Conversations with Sergei Guriev
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Algorithms Recommendations on Social Media and Political Positions, with Tim Faverjon
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How recommendation algorithms operate on social media to establish relationships with the political positions of users? In order to answer this questi...
On Digital Inequality and its Political Implications, with Jen Schradie
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The digital inequalities are considerable and directly linked to social inequalities: less money, less equipment, less time, less training. How is pol...
YouTube's Algorithms against its Diversity?, with Ethan Zukerman
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the vast landscape of the Internet, YouTube is a giant, hosting over 14 billion videos that shape our digital experience. No one knew this number ...
Fighting Misinformation Thanks to Generative AI, with Yamil Velez
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Many studies have shown the limited effectiveness of factual corrections in changing deeply ingrained beliefs and attitudes. However, based on the res...
How to Fight Against Algorithmic Discrimination, with Raphaële Xenidis
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One thing is certain: discrimination is not only perpetuated by algorithms which reflect societal biases, but multiplied. If the constitution of datab...
Identity versus Democracy, with Yascha Mounk
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Over the last decades, identity is rising as a new ideology influenced by postmodernism, postcolonialism, and critical race theory. While acknowledgin...
Political Leaders: From Dynasties to Lotteries, with Brenda Van Coppenolle
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Political dynasties belong neither to the past nor only to authoritarian regimes. Think about the Trudeau family in Canada, Le Pen in France, or Kirch...
Political Choice: Between Intuition and Reflection, with Kevin (Vin) Arceneaux
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You could be driving home, on your usual route, and you are lost in thought. Next thing you know you are home, and you don’t remember having taken a...
Media Ownership & On History of Elections: Protect and Understand Democracy, with Julia Cagé
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Does it matter who controls the media? What are the democratic implications of the increasing concentration of the media industry in the hands of olig...
Authoritarianism as an Economic Challenge: Egypt and Beyond, with Eberhard Kienle
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Egypt, which for so long has been a great referent in the Arab World, seems to be entering decline, politically and economically. Could its authoritar...
Women's Vote for the Extreme Right, with Nonna Mayer
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What encourages voters to support populist right parties? What has made Marine Le Pen’s discourse so powerful, especially with regards to its female...
Governing Well Under Social Media, with Emiliano Grossman
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Social networks pose very complex challenges to governments. Those who want to sell news have become very good at creating clickbait on negative news,...
Russian Disregard about Climate Change, with Alexander Etkind
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, Alexander Etkind sets out the reasons why environmental challenges are largely ignored in Russia, by public authorities and more...
Water Scarcity, with Giacomo Parrinello
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The vulnerability of agriculture and energy production to water scarcity is not so new. Historically, this issue has been mainly addressed through the...
Children's Environmental Commitment, with Anaëlle Vergonjeanne
12 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The mobilisation of children for climate policies started in 2018, with Greta Thunberg benefiting from strong media coverage and social media. After...
Environmental Inequalities, with Lucas Chancel
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a well-known fact that rich countries pollute more than poor countries. What is less taken in account is that it is within countries and especi...
Growth Thought, with Thomas Kayzel
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Decay, frugality, green growth; so many concepts that invite us to rethink our growth appeal as it dominated the 20th century. Where does our concepti...
Climate Movements Struggle, with Joost de Moor
04 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What do social movements have to say about climate change? What is their role in local and global governance of climate change? How do climate activis...
Climate Change in Small Islands, with Carola Klöck
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Small island states - that have 65 million inhabitants - are all strongly impacted by climate change. What can they do, given their limitations in t...
Sober Cities, with Charlotte Halpern
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first episode of the environmental transformation series of the Sciences Po’s podcast “Conversations with Sergei Guriev”. In this...
Teaser
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Do you want to understand better the change that is happening in our societies and to our societies? The environmental transformation, the digital tra...