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Dr Rita Griffiths and Dr Marsha Wood: Coping and hoping: monthly assessment and Universal Credit
April 18, 2024 10:32 - 57 minutes - 42.8 MBThis event marked the launch of the new Institute for Policy Research report: "Coping and hoping: Navigating the ups and downs of monthly assessment in universal credit". The report, written by Dr Rita Griffiths and Dr Marsha Wood, explores how the system of monthly assessment in Universal Credit – used for assessing entitlement, recovering debts and calculating payment – is affecting income security and financial well-being in working households. The research, funded by abrdn Financial Fair...
Professor Sir Geoff Mulgan: When science meets power
April 08, 2024 10:06 - 37 minutes - 36.1 MBScience and politics have collaborated throughout human history, and science is repeatedly invoked today in political debates, from pandemic management to climate change. But the relationship between the two is muddled and muddied. In this IPR lecture, leading policy analyst Geoff Mulgan calls attention to the growing frictions caused by the expanding authority of science, which sometimes helps politics but often challenges it. He dissects the complex history of states’ use of science for c...
How Do We Make Devolution Work Better?
March 12, 2024 17:24 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBDevolution to nations, regions and cities has been a feature of British politics since 1997 - to the nations of the UK, Greater London and more recently to other English counties and city regions. It has led in some cases to significant change and the rise of powerful national institutions and city leaders, but it has also been a messy, incomplete process that has produced inequalities of power between different parts of the UK. Not all areas have seen substantive devolution, devolved author...
Addressing Britain's teacher retention and recruitment crisis
February 23, 2024 10:41 - 1 hour - 44.9 MBBritain is facing a teacher retention and recruitment crisis which has the potential to severely impact schools' ability to provide quality education to all students. The latest workforce survey by the Department for Education (DfE) indicates that record numbers of teachers working in state schools – about one in ten – left the profession for reasons other than retirement in 2021-22. In a recent survey conducted as part of Education Support’s Commission on Teacher Retention, more than one in ...
James Boyd-Wallis: What Do MPs Think of AI?
January 30, 2024 09:53 - 57 minutes - 42.6 MBOver the last 12 months, we’ve witnessed an explosion of discussion and debate on artificial intelligence among UK Members of Parliament. But what do they think about AI, and what are their concerns? James Boyd-Wallis from the Appraise Network, an AI policy forum, explains the findings of its survey of how MPs feel about AI. The research reveals to what extent MPs feel regulators have the necessary skills and expertise to regulate AI, how optimistic and pessimistic MPs are toward the techno...
Research with Impact with Roland Pease Episode 6: The Science of Pain
January 11, 2024 16:39 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBIn Episode Six of the University of Bath’s Research with Impact podcast, Roland Pease visits the Centre for Pain Research to find out how its academics are helping people who suffer from pain. How big an issue is it? Is it a subjective problem - and how to we quantify pain? How can we help minimise or alleviate pain? And how do we research pain in young people? Joining Roland are Professor Christopher Eccleston, Dr Emma Fisher and Professor Ed Keogh. This episode was recorded in October 2023.
Research with Impact with Roland Pease Episode 5: 'We need to talk about Artificial Intelligence'
December 14, 2023 10:04 - 34 minutes - 78.2 MBIn Episode Five of the University of Bath’s Research with Impact podcast, Roland visits two researchers at the forefront of debates surrounding AI development and regulation. First up, it's Nello Cristianini, Professor of Artificial Intelligence from Bath's Department of Computer Science. With a focus on machine learning, data science, computational social science, philosophy of AI and regulation of AI, Nello's book "The Shortcut: Why Intelligent Machines Do Not Think Like Us", considers how...
Supporting Good Palliative Dementia Care
December 06, 2023 14:23 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBIn this talk Dr Nathan Davies (University College London) will reflect on the applicability and benefits of a palliative approach with reference to research led by his team on palliative dementia care, including their EMBED-Care programme.
