Podcast Episodes

Political violence and development — Patricia Justino

Season 2 Episode 3

People living in areas prone to, or affected by, conflict tend to suffer from many types of deprivation. Some scholars argue that conflict is an impo…

5 years, 9 months ago

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Gro Harlem Brundtland on sustainable development, global responses to COVID-19 and the role of the WHO

Season 2 Episode 2

Our guest this week is Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, the former prime minister of Norway and former head of the World Health Organization. 

Gro has had a…

5 years, 9 months ago

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Political development and political decay — Francis Fukuyama

Season 2 Episode 1

Welcome to season 2 of the show!

Our first guest this season is Francis Fukuyama, one of the most influential political thinkers of our time and someo…

5 years, 9 months ago

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Simmering political tensions and civil war in Ethiopia — Kjetil Tronvoll

Season 1 Episode 28

The focus of this final episode of season 1 is Ethiopia, where the ongoing conflict between the federal government in Addis and the Tigray People’s L…

5 years, 11 months ago

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Economic boom, poverty reduction and corruption in China — Yuen Yuen Ang

Season 1 Episode 27

China has not only achieved impressive economic growth in recent decades, but has also managed to lift hundreds of millions people out of poverty. Ho…

5 years, 11 months ago

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The impact of democracy on economic growth — Carl Henrik Knutsen

Season 1 Episode 26

Some of the most interesting debates on development include the role of democracy in promoting economic growth and then distributing the benefits of …

6 years ago

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Global inequality and the future of capitalism — Branko Milanovic

Season 1 Episode 25

Income inequality has received considerable attention in recent years. Very few would have predicted that a very thick academic book on wealth and in…

6 years ago

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China-Africa relations — Eric Olander

Season 1 Episode 24

This show has been regularly discussing Beijing’s support for sustainable development initiatives, its provision of aid, technical expertise and fina…

6 years ago

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Food insecurity and the Nobel Peace Prize 2020 — Ida Rudolfsen

Season 1

The Nobel Peace Prize this year was awarded to the World Food Program (WFP). In its announcement, the Norwegian Nobel committee emphasized that “prov…

6 years ago

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Why democracy will prevail in the contest against authoritarian alternatives — Larry Diamond

Season 1 Episode 23

In his recent book – ll Winds: Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency (Penguin 2019) – Larry Diamond analyzes…

6 years ago

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