WORLD: we got this: Recent Episodes
King's College London
The 'WORLD:we got this' podcast series looks at the complex issues we face in the world today.
It asks those researching and studying these global challenges about the impacts they are having on society - and what we can do to help overcome them.
When Samia Akhter-Khan spent a year in Myanmar with older adults, she became curious to understand how loneliness operates in such social contexts where communities are tight knit. So for her PhD project, she chose to conduct research into loneliness in later life in Thailand and Myanmar.
In this episode, Samia talks to her supervisor Dr Rosie Mayston about the challenges of studying loneliness in different cultural contexts, how she learned a new language, and the theory she developed for understanding loneliness.
Learn more about Samia's research: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/samia-akhter-khan
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The far-right has seen its popularity grow across Europe in recent years and is expected to gain a quarter of the seats in the European Parliamentary elections this year. In this episode,Dr Georgios Samaras, Assistant Professor in Public Policy at King’s College London’s International School for Government, looks at what is behind the rise of the far-right, its wider implications and what society and individuals can do to halt or reverse this trend.
If you are interested in gaining further insights from Dr Samaras and other experts across King’s around this extraordinary year of elections, check out our Poll to Poll 2024 series of comment pieces and events.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What can feminist movements worldwide learn from Argentina? A lot it seems.
In this episode, Lea Happ, PhD student in the Department of Global Health & Social Medicine talks to her supervisor Dominique Béhague about her research on the feminist activist networks in Argentina. She studies how the movement to legalise abortion transformed when that goal was realised in December 2020. Lea shares the insights we can learn from Argentina to inform feminist movements working for reproductive rights in other parts of the world.
Learn more about Lea's research.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
As the war in Ukraine enters its third year, there is also ongoing fighting in Gaza, attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea and subsequent US and UK air strikes. This has prompted some to warn we are a moving from a post-war to a pre-war world.
In this latest episode, Dr Marina Miron, a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of War Studies at King's College London, explores whether we are in a time of increased conflicts, what lies behind the current wars, the role of NATO and what we need to do differently if we want a more peaceful future.
*Note this episode was recorded prior to the appointment of General O. Syrkyi.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode, researcher Ol Perkins explores whether land-based carbon dioxide removal schemes such as reforestation can live up to their promises and help us meet global pledges to limit climate change.
Ol outlines some of the challenging implications of this approach and why experts and policymakers also need to consider the socio-cultural, environmental, and institutional factors that seem to have been overlooked to date.
If you’d like to read the full paper mentioned in the episode, you can find it here.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What strategic role has Nigeria played on issues of peace and security in West Africa? What do Nigeria's past interventions in Liberia and Sierra Leone tell us about its role in the region today?
In this episode, Dr Folahanmi Aina, who recently completed his PhD from the African Leadership Centre at King's, talks to Dr Olawale Ismail, Senior Lecturer at ALC, about the findings of his PhD research and how he navigated the ups and downs of the PhD journey.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This episode looks at how colourism affects people and their life chances, plus how research is helping to fill the gaps in our knowledge around this pervasive, but perhaps not widely known form of discrimination.
Featuring Dr Aisha Phoenix, a social justice lecturer from the School of Education, Communication & Society at King’s College London, the episode also explores what lies behind colourism and hears about her research that is helping improve understanding around the prevalence and effects of colourism.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How does a movement for social justice transform into a viable political party? How are the ideas of the movement reshaped in the process?
In this episode, Dr Vignesh Rajahmani, who completed his PhD from the King's India Institute, speaks to Professor Christophe Jaffrelot, Professor of Indian Politics and Sociology, about his thesis on the Dravidian movement in Tamil Nadu in southern India. He shares his insights on the movement's journey from being a grassroots social mobilisation into a political party and its impact on Indian politics. He discusses why studying the Dravidian movement offers unique insights into the potential of identity politics to achieve social justice.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The international community imposed far-reaching sanctions on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine in a bid to weaken its economic base and curtail its ability to wage war. However, the war continues. So, what has happened? Have the sanctions not worked as hoped? And if not, why not?