Research with Impact with Roland Pease Episode 4: 'A bright future for solar energy'
December 06, 2023 13:16 - 30 minutes - 70.2 MBIn Episode Four of the University of Bath’s Research with Impact podcast, Roland Pease heads to the roof of the Chancellors' Building to discuss the future of solar energy with experts leading the way at the University of Bath. In this episode he meets: Professor Alison Walker from Bath's Department of Physics. Alison’s research concerns multiscale modelling of perovskite solar cells and organic devices such as displays. In 2019, she chaired the Solar Commission whose aim was to show how ...
End Of Life Decisions In Care Homes
December 06, 2023 10:53 - 1 hour - 75.2 MBThis event will feature presentations from Dr Diana Teggi, Dr Fawn Harrad and Carinna Lumayno who will reflect on what research tells us about how these decisions are currently managed and how practice might be improved.
Disenfranchised Death And Grief Today
December 05, 2023 14:50 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBProfessor Doka commences our three-seminar series on ambiguous and disenfranchised loss reflecting on contemporary deaths and the ongoing relevance of his theories of anticipatory and disenfranchised grief today.
Peter Foster: What went wrong with Brexit and what we can do about it
November 29, 2023 16:08 - 59 minutes - 169 MBIn this IPR lecture, Financial Times public policy editor Peter Foster discusses his book "What Went Wrong With Brexit: And What We Can Do About It". Six years after Brexit, Peter Foster argues that it’s time that we stop having the same conversations over and over again. We need to move on, because in the meantime so much has changed. The economic realities that are making the UK less competitive, less productive and less well-off are ever more obvious - and more and more people are finding...
Interfaith Community: Strategies for Peace
November 20, 2023 00:00 - 41 minutes - 57.4 MBRevd Canon Nigel Rawlinson, University Chaplain, is joined by Visiting Local Faith Leaders: Dr Mohammed Gamal Abdelnour (Islam), Mother Sarah (Orthodox) and Iris Segall (Jewish). Together they reaffirm the importance of building and protecting safe spaces founded on mutual respect, and discuss what is common between the faiths and strategies to support nonviolence and peace. This podcast was recorded in front of an invited audience.
death - exciting and new!
November 06, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 53.2 MBNew York Times bestselling author, Order of the Good Death founder, and Ask a Mortician creator Caitlin Doughty will talk with CDAS's former director and Death Studies Scholar-at-Large, John Troyer, about innovation and change in 21st Century Death World.
Dr Rachel Wilder: The Mental Health in Schools Podcast
October 10, 2023 14:43 - 20 minutes - 24.1 MBOriginally recorded for the University of Bath Youtube channel, this podcast is the result of an exploratory study conducted by researchers working in education, policy studies, psychology and medical humanities across the universities of Bath, Bristol and Exeter, from 2022-23. This project was made possible through funding from the GW4 Alliance. In this podcast, the research team talk to young people, teachers and school leaders about what their schools are doing around mental health and the...
Dr Stephen Hall: The Authoritarian International
September 13, 2023 12:33 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBIn this lecture, Dr Stephen Hall (Lecturer in Russian and Post-Soviet Politics at the University of Bath) joins us to talk about his new book "The Authoritarian International: Tracing How Authoritarian Regimes Learn in the Post-Soviet Space." He is joined by discussants Prof Gulnaz Sharafutdinova (Professor of Russian Politics and Acting Director of Russia Institute at King's College London) and Prof Thomas Ambrosio (Professor of Political Science at North Dakota State University). This lec...
Dr Anna Killick: Politicians and Economic Experts: The Limits of Technocracy
July 03, 2023 16:00 - 1 minute - 1.39 MBIn this lecture, Dr Anna Killick discusses her book, Politicians and Economic Experts: The Limits of Technocracy, an in-depth study of how politicians engage with economists and economic opinion. In recent years politics has seen an increasing role in economic policymaking for a technocracy of experts. How do politicians feel about this and how do they balance their political and ethical aims with economic expertise? In Politicians and Economic Experts: The Limits of Technocracy, Anna Killic...
