UCL Minds

Lunch Hour Lecture | Can good sleep help our brain as we age?

23 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

About the Lecture: Little attention is paid to sleep hygiene and Dr Garfield will present evidence to persuade the audience otherwise. This involves d...

S1, E3 Anxiety and Psychological Distress with Professor Oliver Robinson

20 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Anxiety is a natural human response. It’s what we feel when we are worried, tense, or afraid – particularly about the unknown or things that are a...

S1, E2 Autism and Common Misconceptions with Professor Kurinchi Gurusamy

20 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Autism is a lifelong developmental disability that affects how people communicate and interact with the world. Though more than 1 in 100 people are on...

S1, E1 Perinatal Mental Health with Dr Kate Adlington

20 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mental health illnesses that occur during pregnancy or in the first year following the birth of a child, affect 27% of new and expectant mothers in th...

Season 4 - AI for Good: Tech and Ethics in Humanitarian Crises

20 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join hosts Doctor Xand van Tulleken and Dr Rochelle Burgess for Season 4, Episode 2 of Public Health Disrupted with Prof Maria Kett and Sarah Spencer....

An interview with Warren Luk, CEO of Good Lab, a Hong Kong-based social innovation think-and-do tank

15 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We speak with Warren Luk, a former student in Economics & Statistics at UCL, about his time at the university, how important extra-curricular activiti...

Positive Impact: A new generation of business with society at heart

12 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode we explore Positive Impact. UCLB is helping to create a new generation of businesses from UCL academics specifically with positive societ...

The Bartlett Review Podcast: Women Leading Infrastructure

12 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Bartlett Review Podcast: Women leading infrastructure Why is there a shortage of female leaders in infrastructure and construction, and why is t...

Concluding the journey with Dr Konrad Miciukiewicz and Dr Onya Idoko

25 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the final episode of To Prosperity and Beyond, RP and Sam are joined by MSc PIE programme leads, Dr. Onya Idoko and Dr. Konrad Miciukiewicz. They d...

INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE IN IRAQ - a conversation with Dr Ali Naji Attiyah

19 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mehiyar Kathem talks to Dr Ali Naji Attiyah Diebil of University of Kufa. Dr Ali talks about his Visiting Scholarship and heritage and institutions in...

WHAT COMES NEXT? PART TWO

15 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

WHAT COMES NEXT? PART TWO with Professor Sean Fox and Dr Jessica Espey from the University of Bristol. In the final episode of the series, Professor M...

INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE IN IRAQ - a conversation with Dr Ali Naji Attiyah

12 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mehiyar Kathem talks to Dr Ali Naji Attiyah Diebil of University of Kufa. Dr Ali talks about his Visiting Scholarship at York University and heritage ...

Resilience Research Group: An interview with Words Matter charity

12 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

An interview with Jessica Bondy, Founder of Words Matter charity by Hafsa Qureshi. This episode covers childhood verbal abuse, and the development of ...

Seat belts, buses and inflation - Government statistics with Michael Baxter

12 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this alumni series from the Department of Statistical Science at UCL, we speak with Michael Baxter about his time at UCL and subsequent years worki...

NEW TECHNOLOGIES & KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION IN IRAQ: a conversation with Mark Altaweel

11 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Mehiyar Kathem of the Nahrein Network speaks with Professor Mark Altaweel (Professor of Near East Archaeology and Archaeological Data Science, Inst...

Elevating Entrepreneurship with Arthur Kay

11 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Transformative entrepreneurs are leading the charge in addressing wicked problems by creating relevant and scalable solutions that are poised to make ...

Season 4 - Injecting Innovation: Creative Ways to boost vaccination rates

08 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

NEW! Season 4 Join hosts Doctor Xand van Tulleken and Dr Rochelle Burgess for Season 4, Episode 1 of Public Health Disrupted with Prof Helen Bedford ...

Lunch Hour Lecture | Medical leadership and gender disparities in England and India

18 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Physicians’ engagement has long been regarded as a critical component for effective performance in healthcare organisations. The World Health Organi...