In this episode, Dr Alexander Kupatadaze, Senior Lecturer at King’s Russia Institute, shares his new research which reveals how Russia is outmanoeuvring Western sanctions thanks to help from neighbouring countries and the “implicit approval” of producers in the West.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What life skills can one learn from doing a PhD?
In this episode, Dr Maísa Edwards who recently completed a joint PhD from the King’s Brazil Institute and the University of São Paulo talks about her research on Brazil’s diplomatic and defence relations in the South Atlantic region. Speaking to Dr Andreza de Souza Santos, Maísa also shares the challenges she faced in completing her PhD during the Covid-19 pandemic and the research skills and life lessons she learnt from the experience.
Migration is a topic that preoccupies many countries around the world and this new episode looks at some of the current global challenges around migration including exploring what impact immigrants have on jobs and public services, whether politicians are in step with public attitudes towards migrants and refugees, plus what it is like for those trying to move in search of a better life.
It features academics from the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy at King’s College London: Dr Leonie Ansems de Vries, Reader in International Politics in the Department of War Studies and Director of King’s Sanctuary Programme; Professor Jonathan Portes, Professor of Economics and Public Policy in the School of Politics & Economics and the Policy Institute; and Dr Mollie Gerver, Lecturer in International Ethics of the School of Politics & Economics.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Why aren't mainland Chinese films box office hits in the UK? Do Chinese people watch films produced in the UK? PhD student, Giulia D'Aquila researches an agreement between China and the UK on film production and distribution.
In this episode, she reflects on how films from mainland China are received in the UK, what is considered propaganda in each country and why other foreign-language exports are popular with Western audiences. She also shares more about her PhD journey with Professor Kerry Brown, Director of the Lau China Institute.
Is technology really helping people in India to receive their welfare entitlements? Or is digitalisation affecting their agency? And how does it affect local state actors? These are some of the questions PhD student, Vanita Leah Falcao is exploring in her thesis.
In this episode, she speaks with Professor Louise Tillin about her time as a policy worker in India, her experiences doing research field work and how her thesis question has shifted over the course of her PhD studies.
As we recently marked a year since Russia invaded Ukraine, we are sharing an episode of The War Studies Podcast produced by our Department of War Studies looking back at what we have learned over the past year of fighting and what it might mean for the future.
It features Dr Marina Miron, who uses her knowledge of Russian military strategy, information warfare, and technology to explore what has happened over the past year and why, as well looking at the implications for future global security.
Find out more about the Department of War Studies, which sits within the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy at King's College London. Find out more about the podcast here or search for "The War Studies Podcast" to listen to more episodes.
This new episode looks at recent large-scale public protests in Russia, China and Iran including what has sparked them and what they tell us about the balance of power of these regimes.
The episode, featuring academics from the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy, looks at the effects of the protests, the response of those in power to the public dissent, and asks whether they are a sign that authoritarian regimes are losing their grip or whether they could use them to justify increasing control.
It features Ahou Koutchesfahani, a PhD candidate in our War Studies Department, Dr Jane Hayward, a lecturer in China and Global Affairs at King’s Lau China Institute, and Dr Maxim Alyukov,a postdoctoral fellow at King’s Russia Institute.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Master's alumna Linette Lim's focused her dissertation looked at why some Indian states far out-perform others in the Human Development Index (HDI).
In this episode, she shares how she came up with this research puzzle and her journey post-master's degree.
This includes her life as a foreign correspondent in China and how her experience with censorship led to her PhD thesis.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What can the life of sand dunes on Mars tell us about climate change on Earth? In this episode, PhD student Lucie Delobel shares her love of sand dunes and how she went from studying them on Earth to studying them on Mars.
Her master's dissertation became a leading article for Nature Climate Change and is shaping the discussion on using wind patterns to examine climate change. Now doing a PhD at King's, she has taken her knowledge of wind patterns to outer space.
Hear Lucie share her academic story with Andreas Baas, Reader in Geomorphology in the Department of Geography.
This episode looks at where we are in the climate crisis, how recent events including war and economic crises have affected the priority of environmental issues and whether we still have time to make a difference.
