Lunch Hour Lecture | Building the foundations of the UK’s Net Zero Strategy
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Date of Lecture: 31 January 2023 About the Lecture: The UCL Energy Transitions Modelling Lab has de...
Ep 6 - From Land to Sea: Eco-Friendly Vehicular Design
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mehdi Baghdadi talks about alternative materials and power sources for electric vehicles, while Yuan...
Together & apart: remembering Jewish Ukraine in the context of empire & war
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Date of Lecture: Tuesday 24 January 2023 About the Lecture: Ukraine’s Jewish history has come int...
Lunch Hour Lecture | The Last Colony
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Date of Lecture: Thursday 19 January 2023 About the Lecture: After the Second World War new interna...
Orbyts: Research-with-Schools Projects that Transform Inclusivity in Science
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Date of lecture: Thursday 12 January 2023 About the Lecture: UK science has chronic diversity issue...
How Should Politicians’ Behaviour be Regulated?
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week we ask: How should politicians’ behaviour be regulated? How, that is, can we best ensure...
Brain Stories - Episode 12: Tobias Hauser On Computational Psychiatry And The Origins Of OCD
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tobias Hauser talks to Steve and Caswell about common misconceptions around OCD, what the "computati...
Women, Life, Freedom: Iran Uprising
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our first episode is led by Dr Fatemeh Sadeghi, a research fellow of the UCL's and Institute for Glo...
Climate Change: The Road to COP27
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’re talking about climate change. The COP27 climate conference is about to begin in Eg...
WATERCRAFTS AND HERITAGE IN IRAQ - A conversation with Rashad Salim
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Safina Projects Director, Rashad Salim, provides an insightful overview of Iraq's water based herita...
Statistics and Sports Analytics - Part 1
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this two-part interview from the Department of Statistical Science at UCL, we speak with Tim Swar...
Global Tech Companies and the War in Ukraine
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week we ask: What has been the role of global tech companies during the war in Ukraine? And is ...
UCL Remarkable Stories - Dr Julia Shaw
23 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Criminal Psychologist, Scientist, author, BBC podcaster & co-founder of Spot Dr Julia Shaw shares he...
Ep 5 - Robotics and Simulation: For or Against Humanity
23 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Hillel talks about how data on human behaviour can optimise the way we commute, while Dimitrios ...
UCL Remarkable Stories - Lakayya Palmer
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
UCL PHD Student Lakayya Palmer shares her journey about overcoming the challenges of studying with d...
UCL Remarkable Stories -Beth Hinton-Lever
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
UCL alumni of Classical Archaeology and Classical Civilisations and graduate of MA in Musical Theatr...
UCL Remarkable Stories - Ali Issa
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
UCL student of electronic engineering Ali Issa shares his journey coming to the UK as a refugee on h...
UCL Remarkable Stories - Gia Lulic
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
UCL staff, Remarkable stories host, and published author Gia Lulic talks about the release of her fi...
UCL Remarkable Stories - Mouhssin Ismail
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lawyer turned Principal of Newham Collegiate Sixth Form, Mouhssin Ismail, talks about his extraordin...
Parliament’s Role in Brexit
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we look at parliament’s role in shaping Brexit-related legislation between 2017 and 2019...
Robots and Immigrants
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’re examining the ways we talk about automation and immigration, and how this discours...
Lunch Hour Lecture | What lies behind the “Muslim grooming gangs” crisis?
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Date of Lecture: Tuesday 6 December 2022 About the Lecture: For over a decade, the UK has seen an in...
Lunch Hour Lecture | Is girls’ education the answer to everything?
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Date of Lecture: Tuesday 29 November 2022 About the Lecture: Girls’ education is frequently portra...
Disruptive Voices - Critical Global Health (5/5): Prof Shabbar Jaffar on Ethical Partnerships
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by Catriona Gold. In this series, we ask scholars at UCL to reflect on the meaning and pra...
Managing Covid19 – how could we have done (and do) better?
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Date of Lecture: 22 November 2022 About the Lecture: Human behaviour is at the heart of managing pan...
Episode 7: The Burden of Unhealthy Air Pollution
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Harry Kennard talks to Catherine Tonne about the burden of unhealthy air pollution. For more inf...
