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 u...
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 fr...
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 leader...
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, ...
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 Vis...
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 Bristo...
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 Vis...
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 cove...
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 Baxte...
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...
Elevating Entrepreneurship with Arthur Kay
11 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Transformative entrepreneurs are leading the charge in addressing wicked problems by creating releva...
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 o...
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...
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 ...
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 organizati...
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 f...
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 ag...
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 hi...
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, Institu...
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 Simo...
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, w...
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 m...
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 F...
Slade Admissions
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode associate Professor Kate Bright walks Roberta Livingston through the Slade School's ...
Admissions Special
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode UCL East Schools Engagement Assistant Roberta Livingston hosts an Admissions special...
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 ...
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. H...
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...
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 Chur...
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. Profess...
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 proje...
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 respond...
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...
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 NO...
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 oft...
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? E...
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?" EP...
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’...
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 perform...
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 N...
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’ wi...
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...
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...
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, a...
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 ment...
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 Transformatio...
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 ...
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 Go...
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 physi...
Mind the Gap
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode, hosted by Olivia Moir, discusses preconception health, or health before pregnancy w...
Gene Therapy
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Olivia Moir, today we discuss Gene Therapy with Professor Simon Waddington. He is a profes...
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 Watt...
Ectopic Pregnancy
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Olivia Moir, this episode discusses ectopic pregnancy with Dr. Annie Solangon, who is a wh...
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 ...
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 Ma...
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 currentl...
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 internationa...
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, i...
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...
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 br...
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 worl...
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, man...
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 - B...
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...
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 re...
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...
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 br...
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...
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? EPISOD...
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...
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 academ...
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...
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 safeg...
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...
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...
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 ‘childcar...
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 s...
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...
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...
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 neuropsych...
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...
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 a...
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 clinici...
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...
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...
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 find...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 i...
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...
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 c...
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, ab...
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, Pakist...
Season 3 - Living on the edge - health inequalities and rising costs
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Living on the edge - health inequalities and rising costs with Prof Sir Michael Marmot and Jack Monr...
Hypocrisy and Human Rights Around the World
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week we ask: if the international community can’t make states abide by their human rights obl...
Introduction to the MBA in Major Infrastructure Delivery
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Intro to MBA Major Infrastructure Delivery - Join us on this podcast as we explore the thinking that...
EDWARD SAID AND ORIENTALISM - A CONVERSATION WITH NASSER JASSEM
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An interview with Professor Nasser Jassem of the University of Mosul. Professor Nasser Jassem, previ...
International Mother Language Day: Celebrating Languages
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Dr Michael Spence (UCL President & Provost) and Professor Li Wei (Director & Dean, IOE, UCL's F...