It features two academics from the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy at King’s College London who explore whether we are at a pivotal moment in the climate crisis.
Professor Frans Berkhout, from King’s Department of Geography, outlines some of the impacts of global warming that are we already seeing, discusses whether he thinks we will be able to adapt to our new world and assesses where we are on progress against global commitments.
Dr Duraid Jalili, from King’s Defence Studies Department and Co-director of its Environmental Security Research group, highlights ways in which environmental issues have already affected the geopolitical, economic and social order of our world, looks at how the war in Ukraine has affected public focus on climate change and discusses whether we are at a critical moment in public and political understanding of the need to take action.
They also share their thoughts for the future, including how hopeful they feel about our ability to take the steps needed to address climate change, and what we can all do to play our part.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What shapes and enables women's rights to be fully enacted in a world where sexual reproductive health is politicised? What exactly is the reproductive justice movement? And how important is it to understand our past when it comes to making informed decisions about women's bodies?
In this episode, PhD student Annabel Sowemimo shares how she first got into sexual reproductive health, more about her day job as a Community Sexual Reproductive Health Registrar and why she founded the Reproductive Justice initiative. She also talks about a piece called, 'The secret lives of Britain’s first Black physicians', which she wrote for Wellcome Collection and about her great, great grandfather – one of the first West African graduates of medicine in the UK.
Hear Annabel explore her findings with Dr Rishitia Nandagiri, Lecturer in Global Health and Social Medicine (Bioethics & Society).
This podcast episode looks at the huge political consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and how its effects are still being felt at every level around the world today.
It explores how the pandemic affected the standing of global leadership organisations, as well as challenging previously held ideas about effective leaders and political systems.
It also looks at how the pandemic caused the downfall of the British Prime Minister and is still determining key UK government priorities, plus discusses ways in which the far-right exploited the chaos and confusion surrounding COVID-19 to recruit new followers.
It features Professor ‘Funmi Olonisakin, Professor Andrew Blick and Blyth Crawford, who are all based in the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy at King's College London.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What can we do to protect our oceans? Are 'Marine Protected Areas' an effective method of ecosystem management? These are some of the questions that PhD Candidate, Constance Schéré, aims to answer through her research.
Hear Constance discuss her research with Kate Schreckenberg, Head of King’s Department of Geography and Professor in Environment and Development.
You can find out more about the organisations Constance mentions in the podcast through the links below:
- Coastwatch: https://coastwatch.org/europe/
- Seasearch: https://www.seasearch.org.uk/
- ORCA: https://www.orcaweb.org.uk/
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This episode explores the important role of energy in the geopolitical order on our planet. It explores how China can meet its energy needs and climate commitments, the potential impact of the war in Ukraine on Russia's role as an energy superpower, plus why we are still so reliant on fossil fuels to power our daily lives. It features Dr Thomas Froehlich, Kalina Damianova and Isabel Hilton, all of whom are part of the Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy at King’s College London.
The invasion of Ukraine has shown how new technologies are now used alongside more traditional means of waging war.
This episode, the second on the Changing Face of War, looks at how space has become an integral part of military and security operations today, how countries around the world and private individuals are expanding their activities into space, and how closely these are linked to what is happening on Earth.
It also explores whether we need to put in safeguards now, how we can learn lessons from the past and why we should encourage international collaboration to ensure space doesn’t become dangerous overcrowded by satellites and space debris.
The episode feature Dr Sophy Antrobus, Dr Mark Hilborne and Julia Balm, who are all based in the School of Security Studies in our Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy.
The invasion of Ukraine has shown how new technologies are now used alongside more traditional means of waging war.
In this episode Dr Tim Stevens and Dr Kenneth Payne, both based in the School of Security Studies in the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy at King's College London, explore the role of cyber operations, social media and artificial intelligence in modern warfare.
They explain how our reliance on digital systems is creating new vulnerabilities, look at the ways that social media is broadening out conflicts today and explore whether cyber operations could ever be an alternative to sending in troops on the ground.