Ep 4 - Research Is All Fun And Games
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ellie Cosgrove uses dance and play to create inclusive engineering designs, while Will Newton overse...
Building Better - Season 3 - Building Better Before the Clock Runs Out
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An inside look at COP27 through the lens of two experts from The Bartlett who took part. This Nove...
Season 3 - POST COP27: What happened and was it enough?
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join host Helen Czerski as she discusses what happened at the COP27 conference, and whether the nego...
How to Run Public Administration
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we ask: How should you run the public administration? Should administration be close to or...
The State of the World
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
First released 7 October 2022. This week we’re beginning a new series of the podcast by surveying ...
FRIENDS OF BASRAH MUSEUM - A Conversation with Sir Terence Clark
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mehiyar Kathem talks to Sir Terence Clark, former British Ambassador to Iraq and until recently, cha...
Disruptive Voices - Critical Global Health (4/5): Dr Rochelle Burgess on Community-Driven Research
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by Catriona Gold. In this series, we ask scholars at UCL to reflect on the meaning and pra...
Season 3 - LIVE FROM COP27
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to UCL Generation One: The Climate Podcast. We’re back for a two-part series, and par...
Moveable Type - Series 1 - Gravity
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, we are pleased to share with you our very first radio play. The play we will be ...
Improving Survival for Men with Prostate Cancer by Improving Clinical Trials and Meta-Analyses
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Date of Lecture: 3 November 2022 About the Lecture: Randomised clinical trials are the cornerstone ...
Disruptive Voices - Critical Global Health (3/5): Prof David Osrin on Urban Health
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by Catriona Gold. In this series, we ask scholars at UCL to reflect on the meaning and pra...
AERIAL ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE MIDDLE EAST - A Conversation with Robert Bewley
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr Robert Bewley, Director of EAMENA Mehiyar Kathem interviews Oxford University base...
SUSTAINING VANISHING CULTURES IN DOMANIC, TURKEY - A Conversation with Olcay Muslu Gardner
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Dr Olcay Muslu Gardner speak about musical traditions, sustainability and the scholarship ...
COP26: Perspectives from a UCL student delegate from a small-island developing state
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
COP26: Perspectives from a UCL student delegate from a small-island developing state. UCL Master's S...
Achieving the SDGs in a warming world, with Professor Mark Maslin and Professor Ilan Kelman
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How Climate Change is affecting the implementation of the SDGs. Do the SDGs go far enough, and how c...
Developing therapies for muscular dystrophy and spinal muscular atrophy
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Date of Lecture: Tuesday 25 October About the lecture: The lecture will focus on the way the express...
Ep 3: Self-Driving From Big Picture To Individual Preference
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kamal Achuthan uses IM@UCL's facility to simulate large scale maritime operations and help students ...
Weighing trees with lasers: new 3D insights
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Date of Lecture: 18 October 2022 About the Lecture: How do you weigh a tree, let alone a forest? ...
#MadeAtUCL Season 3 - The UCL Walking Tour: A Closer Look
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In June this year, UCL launched the UCL Walking Tour, a free guided walking tour aimed at inviting m...
Brain Stories - Episode 11: Katharina Schmack on Schizophrenia and Why We All Hallucinate
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Katharina Schmack talks to Caswell and Steve about dopamine, hallucinations, how to juggle careers i...
Catalysis: Fundamental Science Supporting Industry, Energy & the Environment
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Date of Lecture: 11 October 2022 About the Lecture: Catalysis – the process whereby chemical react...
Disruptive Voices - Critical Global Health (2/5): Prof Ama De-Graft Aikins on Chronic Illness
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by Catriona Gold. In this series, we ask scholars at UCL to reflect on the meaning and pra...
Building Better - Season 3 - Black Voices in the Built Environment
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore the role of racism and colonialism in the construction of the built envi...
Where is home? Mapping the mental health impacts of the Windrush Scandal
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Date: 6 October 2022 Time: 1-2pm About the lecture: Between 1948 and 1973, around 500,000 people ar...