Prof Larry Bartels: Democracy Erodes from the Top
July 03, 2023 15:54 - 59 minutes - 39.1 MBIn this lecture Professor Larry Bartels joins us to discuss his new book 'Democracy Erodes from the Top: Leaders, Citizens, and the Challenge of Populism'. In this provocative book, Larry Bartels dismantles the pervasive myth of a populist wave in contemporary European public opinion. While there has always been a substantial reservoir of populist sentiment, Europeans are no less trusting of their politicians and parliaments than they were two decades ago, no less enthusiastic about European...
Prof Stefan Eich: The Currency of Politics
May 24, 2023 14:19 - 1 hour - 174 MBIn this IPR lecture, Stefan Eich (Assistant Professor of Government at Georgetown University) joins us to discuss his book "The Currency of Politics: The Political Theory of Money from Aristotle to Keynes". Money appears to be beyond the reach of democratic politics, but this appearance - like so much about money - is deceptive. Even when the politics of money is impossible to ignore, its proper democratic role can be difficult to discern. In "The Currency of Politics", Eich examines six c...
Prof Ricardo Garcia Mira: The social dimension in transitions to clean energy in Europe
May 17, 2023 12:14 - 1 hour - 180 MBEnergy transitions in line with climate targets are often framed as largely technological challenges. But decarbonisation processes are affecting all aspects of human life. How can they best be managed, especially in regions that are still heavily dependent on fossil fuels? In this lecture, Professor Ricardo Garcia Mira (Professor of Social Psychology at the University of A Coruna, Spain) joins us to discuss the social aspects of the clean energy transition in Europe. This event took place ...
Bishop Paul Campus Pride 2023
April 27, 2023 10:01 - 1 minute - 784 KBThe Rt Revd Paul Bayes, former Bishop of Liverpool, patron of the Open Table Network and passionate advocate for the LGBTQIA+ community, reaches out with a message of support and encouragement on Bath University's Pride on Campus day 2023.
Prof Barry Eichengreen: In defense of public debt
April 25, 2023 07:28 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBIn this special IPR lecture, Professor Barry Eichengreen joins us to discuss his latest co-authored book, In Defense of Public Debt, which explores the origins, management, and uses and misuses of sovereign debt through the ages. This event took place on 24 April 2023. It forms part of the IPR's 'Polycrisis!' lecture series.
Prof Guy Standing: The Blue Commons - Rescuing the Economy of the Sea
March 14, 2023 15:36 - 45 minutes - 130 MBThe oceans are vital to life on this planet. But they are under threat from unsustainable levels of exploitation. In this lecture, Professor Guy Standing discusses his latest book 'The Blue Commons', arguing that in addition to the already established ‘green politics’, we urgently need a ‘blue politics’ that is grounded in the principle of the commons. Guy Standing is a Professorial Research Associate at SOAS University of London and a founding member and honorary co-president of the Basic ...
Prof Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake: Restarting The Future - How To Fix The Intangible Economy
March 01, 2023 08:43 - 59 minutes - 170 MBIn this lecture, Professor Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake join us to discuss their latest book ‘Restarting the future: How to fix the intangible economy’. Our economies have become increasingly reliant on intangible assets that derive their value from ideas, knowledge and relationships rather than material properties. Haskel and Westlake explore how intangible assets differ from tangible ones and why it is important that the institutions that govern our economies keep up with the intang...
Research with Impact with Roland Pease: How can we tackle preventable diseases?
February 28, 2023 00:01 - 29 minutes - 68.5 MBEpisode Three: How can we tackle preventable diseases? In Episode Three of the University of Bath’s Research with Impact podcast, Roland Pease discusses preventable diseases with three of the University’s world-leading experts, whose research focuses on improving health around the world. Professor Asel Sartbaeva – based in the Department of Chemistry and Centre for Sustainable and Circular Technologies – first joined the University in the Earth Sciences Department and went on to focus on th...