And what about artificial intelligence or AI? what role is that already playing in modern-day warfare? Could it replace humans on the battlefield and will we have AI swarms or shoals roaming the skies or swimming through the oceans hunting down our enemies?
This podcast episode looks at levels and causes of global poverty and whether universal basic income schemes offer a way to address it.
Dr Eduardo Ortiz-Juarez, Dr Liz Fouksman and Otto Lehto, who are all part of the Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy at King's College London share research on what lies behind global poverty including the effects of the pandemic and where it is increasing the most.
They also look at the suggestion that every adult should get a guaranteed minimum income, and we hear how fixed and deep-rooted ideas around work could be affecting grassroots support for such schemes and be contributing to poverty around the world.
The latest episode of the WORLD: we got this podcast explores how gender inequalities are having an impact on different societies across the globe and hears what could be done to create a more equal world.
In the episode, Dr Ye Liu, Professor Cathy McIlwaine and Dr Aleida Borges, who all work in the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy at King's College London, share research on what lies behind gender inequalities, some of the effects this has on societies ranging from Latin America to China, and their ideas for bringing about change.
What is the role of companies in complex crises, such as pandemics, inequality and climate change? How responsible are they for their impact on society and the environment? And what about the CEO – what is their role in the corporate response to crises? In this episode, Marc Lepere explores these questions, including whether the COVID-19 pandemic has led to companies becoming more responsible. Hear him explore his research with Dr Robyn Klingler-Vidra, Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy in the Department of International Development.
'In Conversation' episodes of the WORLD: we got this podcast showcase the research of our students and the impact the next generation is making on the world.
What lies behind recent trends of polarisation and division in society? In this episode, Professor Bobby Duffy, of the Policy Institute, Paula Surridge of the UK in a Changing Europe and Dr Jack Brown of the School of Politics & Economics look at recent trends of division and polarisation in current society. As well examining the causes of the division, they also explore whether society is as divided as is often portrayed and set out their views on whether we can all become more cohesive and unified.
Are women climate scientists judged for speaking out about climate change? After all, women have often, and still are, dismissed as dramatic or emotional in the public sphere. Hear from master's graduate, Lauren Armstrong as she explores her research on the topic with Dr George Adamson, Senior Lecturer in Geography.
'In Conversation' episodes of the WORLD: we got this podcast showcase the research of our students and the impact the next generation is making on the world
This episode, released ahead of the COP26 climate meeting, explores why we aren’t doing more to tackle climate change and looks at what society, governments and individuals can do turn current inaction into action. It features Dr Kris de Meyer, Dr James Porter and Dr Anshu Ogra and was produced by the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy at King's College London. Find out more about their research and interests: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/kris-de-meyer https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/james-porter https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/anshu-ogra
We speak with campaigner, activist and CEO Seyi Akiwowo about the impact of online abuse, and why taking a public health approach might be a way forward. Seyi founded and now runs the charity 'Glitch'. You can find out more by heading to https://fixtheglitch.org/
How has the feminist movement been democratised? What differentiates the feminist strike front from the conventual labour strike? And how do we bring feminist activism into the everyday? In a special WORLD: we got this takeover, we hand the podcast over to the Gender Studies Network at King’s. Professor Jelke Bose, lead for the network, and Phoebe Martin, PhD candidate and editor of the Feminist Perspectives blog, spoke with Veronica Gago author of Feminist International: How to Change Everything.
What is water diplomacy? Will Climate Change result in increased conflict over water access? And what should countries and organisations be doing to make sure the world be doing to make sure the world works together on water access? We speak to Dr Naho Mirumachi on World Water Day about Water Diplomacy. King's Water Hub - https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/kings-water
What is populism? Does it threaten the foundations of democracy? Does Donald Trump’s defeat represent the high point for populism globally? And what should Democrats do next? In today’s episode we discuss these questions and much more with Professor Steve Levitsky, Professor of Government at Harvard University and leading scholar on populism.
Register for Populism in Latin American and Beyond: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2Cdp3qPBREyvQzs4U0vHNg
We speak to Prof Phil Hubbard about how the pandemic has altered our urban environment and why these changes may be permanent. But why cities this moment presents an opportunity to reimagine how we use our urban space, in turn helping tackle climate change and inequality.