PRESERVING CULTURAL HERITAGE IN A WAR ZONE - PART 3 - A Conversation with Rene Teijgeler (Part 3)
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode (3 of 3), René talks about Donny George, living conditions, personal impact, KBR, s...
Disruptive Voices - Critical Global Health (1/5): Dr Lu Gram on Critical Interdisciplinarity
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by Catriona Gold. In this series, we ask scholars at UCL to reflect on the meaning and pra...
Disruptive Voices - Critical Global Health Mini-Series Trailer
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this mini-series, we ask scholars at UCL to reflect on the meaning and practice of critical globa...
PRESERVING CULTURAL HERITAGE IN A WAR ZONE - PART 2 - A Conversation with Rene Teijgeler (Part 2)
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode (2 of 3) René talks about Babylon, Archaeological sites, Samara, al-Hatra, looting ...
PRESERVING CULTURAL HERITAGE IN A WAR ZONE - PART 1 - A Conversation with Rene Teijgeler (Part 1)
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this first of three episodes, Dr Mehiyar Kathem interviews René Teijgeler, about his experience ...
Teaching Bayesian Statistics and Accessibility in Education
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview from the Department of Statistical Science at UCL, we speak with Dr Mine Dogucu wh...
Ep 2: Problems And Potential In Self - Driving Vehicles
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Francesca Boem helps IM@UCL researchers navigate potential problems with maths and Jemima Unwin Teji...
Building Better - Season 3 - Space on Fire
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of Building Better Season Three, we discuss fire and the role it plays in archi...
#MadeAtUCL Season 3 - New Beginnings: UCL East
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This month, the team has stories from an anthropologist who believes in the power of immersive story...
Season 2 - Fat Chance: how the body positivity movement can be used to influence societal change
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join hosts Xand and Rochelle for Episode 6 ‘Fat Chance: how the body positivity movement can be us...
POLICY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE IN IRAQ - A Conversation with Renad Mansour
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An Interview with Dr Renad Mansour of Chatham House on Iraq, policy and cultural heritage. Dr Renad ...
Episode 6: Diet, agriculture and health
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Harry Kennard chats to Dr Marco Springmann from the University of Oxford about the health impacts...
Ep 1: By The People And For The People
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Helge Wuderman warns drivers through a tactile robotic chair and Aneesha Singha advocates for the ma...
ARCHAEOLOGY IN IRAQ - a conversation with Lanah Haddad (PART 2)
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An interview with Lanah Haddad, Regional Director of TARII. Podcast 2 of 2. Part 2 of this interview...
ARCHAEOLOGY IN IRAQ - a conversation with Lanah Haddad
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An interview with Lanah Haddad, Regional Director of TARII. Podcast 1 of 2. Lanah Haddad, Iraqi arc...
THE WOLF OF BAGHDAD - A conversation with Carol Isaacs & Daniel Jonas
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Nahrein Network speaks to creators of the audio-visual graphic memoir of a lost homeland. Carol ...
Moveable Type Series 1 - A Conversation with Merve Emre
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Merve Emre is interviewed by PhD candidate Sarah Edwards. The discussion focuses on...
Season 2 - Redefining the binary around social media and young people’s mental health
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join hosts Xand and Rochelle for Episode 5 ‘The power of conversation: redefining the binary aroun...
ART HERITAGE IN IRAQ - A Conversation with Dr Ahmed Naji
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Independent researcher Dr Ahmed Naji speaks about his work in documenting and preserving Iraq's mode...
The Future of Global Health Systems
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: Global health systems focus on governance and coordination across institutions, h...
#MadeAtUCL Season 3 - Making the Invisible Visible
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This month we’re looking at the invisible... the things you might not usually notice. Cerys and te...
Designing for Citizen Science in the Global North and South
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Date of Lecture: 9 June 2022 About the Lecture: This talk discussed citizen science initiatives fro...
10 years on from London 2012 - the Olympic and Paralympic legacy story
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Date of Lecture: 7 June 2022 About the Lecture: Saffron Woodcraft will speak about legacy and livel...
What role do local communities play in research?
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Date of Lecture: 24 May 2022 About the Lecture: Dr Joe Penny will discuss his work researching the ...
