Queen's University Belfast - The Charter Podcast: Recent Episodes
Queen's University Belfast
Queen's University's Social Charter, launched in November 2017, shines a light on the significant contribution made by our students and staff and the positive impact we have on our society.
'The Charter', our podcast series, features interviews with some of those students and staff, and digs into some of the projects making a great contribution to our communities here at home and farther afield.
Professor Graeme Swindles of Queen's University's School of Natural and Built Environment discusses the immense role of peatlands in tackling climate and promoting biodiversity.
For a subtitled video version, and for more on the work of Prof Swindles, visit: http://go.qub.ac.uk/Charter-podcast
Code Red for Humanity, part 2: The Transition to Clean Transport, with Professor Juliana Early, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast.
Dr Donal Mullan of the School of Natural and Built Environment reflects on the first volume of the IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report, discussing the science of climate change, and what we need to do to respond to it.
For a subtitled video version, visit our Charter Podcast webpage: http://go.qub.ac.uk/Charter-podcast
Dr Dina Zoe Belluigi of Queen’s University Belfast, and Dr Fateh Shaban of the Academic Centre for Development and Peace Studies, in Turkey, discuss the work of the Council for At Risk Academics (Cara) and a potential project in Northern Syria.
Visit the Charter Podcast website for more information: http://go.qub.ac.uk/Charter-podcast
Please note: views expressed by participants in this programme do not necessarily reflect the position of Queen's University Belfast.
One of the key principles of the Social Charter is a commitment to equality and social justice, so in this episode, Maurice Macartney talks to Dr Bronagh Byrne, of the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work at Queen’s, about disability rights, and in particular, how, after the Covid crisis, we might be able to ‘build back better’ for disabled people. This episode is also available as a subtitled video at the series website, http://go.qub.ac.uk/Charter-podcast
Dr Niall Majury and others discuss projects, run by students and community partners, aiming to map greenways and urban regeneration projects across Belfast.