We discuss the need to ‘RESET’ and rethink how we manage the internet in the age of mass surveillance with Professor Ron Debit. As director of the Citizens Lab at the University of Toronto Ron and his team have been at the forefront of helping understand the internets impact on society, helping uncover human rights abuses and pull back the curtain to help teach us understand what’s really going on. His new work ‘Reset: Reclaiming the Internet for Civil Society’ offers us the chance to understand and tackle one of the biggest challenges facing democracy.
We speak with Dr Ann Kelly about the need for a truly global approach to the vaccine rollout. We discuss the need to build vaccine production and development capacity, including within developing countries, helping speed up vaccination and new variant detection. We also explore why the pandemic demonstrates the need to push for healthcare provision globally so that when pandemics hit, we can work together under the motto ‘no ones safe until everyone’s safe’.
We speak with Dr Gemma Knowles, the about the ground-breaking research being undertaken to understand and support young people's mental health. Speaking during children's mental health week, Dr Gemma Knowles joined the podcast to discuss the emerging challenges for young people's mental health and the recent challenges posed by COVID-19.
Link to Centres Website: www.kcl.ac.uk/csmh
Link to support for young people: www.mind.org.uk/information-support/for-children-and-young-people/
We speak with political journalist Isabel Hardman about why her own experiences of mental health led her to write The Natural Health Service—in turn, helping to explore the benefits to our mental wellbeing of spending time in nature. Along the way, Isabel met others who had found the benefits of Nature to the health and spoke with researchers trying to understand the benefits of everything from forest bathing to cold water swimming. This is episode is in partnership with the Centre for Society and Mental Health.
In our first podcast of 2021, we are joined by Professor Anand Menon, Director of the UK in a Changing Europe to discuss that most complex of challenges – Brexit. We also discuss what other political and economic challenges lay in wait for the UK, why language, process and explanation are crucial to understanding complex challenges. And why the Union may become the defining issue of 2021.
To read Brexit and Beyond report from the UK in a Changing Europe head to https://ukandeu.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Brexit-and-Beyond-report-compressed.pdf
Please let us know your tips for getting through lockdown by leaving a comment in the iTunes rate and review section or by emailing sgacomms@kcl.ac.uk.
In our end of year Christmas special, we speak to Dame Louise Casey about her time in government, taking on some of the biggest challenges, from tackling homelessness under Tony Blair to leading the troubled families programme under David Cameron.
We discuss why sound policymaking is a mixture of the 'blindingly obvious' and the very complex. Furthermore, Dame Louise explains why she thinks Boris Johnson's government needs to rethink how it approaches challenges, such as child poverty and homelessness.
We also discuss the impacts of COVID-19 and the COVID-19 community campaign that Dame Louise helped launch this week, to make sure no family goes without this winter.
To get involved in the COVID community campaign and to contribute please use the links below:
https://covidcommunitycampaign.co.uk/
We speak with Dr Alice Politi about her new paper 'Italy: a case study of the Silk Road Project in Europe'. The paper considers the recent bilateral agreement between Italy and China, examining what it can tell us about the role of Chinese foreign investment for Chinese trade and diplomacy.
The paper is the first in a new Policy Series from the Lau China Institute titled 'China in the World'.
To find out more about the series and how to get involved, head to www.kcl.ac.uk/lci/policy
We speak with Dr Rosa Heimer about her essay and research, looking at the impacts of COVID-19 on black and minoritized women facing gender-based violence. We discuss how housing, immigration and policing are currently failing to support many women escaping violence. We discuss why these issues will outlive the pandemic but also what we can do to bring about change.