MOSUL BOOK BRIDGE - A Conversation with Dr Ala Hamdon & Dr Caroline Sandes
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Nahrein Network interviews Dr Alaa Hamdon of Mosul University (Nahrein Network - British Institu...
REBUILDING A LIBRARY - A Conversation with Mr. Mohammed Jasim Aal-Hajiahmed
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The director of Mosul University Libraries, Mr Mohammed Jasim Aal-Hajiahmed, speaks about national a...
INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN MUSEUMS - A Conversation with Rozhen Mohammed
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Rozhen Mohammed, an architect and urban planner and head of the Digital Cultural Heritage Researc...
Controlled Backfill in Oncology Dose-finding Trials
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast we speak with Dr Hakim-Moulay Dehbi, who is currently Head of Statistics at the Comp...
IM@UCL The Podcast Trailer
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The media has portrayed self-driving vehicles as both an exciting and terrifying prospect, but what ...
Ep. 0 In The Beginning
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Prof. Bani Anvari talks about the inspiration for, and the obstacles she and her team had to overcom...
'Levelling up' or 'Left-behind'? In conversation with Fiona Hill
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This one-off episode is a recording of "‘Levelling up’ or ‘Left-behind’? Restoring opportuni...
Brain Stories - Episode 10: Hugo Spiers on the brains of taxi drivers
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hugo Spiers talks about taxis, how where you grew up affects your navigation skills, and the time th...
Season 2 - Dignity, decency and dying
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join UCL hosts Xand and Rochelle for Episode 4 ‘Dignity, decency and dying' with Dr Afsan Bhadelia...
#MadeAtUCL Season 3 - Direction for Change
16 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This month we’re looking at Direction For Change. Cerys, Katie, Ariana and Chanju are here to tell...
Where research transforms space exploration
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hear how Prof Alan Smith and researchers at UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory and our partner, Te...
STORYTELLING & MUSEUMS IN IRAQ - A Conversation with Paul Collins
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Paul Collins - Curator at Ashmolean Museum and Co-Principal Investigator of Nahrein Network speak...
Where research transforms links between nature and health
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Kate Jones and Dr Chris van Tulleken explain how human health is linked to the health of t...
Resilience Research Group: Measures of Resilience
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For this podcast we are visited by Kate Bennett (Liverpool), Jenny Liu (University of Western) and S...
Brain Stories – Episode 9: UCL Neuroscience Symposium
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Conversations with the speakers from the 2022 UCL Neuroscience Symposium. For more information and ...
UNESCO IN IRAQ - A Conversation with Louise Haxthausen
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Director of the UNESCO Office for Iraq, Louise Haxthausen, speaks about the rebuilding of Mosul and ...
Where research transforms Covid and privacy
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hear how Dr Michael Veale and colleagues across Europe built a privacy-friendly COVID tracking app, ...
Where research transforms children's mental health
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How Professor Jess Deighton’s landmark study of school pupils’ mental wellbeing uncovered a grow...
Moveable Type Season 1 – Environmental Humanities: Roundtable
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What is environmental humanities? How are scholars reconsidering our approach to the natural world, ...
Where research transforms the women we see
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Jessica Ringrose and Dr Kaitlyn Regehr on how sexism in London’s advertising landscape c...
#MadeAtUCL Season 3 - Navigating The Arts
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Cerys and our student hosts as they discuss how we navigate the arts. This month we’re coveri...
Where research transforms how we protect cultural heritage
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hear about UCL Professor Eleanor Robson’s research on the ancient city of Nimrud in Iraq and how i...
Imagining the home of the future
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Date of lecture: 28 April 2022 About the Lecture: This lunch hour lecture brings together the diver...
Season 2 - How should we tackle climate disasters?
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It is the final episode of season two! Hosts Mark and Helen are wrapping up this season with a conve...
Season 2 - The Elephant in the Planning Room with Michelle Ogundehin and Matthew Carmona
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Public Health Disrupted S2 Ep.3 The Elephant in the Planning Room with Michelle Ogundehin and Matthe...
Where research transforms COVID-19 treatment
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Professors Mervyn Singer and Becky Shipley explain how they got a mechanical breathing support machi...