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About the lecture: Global health systems focus on governance and coordination across institutions, health systems, and countries to improve health outcomes. However, these systems have been challenged over the past few years with the Covid-19 pandemic. With the economic and workforce strains of coping with the pandemic, global health agendas have been insufficiently financed, causing a weakening o...

This month we’re looking at the invisible... the things you might not usually notice. Cerys and team are looking at city soundscapes, the Antarctica continent and the radio frequency spectrum. We’re looking at these three subjects through a new lens and discussing how we make the invisible, visible. Hosts: Molly Rasbash, Maria Bunyun, Taqwa Sadiq (UCL Students) Guests: Andrew Mitchell, Prof Ilan K...

Date of Lecture: 9 June 2022 About the Lecture: This talk discussed citizen science initiatives from around the globe. It explained how citizen science is currently being utilised in the global North and South to benefit local populations and it showcased examples (from the recent book “Geographic Citizen Science Design: No one left behind” by UCL Press) of interaction barriers and design consider...

Date of Lecture: 7 June 2022 About the Lecture: Saffron Woodcraft will speak about legacy and livelihood security in east London and Penny Bernstock will review London 2012’s housing legacy and the broken promises. Victoria Austin will look at how disability inclusion was embedded in London 2012 and how the paralympic legacy model has been used to build the Global Disability Innovation Hub. Clare...

Date of Lecture: 24 May 2022 About the Lecture: Dr Joe Penny will discuss his work researching the Local State’s response to the housing crisis with and for London tenants and Aude Vuilliomenet will share her experiences of working with communities in gardening activities and why collaborating with local organisations is essential for delivering her research. Dr Leah Lovett will discuss her experi...

The Nahrein Network interviews Dr Alaa Hamdon of Mosul University (Nahrein Network - British Institute for the Study of Iraq (BISI) scholarship recipient) and archaeologist Dr Caroline Sandes, who founded Mosul Book Bridge to support the rebuilding of Mosul University Library. You can read more about Mosul Book Bridge on www.mosulbookbridge.org Date of episode recording: 2019-03-09 Duration: 15:20...

The director of Mosul University Libraries, Mr Mohammed Jasim Aal-Hajiahmed, speaks about national and international efforts to rehabilitate the libraries of the University of Mosul. Mr Mohammed Jasim Aal-Hajiahmed is a recipient of a Visiting Iraqi Scholarship from the Nahrein Network and the British Institute for the Study of Iraq (BISI). For more information and to access the transcript: www.uc...

Dr Rozhen Mohammed, an architect and urban planner and head of the Digital Cultural Heritage Research Group at Sulaimani Polytechnic University, speaks about using interactive technologies to create a better museum experience in Iraqi Kurdistan and its importance in improving public engagement in cultural heritage. Dr Rozhen was a recipient of the Nahrein Network and British Institute for the Stud...

In this podcast we speak with Dr Hakim-Moulay Dehbi, who is currently Head of Statistics at the Comprehensive Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, about his last paper on controlled backfill in oncology dose-finding trials. He tells us about the motivation for this work, and more importantly how the interests of patients with cancer need to be taken into account in dose-finding designs. For more informati...

The media has portrayed self-driving vehicles as both an exciting and terrifying prospect, but what will the future of autonomous driving really be like? The transition is already in progress. Join me, Cassidy Martin, as I interview IM@UCL's multi-disciplinary team of researchers who are leading the automotive revolution. For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/engineering...

Prof. Bani Anvari talks about the inspiration for, and the obstacles she and her team had to overcome to create, the IM@UCL facility. As well as her ambitions for IM@UCL. For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/engineering/intelligent-mobility-ucl-podcast-0 Date of episode recording: 2022-05-17 Duration: 00:21:08 Language of episode: English Presenter: Cassidy Martin Guest...

This one-off episode is a recording of "‘Levelling up’ or ‘Left-behind’? Restoring opportunity in UK society – In conversation with Fiona Hill" event, organised by UCL Grand Challenges and UCL Public Policy. This event, introduced by Sarah Chaytor, UCL’s Director of Research Strategy & Policy, was a conversation with Fiona Hill, Former Advisor to US President Donald Trump, and John Tomaney, Profes...

Hugo Spiers talks about taxis, how where you grew up affects your navigation skills, and the time that Benedict Cumberbatch ruined one of his experiments. For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/neuroscience/brain-stories-podcast Date of episode recording: 2022-07-19 Duration: 00:56:28 Language of episode: English Presenter:Selina Wray & Caswell Barry Gues...