Show Notes
Organisations Rosa works with:
Latin American Women’s Aid (LAWD) - https://lawadv.org.uk/en/ London Black Women’s Project - http://www.lbwp.co/
Other Support for those escaping violence:
Refuge - https://www.refuge.org.uk/ Gallop (LGBT+ anti-violence charity) - http://www.galop.org.uk/domesticabuse/
Research and Writing – A Multiple Pandemic A multiple pandemic: Black and minoritised women at the crossroads of violence, homelessness and COVID-19 - https://www.kcl.ac.uk/a-multiple-pandemic-black-and-minoritised-women-at-the-crossroads-of-violence-homelessness-and-covid-19
A Roof, Not A Home: The housing experiences of Black and minoritised women survivors of gender-based violence in London - https://www.trustforlondon.org.uk/publications/roof-not-home-housing-experiences-black-and-minoritised-women-survivors-gender-based-violence-london/
King’s India Institute Series, Confronting Cast – kcl.ac.uk/kii/confronting-caste
We speak with Nithya and Laurie about why the Brick industry in Cambodia has created a multigenerational workforce of adults and children trapped in debt bondage – one of the most prevalent forms of modern slavery in the world.
This process of unfree labour has led them to coin the term 'blood bricks'. Working with other researchers they aim to highlight the injustices of modern day slavery, but also the wider political and economic forces which facilitate the blood brick system.
Brazil sits at the heart of some of the worlds biggest challenges from deforestation to inequality. Its ability to overcome these issues are not only critical to its future, but to the future of the entire planet.
We speak with Professor Anthony Pereira about his new book Modern Brazil: A Very Short Introduction and why to understand Brazil today we must understand its contemporary formation.
Bonus Episode. The podcast is taken from a live event we ran entitled 'Broken Cities: the Global Housing Crisis In Focus' in which Dr Deborah Potts and Prof Phil Hubbard spoke with Owen Hatherley, Editor at Tribune Magazine about the global housing crisis.
We speak with Sudhir Selvaraj about the persecution of Christians in India. The 2008 Kandhamal violence and why minority communities in India continue to face threats.
In the first episode in our new format we speak to Professor Martin Wooster about the importance of mapping wildfires, why not all wildfires are bad, and unique threat posed by fires in the tropics.
Professor Martin Wooster is an expert on satellite Earth observation and the quantification of landscape fire. He was appointed Professor of Earth Observation Science at King's in 2005. He is currently working on the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society, in partnership with Imperial College London, Royal Holloway and the University of Reading.
Episode Research and Reading: kcl.ac.uk/global-affairs/podcast
We look back on our first season, exploring the global response to COVID-19. From testing to mental health we speak with the experts who have been responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this special event with the Centre for Society and Mental Health and Department of Geography we discuss how nature and our environment is critical to our mental and physical wellbeing. Why this crisis has given us an opportunity to reflect on the importance of our green space and environment to our wellbeing. And why this crisis has further demonstrated inequalities of access to space.
We are joined by special guest Dr Sue Stuart-Smith whose recent book The Well Gardened Mind explores how gardening can help us heal. She is joined by King’s College London expert panelists Dr Helen Fisher from the Centre for Society and Mental Health and Dr Margaret Kadiri from the Department of Geography.
In a special episode in partnership with the African Leadership Centre we put Africa In focus. We discuss the initial responses to the COVID-19; why representations of African leadership matter, the innovative approaches being taken to public health and the possible long-term impacts of COVID-19 on the political, economic, and cultural life of Africa.
Our expert panel is chaired by Neil Munshi. He is joined by Professor Funmi Olonisakin, Dr Olawale Ismail and Dr. Moses Tofa.
We speak with Mohamed Ali and Beauty Dhlamini, alumni of Global Health & Social Medicine, about the UK, and how COVID-19 has further highlighted how racism continues to be a health risk. They discuss their work to push for change in how global health is talked about and who gets to participate in the discussion. We also go on to speak about their podcast 'Mind The Health Gap', which acts as a source for accessible, reliable and uncensored global health discussions and debates affecting the general public, particularly marginalised communities.
We speak with Professor Anne Pollock (King’s College London) and Dr Melissa Creary (University of Michigan) about why racism is a health risk. And we ask whether COVID-19 and the protests led by the Black Lives Matter movement may have created a unique moment in which to tackle racial injustice in both health and wider society.
In part two we will discuss the UK and why this COVID-19 crisis has once again laid bare the health inequalities within society.