Research with Impact with Roland Pease Episode 3: 'How can we tackle preventable diseases?'
February 28, 2023 00:01 - 29 minutes - 68.5 MBEpisode Three: How can we tackle preventable diseases? In Episode Three of the University of Bath’s Research with Impact podcast, Roland Pease discusses preventable diseases with three of the University’s world-leading experts, whose research focuses on improving health around the world. Professor Asel Sartbaeva – based in the Department of Chemistry and Centre for Sustainable and Circular Technologies – first joined the University in the Earth Sciences Department and went on to focus on th...
Centre for Death and Society - Reflections on the Death of Queen Elizabeth Part 1
February 24, 2023 18:35 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MBCDAS Co-Director Dr Kate Woodthorpe talks to Dr Helen Frisby and Dr Brian Parsons. They consider, ‘How does the past inform the present? by reflecting on the history of royal pageantry surrounding the death of a monarch, including ritual in the Georgian and Victorian eras.
Prof Loraine Whitmarsh and Pete Dyson: Putting Behaviour Change Evidence Into Practice
February 07, 2023 16:08 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBIn this masterclass Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh MBE and Pete Dyson discuss how policymakers can use behaviour change evidence in practice, with examples of what works in environmental and transport policy. Lorraine Whitmarsh is Professor of Environmental Psychology at the University of Bath and Director of the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST). Pete Dyson is a Doctoral Researcher in Transport & Travel Behaviour at the University of Bath and former Principal Behavio...
Interfaith Community: World Interfaith Harmony Week
February 07, 2023 00:00 - 39 minutes - 53.9 MBRevd Canon Nigel Rawlinson, Bath University Chaplain, is joined by Local Visiting Faith Leaders: Dr Mohammed Gamal Abdelnour (Islam), Mother Sarah (Orthodox), Dr Jason Hart (Buddhist) and Iris Segall (Jewish). The panel focus their discussion on World Interfaith Harmony Week’s themes of ‘love of good’ and ‘loving your neighbour’.
Research with Impact with Roland Pease Episode 2: 'How can we make big data work for society?'
December 06, 2022 13:15 - 30 minutes - 70.4 MBIn Episode Two of the University of Bath’s Research with Impact podcast, Roland Pease discusses the potential of big data for society with three of the University’s world-leading experts, whose research focuses on big data and digitisation. Professor Chris Budd – based in the Department of Mathematical Sciences and Institute for Mathematical Innovation – creates and analyses mathematical models of the real world. His work utilises historical data, ONS statistics, and medical imagery to provi...
Research with Impact with Roland Pease: How can we make big data work for society?
December 06, 2022 13:15 - 30 minutes - 70.4 MBIn Episode Two of the University of Bath’s Research with Impact podcast, Roland Pease discusses the potential of big data for society with three of the University’s world-leading experts, whose research focuses on big data and digitisation. Professor Chris Budd – based in the Department of Mathematical Sciences and Institute for Mathematical Innovation – creates and analyses mathematical models of the real world. His work utilises historical data, ONS statistics, and medical imagery to provi...
Interfaith Community: Faith Writings & Loneliness
November 17, 2022 00:00 - 23 minutes - 31.9 MBOrthodox Nun and Visiting Local Faith Leader Mother Sarah is joined by students from the Christian Union and the Islamic Society to discuss how faith writings can help with feelings of loneliness and isolation. The panel share Christian, Islamic and Buddhist writings that have proved helpful to them.
Michael Woolcock: The changing face of international development cooperation
November 14, 2022 21:52 - 1 hour - 73.9 MBIn this public lecture, Lead Social Scientist in the Development Research Group at the World Bank Michael Woolcock, discusses his forthcoming book International Development: Navigating Humanity’s Greatest Challenge. This hybrid event took place on 10/11/2022.
