This series brings together two academic experts from different fields, but working on the same project, to explore the possibilities and occasional pitfalls of an interdisciplinary world.
Synergies is an essential guide to what happens when academics reach out beyond their discipline to answer complex real world problems. Each podcast brings together two experts in the same field but with different approaches - to explore the possibilities, and occasional pitfalls, of an interdisciplinary world. Synergies is brought to you by UCL Grand Challenges and UCL Public Policy.
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Podcast series - 2017
Climate Health
Discussion on cross-disciplinary work on the Lancet Climate Health Commission report.
Speakers
- Prof Hugh Montgomery (UCL Institute for Sport, Exercise and Health)
- Prof Peter Cox (University of Exeter Department of Mathematics)
- Sue Nelson (science journalist and broadcaster)
Wonders of the Cosmos
Wonders of the Cosmos tells the story of a joint UCL project asking whether humanities and physics can identify the wonders of the cosmos.
Speakers
- Prof Jon Butterworth, UCL Physics and Astronomy
- Prof Dilwyn Knox (UCL School of European Languages, Culture and Society)
- Sue Nelson (science journalist and broadcaster)
Liveable cities
Engineer and Psychologist discuss their work on livable cities.
Guest speakers
- Dr Ellie Cosgrave (UCL Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy)
- Prof Helene Joffe (UCL Psychology and Language Sciences)
- Sue Nelson (science journalist and broadcaster)
100 hours
Sue Nelson talks to two UCL academics who joined forces to work on a project studying objects in the Galton Collection for 100 hours.
Guest speakers
- Dr Kate Smith (formerly UCL, University of Birmingham History)
- Elizabeth Haines (Royal Holloway Geography)
- Sue Nelson (science journalist and broadcaster)
Congo citizen Science
Computer Science and anthropology align in a joint UCL project which works with locals in the Congo basin to map their own forest.
Guest speakers
- Dr Jerome Lewis (UCL Anthropology)
- Prof Muki Haklay (UCL Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering)
- Sue Nelson (science journalist and broadcaster)
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