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Back to SearchFostering Norms for Dispute Resolution
Season 3 Episode 2
Alexandra Hartman is Associate Professor in Political Science and Public Policy here at UCL, and her research focuses on the political economy of ins…
5 years, 5 months ago
Biden’s First 100 Days
Season 3 Episode 1
This week, we’re focusing on politics in the United States. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have been in office for a little ove…
5 years, 5 months ago
Ideas of Democracy
Season 2 Episode 10
Democracy is what one social scientist once famously called an ‘essentially contested concept’ – one that we are never likely all to agree about. And…
5 years, 6 months ago
Global Climate Justice
Season 2 Episode 9
We’re returning this week to the topic of climate change. You may have heard our episode a few weeks ago exploring global climate governance. Well th…
5 years, 6 months ago
The Prerogative Powers of Governments
Season 2 Episode 8
We typically divide the modern state into three branches: the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary. On a traditional view, the legislature m…
5 years, 7 months ago
Business Lobbying in the EU
Season 2 Episode 7
How the European Union relates to the world of business has long been a matter of great contention. Scepticism towards the EU on the right of politic…
5 years, 7 months ago
Global Climate Governance
Season 2 Episode 6
There is common agreement that climate change poses the greatest policy challenge of our age. The costs of getting it wrong would be immense, but the…
5 years, 7 months ago
The Politics of Asylum
Season 2 Episode 5
The politics of asylum is more important than ever before. At the end of 2019, according to data from the UNHCR, there were 80 million displaced pers…
5 years, 8 months ago
Care and Punishment
Season 2 Episode 4
Care ethics is a branch of moral philosophy that focuses on how we relate to, respond to, and care for each other. Its central question is not about …
5 years, 8 months ago
The Limits of Free Speech on Social Media
Season 2 Episode 3
Talking with each other about matters of politics and policy is an essential part of democracy. And today much of that conversation takes place onlin…
5 years, 8 months ago