Navigating prosperity, with Dr Nikolay Mintchev

14 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The IGP conducts transdisciplinary research aligned to local needs and stakeholders, and works with Citizen Scientists across the UK, Lebanon and Keny...

Unpacking Innovation, with Peter Ptashko FRSA

11 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Change management is a broad and complex discipline, but at its core, it is about helping organizations successfully adopt and sustain change. It nece...

THE ECONOMICS OF THE SDGS

11 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Monica Lakhanpaul and Professor Priti Parikh are joined by Dr Ida Kubiszewski, Institute for Global Prosperity, and Dr Kate Roll, Institute ...

Who cares for me? Finding solutions to dementia care

06 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The care problem. It’s a problem address by every Prime Minister yet we’re still here with an ageing population and more and more people needing c...

All of Machine Learning is now probabilistic

04 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In a conversation with Kevin Murphy, the distinguished researcher at Google DeepMind, we explored his multifaceted career spanning academia and indust...

MENTAL HEALTH AND THE SDGS

04 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Monica Lakhanpaul and Professor Priti Parikh are joined by Dr Norha Vera San Juan, Institute for Global Health, and Dr Keri Wong, IOE, UCL's...

Season 4 - COP28: What needs to happen?

29 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to UCL’s Generation One podcast! To kick us off co-hosts Prof Mark Maslin and Dr Simon Chin-Yee are chatting about COP28, set to be hel...

A practical introduction to critical realism

21 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

About the Lecture: This lecture is about the author's practical introduction to critical realism, which won the International Association of Critical...

Shining a Light Inside the Body

17 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Medical Imaging is the term given to the way in which we can image the body. Think X-rays, big MRI machines, or ultrasounds. Charlotte Maughan Jones a...

The Domestic Politics of IMF Lending

17 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’re focusing on a new book about IMF lending. The IMF – the International Monetary Fund – exists, among other things, to provide pol...

Slade Admissions

08 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode associate Professor Kate Bright walks Roberta Livingston through the Slade School's admission process. For more information and to a...

Admissions Special

08 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode UCL East Schools Engagement Assistant Roberta Livingston hosts an Admissions special with notes and guidance provided by the UCL Admis...

Fluid Flow: Lymphedema and Soft Robotics

02 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lymphedema is a debilitating, incurable condition which causes excessive swelling in the limbs, and disproportionately affects cancer patients. In thi...

Are robots the future of rehabilitation?

26 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Snow is a lecturer working in rehabilitation engineering using virtual reality and robotics. He develops systems to help people with phantom lim...

The Bartlett Review Podcast: What's next for HS2?

26 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Bartlett Review Podcast: What next for HS2? In this podcast, we'll be talking about the future of the High Speed Two rail project for the UK. Fo...

CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IN IRAQ - a conversation with Father Rami Simoun

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mehiyar Kathem talks to Father Rami Simoun - representative of the Dominican Covenant and Latin Church in Iraq speaks about the Christian community in...

SHANIDAR CAVE: NORTHERN IRAQ'S IMPORTANT NEANDERTHAL SITE - A conversation with Graeme Barker

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mehiyar Kathem talks to one of the world's foremost archaeologists, Professor Graeme Barker. Professor Barker, Senior Fellow of the McDonald Institute...

BUILDING A HERITAGE NETWORK IN IRAQI KURDISTAN - A Conversation with Dr Rozhen Kamal Mohammed-Amin

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mehiyar interviews Co-Investigator Dr Rohzen Kamal Mohammed-Amin on the Nahrein Network funded project 'A Cultural Heritage Network for the Kurdistan ...

Is the earth flat or a circle?

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Mat Disney a Professor of Remote Sensing in the Geography department at UCL responds to the question 'Is the earth flat, or a circle?...

Can oxytocin help us bond with everything?

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this mini-episode Dr Shoba Poduval a GP at the Institute of Epidemiology & Healthcare responds to the question 'Can oxytocin help us bond with ever...

Military Technology and Intelligent Warfare

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

EPISODE SUMMARY This week we explore the role of military technology in modern warfare. EPISODE NOTES Despite Putin’s expectation of a swift victo...