Andrew Haldane: The (second) Great Transition
November 14, 2022 17:50 - 1 hour - 53 MBIn this IPR public lecture Chief Executive of the Royal Arts Society, Andrew Haldane, discusses the rethinking and reformulation of life in the 21st century. Featuring contributions from Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bath, Professor Ian White, and Vice-President (Community and Inclusion), Professor Rajani Naidoo in addition. This hybrid event took place on the 7th of November 2022.
Behaviour change for Net Zero: mobilising society to accelerate action
November 14, 2022 17:04 - 1 hour - 67.2 MBIn this Centre for Climate Change & Social Transformations (CAST) and the Institute for Policy Research (IPR) panel event, Baroness Parminter, Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh MBE, Hirra Khan Adeogun, Nick Molho and Professor Nick Pearce discuss the House of Lords report: In our hands: behaviour change for climate and environmental goals and what it means for government, business and civil society. This event took place on the 7th of November 2022 as an online event.
Making gender salient: From gender quota laws to policy
July 18, 2022 10:08 - 1 hour - 50.6 MBIn this event, Dr Ana Catalano Weeks (University of Bath) joined us to discuss her new book 'Making gender salient: From gender quota laws to policy'. Featuring contributions from Professor Rosie Campbell (King's College London) and Dr Peter Allen (University of Bath). This event took place at the University of Bath on 14 July 2022. For further information on the book, visit: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/making-gender-salient/2D3D592FC6C6B1182203FAA84149E09D.
Prof Chris Armstrong: A blue new deal: Why we need a new politics for the ocean
June 30, 2022 12:02 - 1 hour - 49.6 MBIn this lecture, Professor in Political Theory, Chris Armstrong, discusses his latest book ‘A blue new deal: Why we need a new politics for the ocean'. He explores existing governing institutions and makes the case for a powerful World Ocean Authority, putting equality, democracy, and sustainability at the heart of ocean politics. This lecture took place online on 29 June 2022 and is part of the series 'Our oceans: A deep dive': https://www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/our-oceans-a-deep-dive/.
Prof Jaideep Roy: Automation, displacement and democracy
June 23, 2022 12:28 - 59 minutes - 40.5 MBIn this webinar, Professor Jaideep Roy joined us to discuss his research on automation, displacement and democracy. This webinar took place on 22 June 2022.
Dr Graeme Garrard: The return of the state
June 23, 2022 08:39 - 1 hour - 55 MBIn this lecture Dr Graeme Garrard (Cardiff University) discusses the ideas behind his new book 'The return of the state and why it is essential for our health, wealth and happiness', published by Yale University Press: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300256758/the-return-of-the-state/. This event took place online on 21 June 2022.
Research with Impact with Roland Pease: 'How do we get to net zero?'
June 22, 2022 05:00 - 31 minutes - 73.1 MBIn Episode One of the University of Bath’s Research with Impact podcast, Roland Pease discusses the route to net zero with three of the University’s world-leading experts, whose research focuses on aspects of the climate crisis. Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh – from the Department of Psychology – is Director of the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST), member of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group and was an expert lead for Climate Assembly UK. She also recently advised fo...
Research with Impact with Roland Pease Episode 1: 'How do we get to net zero?'
June 22, 2022 05:00 - 31 minutes - 73.1 MBIn Episode One of the University of Bath’s Research with Impact podcast, Roland Pease discusses the route to net zero with three of the University’s world-leading experts, whose research focuses on aspects of the climate crisis. Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh – from the Department of Psychology – is Director of the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST), member of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group and was an expert lead for Climate Assembly UK. She also recently advised fo...
Research with Impact Podcast - with Roland Pease (trailer)
June 21, 2022 11:15 - 58 seconds - 2.23 MBJoin acclaimed science journalist and broadcaster, Roland Pease, as he meets nine researchers from the University of Bath whose expertise spans the environment, the digital age, and preventable diseases, looking for answers to three fundamental questions: • How do we get to net zero carbon? • How can we make big data work for society? • And, how can we reduce the number of people still dying from preventable diseases? For more information about guests and how research from the University ...