Find the reading list at www.kcl.ac.uk/worldwegotthis
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the world, one region stands out for its comparatively effective prevention and management response: East Asia. As of late May, the number of reported deaths per capita from COVID-19 across East Asia is lower than in other regions – most notably Western Europe and the United States. In addition, with the exception of the city of Wuhan where the pandemic originated, no other East Asian country saw its entire healthcare system overwhelmed as a result of COVID-19. Furthermore, East Asian countries, other than partially in China, avoided the widespread full lockdowns prevalent across Europe and most of the United States.
We sit down to hear from two experts from King’s College London about their research outlining what lessons can East Asia offer to prevent and manage the next pandemic – starting with a potential second wave of COVID-19?
As cases continue to rise, an economy in decline and Bolsonaro's position looking fragile, we speak with our guests about how COVID-19 rocked Brazil. We discuss the initial response, the factors that led to the current crisis and what might happen next in South America's biggest economy.
Chaired by Tom Phillips, Latin America Correspondent for The Guardian. With academic panel: Professor Anthony Pereira (Director, King’s Brazil Institute), Dr Mahrukh Doctor (University of Hull), Dr Andreza A. De Souza Santos (University of Oxford) and Dr Vinicius de Carvalho (King's College London).
How does a doctor know which patient to save during a pandemic, when resources can be limited? And how ethical is it to put everyone under lockdown? Does trust in our government predict whether we will socially distance ourselves?
In this in conversation episode of WORLD: we got this, we speak with Dr Silvia Camporesi, Senior Lecturer in Bioethics and Society, and Caitlin Gardiner, an A&E doctor in London and a King's master's student. We explore our personal experiences living and working in the UK, Italy and South Africa during this strange time and how bioethics comes into practice.
We discuss the critical role social care is playing during COVID-19, particularly with the elderly. Our experts reflect on the current models of social care and their impact on care workers, as well as the unique challenges posed by COVID-19 and why we are seeing increased levels of mortality in care homes. Critically, we discuss we can do to improve our response and discuss what long-term changes governments could make to help improve social care policies.
Our guests include Professor Karen Glaser, Head of Global Health & Social Medicine, Dr Ludovico Carrino, Researcher at Global Health & Social Medicine, and Professor Mauricio Avendano Pabon, Director of the Institute for Gerontology at King’s College London.
In our first ‘WORLD: we got this | In conversation’ episode, we speak with Professor Alfredo Saad-Filho about his essay 'Coronavirus, Crisis, and the End of neo-liberalism'. We discuss why the COVID-19 crisis may bring about a radical shift in global economics but also how what comes next is far from certain.
Alfredo is Professor of Political Economy and International Development in the Department of International Development at King’s College London.
We talk with Professors Nikolas Rose and Craig Morgan from the Centre for Society & Mental Health about the challenges posed to our mental health by COVID-19.
We explore how the pandemic and subsequent lockdown is demonstrating the importance of social networks and solidarity for wellbeing. And we discuss how this crisis demonstrates the need for a shift in wider government policy if we are to support both physical and mental health.
As governments grapple with the COVID-19 outbreak, we discuss the role innovation can play in helping tackle pandemics.
We speak with Dr Robyn Klingler-Vidra from the Department for International Development about the success Viet Nam has had in tackling COVID-19. This includes an innovative approach to testing. We ask what lessons other governments can learn, and we go on to discuss with Robyn and Professor Kerry Brown, Director of the Lau China Institute, what this pandemic might teach us about the importance of the state in helping drive innovation.
Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/state-capacity-and-covid-19-testing
In our first season we look at pandemics, in particular the current COVID-19 global health crisis. This includes what we can learn from previous epidemics, the global response and policy measures.
We begin our first season by exploring the global challenges posed by pandemics.
In our first episode, we discuss the organisation at the very heart of the current COVID-19 response – the World Health Organisation (WHO). We survey the landscape of global health and talk about the first stages in responding to a global pandemic, as well as how the current crisis may change the WHO and global health forever, and perhaps our world.
Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/preparing-africa-for-covid-19-learning-lessons-from-the-ebola-outbreak