Democracies and LGBTQ Rights

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

EPISODE SUMMARY This week we ask: Is the link between LGBTQ rights and democracy as strong as is often thought? EPISODE NOTES A special episode coin...

How Can We Fix Our Democracy?

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

EPISODE SUMMARY This week we ask: What is going wrong with our democracy, and how we might fix it? EPISODE NOTES In this episode we’re discussing el...

Brexit And Ni

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

EPISODE SUMMARY This week we ask "what have been the legacies of conflict in Northern Ireland?" EPISODE NOTES In 1998, after three decades of confli...

The Parliamentary Battle Over Brexit

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

EPISODE SUMMARY This week we ask: What does the process of Brexit tell us about the role of the UK’s parliament and whether it needs reform? EPISO...

What Can Democracies Learn From Dictators?

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

EPISODE SUMMARY This week we ask: Can struggling democracies learn anything useful from well performing dictatorships? EPISODE NOTES This week we welc...

Do Higher Benefits Attract Immigration

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

EPISODE SUMMARY This week we ask: Do higher welfare benefits lead to higher immigration? EPISODE NOTES Immigration is back near the top of the polit...

Politics of Ordinary Hope

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

EPISODE SUMMARY This week we’re discussing life, politics, and the power of ‘ordinary hope’ with Professor Marc Stears, the inaugural director o...

The Politics of the European Court of Human Rights

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

EPISODE SUMMARY This week we’re looking at the European Court of Human Rights. What is it? Does it provide adequate justice to victims? And what sho...

Episode 2. Amelia Meade: Dreams and Duties

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How do you chase your dreams while supporting others? Amelia, a devoted UCL student, offers a unique perspective on balancing academic demands and bei...

Lunch Hour Lecture | Is climate change increasing disasters?

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

About the lecture We hear so much about human-caused climate change threatening our lives. Often, any disaster including conflict is linked to climat...

Lunch Hour Lecture | Adolescent mental health: The role of academic pressure

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

About the lecture: Most cases of mental disorders worldwide start in adolescence, and rates of mental health problems are rising among adolescents. T...

Lunch Hour Lecture | The crisis of British benefits policy: how we got here

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

About the Lecture: This lecture will describe findings from author's recent book, The Transformation of British Welfare Policy: Politics, Discourse a...

Taking Offence

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we ask: Is there value in taking offence? Indeed, should we cultivate a readiness to take offence in ourselves and others? Episode Notes Thi...

The Impact of Banning Protests

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we ask: what are the effects when authoritarian governments ban protests? EPISODE NOTES Governments in many countries have powers to authori...

Lunch Hour Lecture | Sleep, physical activity, and cognitive function

24 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this lecture, Dr Mikaela Bloomberg will examine the evidence for joint effects of sleep and physical activity on cognitive function. About the lec...

Mind the Gap

23 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today's episode, hosted by Olivia Moir, discusses preconception health, or health before pregnancy with Dr. Jenny Hall. She is a Clinical Associate Pr...

Gene Therapy

23 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hosted by Olivia Moir, today we discuss Gene Therapy with Professor Simon Waddington. He is a professor and researcher in the field of Gene Therapy he...

PCOS

23 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week's episode is about PCOS, or polycystic ovary syndrome. To do this, we have Dr. Bassel Wattar, who is a consultant obstetrician and gynaecolo...

Ectopic Pregnancy

23 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hosted by Olivia Moir, this episode discusses ectopic pregnancy with Dr. Annie Solangon, who is a who is an Obstetrician & Gynaecologist specialising ...

Health Inequalities Amongst Ethnic Minorities

20 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Ferdouse speaks to Shoba Poduval about health inequalities among ethnic minorities – including childbirth and mental health treatme...

Commercialising research: the collaboration between tech transfer and investment

19 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the tenth episode, Dr Anne Lane, CEO of UCLB and Dr Chris Hollowood, CEO of Syncona Investment Management, discussed the collaboration between thei...

