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UCL Public Policy and UCL Grand Challenges have produced a podcast series, Synergies.
This series 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 academic experts from different fields, but working on the same project to explore the possibilities, and occasional pitfalls, of an interdisciplinary world:
- Climate Health – Prof Hugh Montgomery (UCL Institute for Sport, Exercise and Health) and Prof Peter Cox (University of Exeter Department of Mathematics) interviewed by Sue Nelson (science journalist and broadcaster)
- Liveable Cities – Dr Ellie Cosgrave (UCL Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy) and Prof Helene Joffe (UCL Psychology and Language Sciences) interviewed by Sue Nelson (science journalist and broadcaster)
- Congo Citizen Science – Dr Jerome Lewis (UCL Anthropology) and Prof Muki Haklay (UCL Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering) interviewed by Sue Nelson (science journalist and broadcaster)
- 100 Hours – Dr Kate Smith (formerly UCL, University of Birmingham History) and Elizabeth Haines (Royal Holloway Geography) interviewed by Sue Nelson (science journalist and broadcaster)
- Wonderments of the Cosmos – Prof Jon Butterworth (UCL Physics & Astronomy) and Prof Dilwyn Knox (UCL School of European Languages, Culture and Society) interviewed by Sue Nelson (science journalist and broadcaster)
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UCL Public Policy has produced a podcast series, Thinking about Research and Policy.
In this series, hear UCL researchers discuss the relevance of their work to public policy and their engagement with policymakers:
- Five radical ideas for a better planning system (mp3, 12 minutes) – Prof Yvonne Rydin (UCL Bartlett School of Planning) interviewed by Dr Simon Lock (UCL Science & Technology Studies)
- Sanitation, toilets and the UCLoo Festival (mp3, 14 minutes) – Dr Sarah Bell (UCL Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering) interviewed by Dr Jack Stilgoe (UCL Science & Technology Studies)
- Science funding and access to scientific data (mp3, 15 minutes) – Prof Jon Butterworth (UCL Physics & Astronomy) interviewed by Dr Jack Stilgoe (UCL Science & Technology Studies)
- Environmental and energy policy and green taxation (mp3, 20 minutes) – Prof Paul Ekins (UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources) interviewed by Dr Jack Stilgoe (UCL Science & Technology Studies)
- Crime science and crime prevention (mp3, 15 minutes) – Prof Gloria Laycock (UCL Security & Crime Science) interviewed by Dr Jack Stilgoe (UCL Science & Technology Studies)
- Sexual health and sexual lifestyles (mp3, 12 minutes) – Prof Anne Johnson (UCL Epidemiology & Healthcare) interviewed by Dr Jack Stilgoe (UCL Science & Technology Studies)
- The role of the philosopher in public policy formation (mp3, 13 minutes) – Prof Jonathan Wolff (UCL Philosophy) interviewed by Dr Jack Stilgoe (UCL Science & Technology Studies)
