ResearchPod
ResearchPod science podcasts connect the research community to a global audience of peers and the public, raising visibility and impact. www.researchpod.org. All content is shared under the Creative Commons CCBY-NC-ND 4.0 licence. For further information, email [email protected]
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 18 minutes
- Episodes
- 486
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Entrepreneurs in Conflict Zones
In conflict zones, businesses are widely seen as a positive force that promotes peace.
Dr Jay Joseph at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, and colleagues have studied micro and small enterpri…
Cabot Conversations: Heatwaves and Health
Cabot Institute for the Environment climate scientist Dr Eunice Lo and medical statistics Professor Richard Morris discuss Heatwaves and Health.
The conversation looks at the implications of heat on …
Research Frontiers - Workers and their rights
Does the law always protect workers from their employers? Our host Ruby Lott-Lavigna is joined by Professor Alan Bogg, a professor of Labour Law at the University of Bristol, and Stuart Hurst, a stud…
Guantánamo Bay - Being a Guantánamo Lawyer
Have you ever wondered what representing someone detained in a facility synonymous with secrecy and deception would be like? In the second episode of this series, we delve into the realities of striv…
The new rules of work: How the psychological contract is evolving
The psychological contract has changed dramatically since the start of the pandemic, with the balance of power swinging towards the employee.
In this episode, Professor Veronica Hope Hailey and her gu…
Cabot Conversations: Untangling the water system - surprising impacts of climate change
Cabot Institute for the Environment scientists, Dr Gemma Coxon and Dr Ross Woods, highlight some surprising facts about the water system and how nature based solutions to drought and floods may not s…
Cabot Conversations: A whole systems approach to net zero
Cabot Institute for the Environment experts Professor Dale Southerton and Professor Valeska Ting discuss "a whole systems approach to net zero".
Engineer Dr Valeska Ting and social scientist Professor…
Research Frontiers - Data and sustainability
This episode focusses on the crucial role that data and research plays in international decision-making to combat the many crises the world faces today, such as climate change. Our host, Ruby Lott-La…
Research Frontiers - The psychology of education
Mental health and educational psychology often go hand in hand, but our understanding is often rudimentary. In this second episode host Ruby Lott-Lavigna is joined by Dr Felicity Sedgewick, lecturer …
Guantánamo Bay - A Prisoner's Story
Kicking off this extraordinary series, we hear first-hand from Mohamedou Ould Slahi who exposed the use of torture at Guantánamo, smuggling out facts about his experience in letters to his lawyer, Na…
The role of responsible business in tackling the climate crisis
As the rate of climate events increases, how do businesses respond, adapt and keep their staff safe?
In this episode of Responsible Business: Leading the Way, Professor Veronica Hope Hailey, Dean of t…
Cabot Conversations: Resilient Cities - Global progress from local solutions
Professor Susan Parnell, who researches the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in African cities, talks to Bristol City Council's Allan Macleod about how the SDGs are implemented in the city of Bri…
Cabot Conversations: The true value of ecosystem services
Cabot Institute for the Environment experts Professor Jane Memmott and Dr Tommaso Jucker discuss the true value of ecosystem services. Bristol artist Sophie Long shares an artistic interpretation of …
Cabot Conversations: Climate Emergency
Cabot Institute for the Environment experts Dame Julia Slingo and Professor Dann Mitchell discuss "What is the Climate Emergency?" while artist Chi-Yien Snow shares a powerful artistic interpretation…
Research Frontiers - The Future of Work
What does the future of work look like? And how do we make it sustainable, yet progressive? In this fascinating first episode, host Ruby Lott-Lavigna poses these questions and more with Dr Rutvica An…
Guantánamo Bay - Closing the door?
To wrap up this extraordinary series, we look at the prospects for closing Guantánamo, the need for mechanisms that hold States accountable for their crimes - and what the facility’s legacy means for…
The business of a more porous campus
It is believed that being more porous in nature will enable universities to create a talent pool of graduates with en entrepreneurial mindset and access to the very latest thinking, technology and in…
Cabot Conversations: The Power of People
Cabot Institute for the Environment's Professor Rich Pancost and Roger Griffith MBE discuss "Power of People in climate action". Rapper and songwriter Consensus share a captivating interpretation of …
Guantánamo Bay - Does torture work?
As we mark the shameful 20th anniversary of Guantánamo Bay, the third episode in this series asks if torture works. We hear, first hand, from Mohamedou Ould Slahi who reflects on what pain and fear m…
Cabot Conversations: Ocean floor - An Alien Commons?
Cabot Institute for the Environment experts Dr Kate Hendry and Dr Laurence Publicover discuss "the Ocean Floor: An alien commons?"
Geochemist Dr Kate Hendry and Dr Laurence Publicover, a senior lectu…