.  Claire's research examines three radical right political parties: the National Front in France, Alternative for Germany, and the Fre...

After the UK voted to leave the European Union in 2016, a nationwide network of pro-EU movements and groups emerged. For many, the focus of their efforts was to convince both the public and government to reverse course and think again about leaving the bloc entirely. Other groups campaigned for a so-called 'soft Brexit', respecting the result of the vote but pushing for the UK to remain...

The transition away from fossil fuels and towards greener, more sustainable sources of energy in the UK have picked up pace in the last decade, with successive governments seeking more prominent roles for the state in building capacity and harnessing the technology needed to make the UK self-sufficient. But do the roots of green energy policy go back much further, to a time before the global finan...

The 'long '60s' are in focus for the second episode in this series of Call My Supervisor! as we welcome doctoral candidate James Mowatt to discuss his research into that famous era. While many recall the period (broadly defined as 1955 - 1975) as being one defined by great social change, solidarity and national renewal, James's research looks a little closer and speaks to those...

Cristina Ramirez, a doctoral candidate from King's College London's Department of Political Economy, joins us to unpack the complex relationship between populist leaders and electoral institutions. Through the lens of her research on Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro, Cristina reveals how the centralised electoral system in Brazil might just outshine the US when it comes to resisting popul...

For the final episode in our second series, we welcome  Laura Montecchio, a PhD student studying with with the Department of Political Economy at King's College London. Laura's research is entitled The Paradox of the Populist Radical Right Elitism in France, Germany, and Italy and she talks to hosts Clara Goilav and Daniel Mansfield about the paradox she believes is apparent in the popul...

Do cryptoassets pose a credible threat to the United States' economic power? In this episode, we welcome Sebastian Ricketts to discuss his research into US economic power and whether the emergence of cryptoassets could challenge the dollar hegemony on the world stage. Sebastian also reflects on the challenges facing regulators and policy-makers as digital assets proliferate, as well as moves...

We welcome PhD student Konstantin Peveling for the fourth episode of our second series and it's the knowledge economy and changing landscape for skills in focus this time around. Konstantin's doctoral research sees him examine how firms are reacting to the rapid transition away from more traditional means of industry - such as manufacturing - and towards the knowledge economy, with all t...

In this episode, we welcome John Newton, a PhD candidate studying with the Department of European and International Studies at King's College London. John's research aims to to analyse the exchange of ideas between the socialist left in the USA and UK and how the emergence of an international political fandom on social media centered around elected officials impacts this exchange.  John&...

For the second episode of our second series, we are joined by Daniel Alves , a PhD candidate who has been studying in the Department of Political Economy at King's College London since 2020. Daniel's research is focussed on the politics of equity-enhancing reforms in Brazil, with a focus on the mechanisms and systems that have made policy reform possible in South America's largest e...

Call My Supervisor! is back Hot on the heels of our brilliant first series, we are once again catching up with PhD candidates from across the School of Politics and Economics for series two. Launching our new series is Iris Magne , a doctoral researcher studying with the Kin's Russia Institute. Iris talks to hosts Daniel Mansfield and Clara Goilav about her PhD research, Biopolitics, Authorit...

For the sixth and final episode in the first series of Call My Supervisor! we are joined by PhD candidate Michael Pandazis, from the Department of Political Economy at King's College London. Michael is also attached to the Policy Institute at King's.  Michael's research will see him conduct trials aimed at increasing the uptake of higher education, especially among social groups tha...

It's full steam ahead for the fifth episode in our first series and we're joined this time by PhD candidate, Anri Sakakibara , from the Department of Political Economy at King's College London. Anri's research examines how trade affects gender inequality at the household-level, with a particular focus on Vietnam and the effects of the Vietnam-US Bilateral Trade Agreement of 200...

For the fourth episode in our first series, we were joined by PhD candidate, Lina Kramer , from the Department of Political Economy at King's College London. Lina's research examines the AI government and tax policies designed by a multi-agent reinforcement learning algorithm in a political economy model. We discuss with Lina the inspiration behind her thesis, what sorts of roles and app...

For the third episode in our first series, we were joined by PhD candidate, Marypaz Ventura-Arrieta , from the Department of Political Economy at King's College London. Marypaz's research examines how media coverage of immigration policies can have a potential effect on immigrants’ decisions to apply for immigration applications such as asylum, permanent residence status, and citizenship...

For episode two we welcomed PhD candidate, Nick Scott , from the Department of Political Economy at King's College London. Nick's research, Brexit Britain: the Fractionalisation of European Identity in post-Brexit England , asks what constitutes European identity and whether a pan-European identity, premised on a sense of shared socio-historical and cultural characteristics, exists beyon...

For the first ever episode of Call My Supervisor! we welcomed PhD candidate, Bill Weston, from the Department of European and International Studies at King's College London. Bill's research, ' We Possess all things…and have no use for your Country’s Manufactures: Explaining the Innovation Divergence between Eastern Europe and East Asia, 2010-20 ', takes an in-depth look at at t...