Join UCL hosts Xand and Rochelle for Episode 4 ‘Dignity, decency and dying' with Dr Afsan Bhadelia & Dr Libby Sallnow. “Death is something that affects us all and by not talking about it we make it harder.” Death is not infinitely deferrable, yet the successes of traditional modern Western medicine in increasing life expectancy have hugely impacted the human psyche of immortality. Where can people...

This month we’re looking at Direction For Change. Cerys, Katie, Ariana and Chanju are here to tell you three different stories of change, from new technology for mapping cities, to changing demand for teachers, and finally the ever-changing future of cars. Listen now as our hosts discuss different directions for change with interesting voices from across the UCL community. For more information and...

Hear how Prof Alan Smith and researchers at UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory and our partner, Teledyne UK, design devices like Gaia, the ESA's optical telescope to chart a 3D map of the Milky Way Host: Dr Rosie Anderson, UCL Guest: Prof Alan Smith, UCL Read the case study here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/impact/case-studies/2022/apr/ucl-science-supports-industry-supplier-optical-sensors-major-space...

Dr Paul Collins - Curator at Ashmolean Museum and Co-Principal Investigator of Nahrein Network speaks about story telling and museums in Iraq For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/nahrein/media/podcasts/transcript-interview-paul-collins Date of episode recording: 2018-06-18 Duration: 00:09:05 Language of episode: English Presenter: Mehiyar Kathem Guests: Paul Col...

Professor Kate Jones and Dr Chris van Tulleken explain how human health is linked to the health of the planet, and how UCL climate and habitat research is helping doctors and policymakers predict (and maybe prevent) the next pandemic. GUESTS Professor Kate Jones, Centre for Biodiversity and Environmental Research, UCL Dr Chris van Tulleken, Division of Infection and Immunity, UCL and Hospital for...

For this podcast we are visited by Kate Bennett (Liverpool), Jenny Liu (University of Western) and Steph Cahill (Manchester) to discuss the topic 'Measures of resilience'. The podcast is hosted by Jennifer McGowan (UCL). This podcast covers: 1. Why do we aim to measure resilience? 2. Why are there so many measures of resilience? 3. What should be included in a good measure of resilience? 4. What a...

Conversations with the speakers from the 2022 UCL Neuroscience Symposium. For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/neuroscience/brain-stories-podcast Date of episode recording: 2022-06-22 Duration: 00:35:39 Language of episode: English Presenter:Selina Wray; Caswell Barry; Steve Fleming Guests: UCL Neuroscience Symposium speakers Producer: Patrick Robinson

Director of the UNESCO Office for Iraq, Louise Haxthausen, speaks about the rebuilding of Mosul and national and international efforts to revive its spirit of co-existence, learning and education. Louise Haxthausen also speaks about the importance of a $50m contribution from the Government of the UAE to rebuild the destroyed al Nuri Mosque complex and the Hadba Minerat, and the role of intangible...

Hear how Dr Michael Veale and colleagues across Europe built a privacy-friendly COVID tracking app, and how he worked with Parliamentarians to put citizens’ privacy rights on the agenda during the pandemic. Host and Producer Dr Rosie Anderson, Research Fellow, Public Health Policy team, UCL Guests -Dr Michael Veale, Associate Professor in Digital Rights and Regulation, UCL Faculty of Laws -Lord Ti...

How Professor Jess Deighton’s landmark study of school pupils’ mental wellbeing uncovered a growing crisis in young women’s mental health, and how her research has helped young people’s voices shape the HeadStart project’s support for them. Guests - Professor Jessica Deighton, Child Mental Health and Wellbeing, UCL and the Anna Freud Centre - Sarah Reeves, Mental Health and Coproduction Lead, Newh...

What is environmental humanities? How are scholars reconsidering our approach to the natural world, and where can you go to learn more? In the second of a two-part episode on the environmental humanities, host Roxana talks to Kate Rigby, Christine Okoth and Peter Riley – three academics who approach environmental concepts from very different perspectives in their work. They discuss the difficultie...

Professor Jessica Ringrose and Dr Kaitlyn Regehr on how sexism in London’s advertising landscape creates hostile environments for women, and how creativity and activism have challenged businesses and policy makers to address that injustice. Guests Professor Jessica Ringrose, Centre for Sociology of Education and Equity, IoE Dr Kaitlyn Regehr, Associate Professor, Digital Humanities Naomi Peter, Co...