Pumping life into the future of diabetes management

03 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ken Li is an Associate Professor looking at technology you can use to manage diabetes. He's currently creating a sort of artificial pancreas to help t...

3. M. T. Z. Tyau

22 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

M. T. Z. Tyau (Diao Minqian 刁敏謙), Law student, describes arriving in London as an international student from China in 1909. This extract is from...

HeLP-Diabetes: From early-stage social venture to national roll-out

18 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the ninth episode of this podcast series, Ana Lemmo Charnalia, Senior Business Manager at UCLB, is in conversation with Orla O’Donnell , Division...

Episode 1. Beth Woolley: My Mental Health Can't Define Me

15 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

'Overcoming' can be a difficult and daunting task, especially when faced with personal struggles and academic pressures. In our first episode, Beth, w...

Brain Stories Episode 17 - Jenny Bizley on how the brain perceives sounds

12 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Jenny Bizley talks to Caswell and Steve about how different sounds are perceived by the brain. For more information and to access the trans...

Brain Stories - Episode 16 - Peter Kok on how the brain determines what we see

06 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Kok talks to Selina and Steve about how the brain determines our visual experience of the world and how his research aims to understand the neur...

Senceive Ltd: An organic growth success story

01 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Over a 15 year journey, UCLB spinout company Senceive Ltd became the world leader in the design, manufacture and supply of wireless enabled remote con...

HERITAGE CHALLENGES IN NAJAF - a conversation with Ali Naji

16 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mehiyar Kathem talks to former scholarship awardee, Dr Ali Naji. Ali completed a Nahrein Network - British Institute for the Study of Iraq (BISI) scho...

SHANIDAR CAVE: NORTHERN IRAQ'S NEADERTHAL SITE - a conversation with Dishad A. Mutalb

16 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mehiyar Kathem interviews Mr Dlshad A. Mutalb, heritage manager of the Directorate of Antiquities in Soran, in Iraqi Kurdistan, who completed a schola...

CONSERVATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE - a conversation with Hossam Mahdy

16 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mehiyar Kathem speaks with Dr Hossam Mahdy, conservation architect, who is working to rethink and reform the ways in which conservation activity is pu...

Season 3: Unravelling Health Disparities: The Racial Divide

07 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join hosts Doctor Xand van Tulleken and Dr Rochelle Burgess for Season 3, Episode 5 of Public Health Disrupted with Dr Halima Begum Prof Delan Devakum...

Brain Stories - Episode 15: Sarah Garfinkel on how clinical conditions impact emotion processing

03 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Sarah Garfinkel talks to Caswell and Steve about her research exploring emotion and how brain body interactions may go awry in clinical cond...

The Politics of the European Court of Justice

17 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’re looking at the European Court of Justice. How does it operate? How political is it? And is public opinion ever taken into account? ...

The Role of Praise

17 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’re looking at praise. When is it a good thing? And when, crucially, is it not? EPISODE NOTES At first blush, it might seem obvious that...

Twitter, the Online Safety Bill, and Free Speech

17 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’re looking at Twitter, the Online Safety Bill, and the limits of free speech. Is it a good thing that Twitter is promoting free speech ...

Democracy in the UK – with Gina Miller

17 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we have a special episode looking at democracy in the UK today, not with one of our academic colleagues, but with the leader of a UK politic...

EARLY PREHISTORIC SITES IN IRAQI KURDISTAN - A conversation with Mabast Ali Amin

13 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mehiyar Kathem talks to Mabast Amin, lecturer at the History department, University of Garmian, Iraq about his research which focuses on the early pre...

SAFEGUARDING CULTURAL HERITAGE OF BASRAH - A conversation with Dr Hamed Samir

13 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mehiyar Kathem talks to Dr Hamed Samir, Head of Architecture at the University of Basrah about safeguarding and reviving the local identity of Basrah....

Season 3 - The change-up, demystifying the menopause

06 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join hosts Doctor Xand van Tulleken and Dr Rochelle Burgess for Season 3, Episode 4 of Public Health Disrupted with Prof Joyce Harper and Rachel Lanke...