Girls' education and language of instruction
May 25, 2022 14:32 - 1 hour - 50.1 MBThis event saw the launch of our policy brief on girls' education and language of instruction, produced in partnership with the University of Bath Department of Education and UK government Girls' Education Challenge (GEC). In this event we hear from co-editor Dr Lizzi O. Milligan (University of Bath), and supporters and contributors including Alicia Mills (GEC), Aline Dorimana (University of Rwanda), Aloysie Uwizeyemariya (University of Rwanda), Fadimata Walet Inorene (CARE USA) and Amira Sa...
Prof Maria Fusaro: World oceans and contemporary challenges: An historical perspective
April 25, 2022 09:38 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBIn this lecture, Professor of Social and Economic History and Director of the Centre for Maritime Historical Studies at the University of Exeter, Professor Maria Fusaro, joined us to discuss world oceans and contemporary challenges through a historical lens. This lecture took place on 21 April 2022 as part of our event series 'Our oceans: A deep dive': https://www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/our-oceans-a-deep-dive/.
Lord Christopher Tugendhat: The worm in the apple: A history of the Conservative Party and Europe
March 23, 2022 12:13 - 1 hour - 48.6 MBIn this special conversation, Lord Christopher Tugendhat talks to Professor Nick Pearce about his new book, 'The worm in the apple: A history of the Conservative Party and Europe from Churchill to Cameron'. This conversation took place as part of an IPR event on 21 March 2022.
Understanding Russian aggression and the invasion of Ukraine
March 15, 2022 18:54 - 1 hour - 51.3 MBFormer Ambassador to Moscow, Sir Rodric Braithwaite; Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies at the University of Bath, Dr Patrick Bury; Associate Fellow at Chatham House, Dr Anaïs Marin; and Director of Research at the Institute for Policy Research (IPR), Dr Charles Larkin, discuss Russian aggression and the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. This event took place on 15 March 2022.
Tero Mustonen: Arctic Indigenous Seas: Selected highlights from the unknown region
March 11, 2022 12:44 - 1 hour - 50.2 MBHead of the village of Selkie in North Karelia, Finland, and President of Snowchange Cooperative, Dr Tero Mustonen, joined Professor James Copestake to discuss the Arctic Seas, indigenous communities, and climate change. This event took place on 9 March 2022 as part of our ongoing series, 'Our oceans: A deep dive'. Learn more about the series: https://www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/our-oceans-a-deep-dive/.
Mark J. Spalding: The future of seafood in a changed ocean
February 11, 2022 11:57 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBDr Aurelie Charles and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bath, Professor Ian White, are joined by President of The Ocean Foundation, Mark J. Spalding who gives a lecture on the future of seafood in a changed ocean. This lecture is part of our ongoing series, 'Our oceans: A deep dive': https://www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/our-oceans-a-deep-dive/. This lecture took place on 9 February 2022.
Our oceans: A deep dive on blue carbon
February 02, 2022 12:18 - 1 hour - 45 MBIn this lecture, Senior Programme Officer and Blue Carbon Lead at GRID-Arendal, Steven Lutz, joins Director of the IPR, Professor Nick Pearce, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bath, Professor Ian White, to discuss harnessing the value of blue carbon. This lecture took place on 27 January 2022, as part of the event series 'Our oceans: A deep dive': https://www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/our-oceans-a-deep-dive/.
Steven Lutz: Our oceans: A deep dive on blue carbon
February 02, 2022 12:18 - 1 hour - 45 MBIn this lecture, Senior Programme Officer and Blue Carbon Lead at GRID-Arendal, Steven Lutz, joins Director of the IPR, Professor Nick Pearce, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bath, Professor Ian White, to discuss harnessing the value of blue carbon. This lecture took place on 27 January 2022, as part of the event series 'Our oceans: A deep dive': https://www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/our-oceans-a-deep-dive/.