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196 – Scalable AI Tools for Farmers
David and Lucie discuss ongoing efforts to responsibly use AI to assist smallholder farmers in the Sahel region. They discuss the challenges faced by farmers in identifying pests and diseases and the…
Published on 1 month ago
195 – When All You Have is a Hammer, Everything Looks Like a Nail
Lily and David discuss the old adage “When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail”, and how it applies to the realm of research, particularly in the context of statistical analysis an…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
194 – Twenty years of RMS for CRFS: Next Steps
Wrapping up the series of episodes marking twenty years of research method support for the Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems, Lucie and David Stern consider the complexities of research planni…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
193 – Using Generative AI in IDEMS Work
Lily and George discuss their personal experiences of using generative AI in their work. They explore how AI assists in course development, coding, and writing tasks, sharing insights on how these to…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
192 – Twenty Years of RMS for CRFS: Crop Simulation Models
Lucie and Roger discuss the intricacies and applications of crop simulation models in agricultural research. Roger explains the historical development of these models since the 1980s and provides a d…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
191 – Gamification of Education
Santiago and David discuss how aspects of education could be “gamified” in order to improve outcomes. They explore various real-world examples of how games are used to enhance learning, including pla…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
190 – Twenty Years of RMS for CRFS: Multi-year trials
As part of their continuing conversations around research methods for agriculture, Lucie and Roger discuss the utility of conducting research trials over multiple years. They consider the importance …
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
189 – How do people really live around the world?
How do we understand the material living conditions of people on Earth today? In this episode of the IDEMS podcast, Lily and David discuss the influential book “Factfulness” by Hans Rosling. They exp…
Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago
188 – Twenty Years of RMS for CRFS: Designing Real-World Agricultural Experiments
Social impact scientist and anthropologist Lucie Hazelgrove Planel joins Roger Stern to discuss the intricate process of designing agricultural experiments. Using a real-world example involving 10 ma…
Published on 2 months ago
187 – An Introduction to Presentation Graphs
How do you present research data in a compelling way? In this episode, Lucie and David discuss the intricacies of creating impactful visualisations for projects. They consider the distinctions betwee…
Published on 2 months ago