Debunking the chemical imbalance theory of depression

04 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Date of Lecture: Thursday 18 May 2023 About the lecture: This lecture will describe recent research that exposed the fact that there is no convincing...

Farewell to childcare: transforming England’s broken early childhood system

04 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Date of Lecture: Thursday 11 May 2023 About the Lecture: Complaints at the high cost of ‘childcare’ keep coming - but high cost is just one sympt...

Do we live in more anxious times and are we equipped to deal with them?

04 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Date of lecture: Tuesday 2 May 2023 About the lecture: Anxiety can be physically, emotionally and socially debilitating. Left untreated, anxiety is a...

Are Trade Unions Still Relevant Today?

04 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Date of Lecture: Thursday 8 June 2023 About the Lecture: The UK is experiencing its biggest wave of industrial action in over a decade following a lo...

Social justice and health equity

04 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Date of Lecture: Tuesday 23 May 2023 About the Lecture: Taking action to reduce health inequalities is a matter of social justice. In developing stra...

Novel ways to treat the brain with gene therapy

04 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Date of Lecture: Thursday 15 June 2023 About the Lecture: Several neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric circuit disorders are characterized by inte...

Sharon Cox - Health and the Public Impact Fellowship

20 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hear Health and the Public Impact Fellow Sharon Cox describe how her research into smoking cessation for people experiencing homelessness is informing...

Rana Conway - Health and the Public Impact Fellowship

20 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hear Health and the Public Impact Fellow Rana Conway talk about how she has influenced campaigning and policy on baby food labelling and ultraprocesse...

Lion Shahab - Health and the Public Impact Fellowship

20 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hear Health and the Public Impact Fellow Lion Shahab describe how he is building networks of clinicians, service users, researchers and funders to mak...

Libby Sallnow - Health and the Public Impact Fellowship

20 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Health and the Public Impact Fellow Libby Sallnow describes how her research into death and grieving systems is helping communities worldwide map how ...

Jo Blodgett - Health and the Public Impact Fellowship

19 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hear Health and the Public Impact Fellow Jo Blodgett talk about her project co-creating personalised exercise tools with older people. For more infor...

Emma Beard - Health and the Public Impact Fellowship

19 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hear Health and the Public Impact Fellow Emma Beard talk about how she is applying her research findings to the challenge of presenting health statist...

Baowen Xue - Health and the Public Impact Fellowship

19 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Health and the Public Impact Fellow Baowen Xue explains how she has worked with the Carers Trust to turn her research findings into materials to suppo...

Annemarie Lodder - Health and the Public Fellowship

19 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Health and the Public Fellow Annemarie Lodder describes her project helping research funders provide better outcomes for patients by recruiting more d...

War and Infant Mortality Rates

25 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’re looking at the impact of war on rates of infant mortality. How big is it? And can it be mitigated? It seems obvious that war harm...

ECO-MUSEUMS IN SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY - a conversation with Mustafa Dogan

19 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mehiyar Kathem interviews Dr Mustafa Doğan of Batman University. Doğan completed a Nahrein Network - British Institute Visiting Scholarship at Readi...

The Precautionary State

16 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’re looking at a new way of thinking about the role of the state in our society: the idea of the ‘precautionary state’. What is it? ...

Change Point Detection and Global Terrorism

27 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this interview from the Department of Statistical Science at UCL, we speak with Sam Tickle who is a Data Science Research Fellow at the Heilbronn I...

Global Precarities in the Aftermath of Earthquakes in Turkiye and Syria

25 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss the aftermath of the Turkey/Syria Earthquakes and the politics of global precarities in catastrophes with Dr. Aslı Zengin, Dr. Omar Al-Gaz...

Narratives and Realities of Violence on the War in the Middle East

04 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, we are hosting three figures, Nazan Üstündağ; Özlem Göner and Sardar Saadi, about four Kurdish regions and the rising violence i...

Climate and Care During Pakistani Floods

22 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Climate change is leading to environmental crises and human calamity. In September this year, Pakistan was hit with extreme flooding due to rapidly me...