Welcome to the final episode in our Green Politics podcast! This season has brought in academics, activists, and consultants to discuss what climate change means for the UK, where to really locate the problems, and who takes responsibility for fixing them. In this last episode, however, we move away from the strictly political and towards …
In this penultimate episode, BIGA explores a debate that seems to be at the cross-roads of many of the issues that the UK faces: whether to build, or conserve. Our guest today has spent his career in “Prac-Academics” making sure that his research could be put to good use but Councillors and MPs alike. With …
As we reach the midpoint of our series on Green Politics, we are joined by two sustainability consultants: Adam Ellis and Peter Westbury. Adam’s work focuses on incorporating climate consciousness into F1 and racing while Peter’s work looks to help account for, and measure, carbon output from organisations. Their current work builds on their university …
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This year’s COP summit faces one of the lowest attendance rates in recent years and has made headlines for protests led by indigenous Brazilians. In this podcast, we talk to Ekaterina Dimitrova – a certified Youth Climate Ambassador who has attended multiple COPs in the UK, Azerbaijan, and the United Arab Emirates. In this conversation, …
Welcome back to the BIGA Podcast! We are excited to bring you another season filled with guests from a variety of backgrounds from climate diplomacy to the artistic world to green consultancy – this season has something for everyone! The theme of this season is Green Politics: how climate change affects the UK at home …
As we prepare to bring you the next season on the podcast, it’s worth revisiting our season on Security, Strategy, and Defence. The series started with Professor Phillips O’Brien discussing his book The Strategists: How War Made Them and How They Made War and ended with Karolina Hird from the Institute for the Study of …
Having started this season on Security, Strategy and Defence looking back to history and the Grand Strategists of World War II, we end the season looking to the daily updates from Ukraine that inform contemporary strategic thinking. Our guest this week is the Russia Team Deputy Lead and an Analyst for the Institute for the …
It has been more than three years since Russia illegally invaded Ukraine. In that time, different Prime Ministers, Presidents, and leaders have all tried to grapple with what that means for European security. But security for who? This week’s guest is Dr Jenny Mathers. She began her journey into academia by writing her doctorate thesis …
‘If you want peace, prepare for war’ is a quote often shared from the Roman writer Vegetius. Our guests today use their background working with General Petraeus, the Italian Ministry of Defence, NATO’s Defense College, private military companies, and the US’ National Defense University to debate how the West might prepare for war if it …
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General Barrow once said that “War is a man’s work… you have to protect the manliness of war”. But when men are given the exclusive role of protecting their country, there is an implication that they also have authority and responsibility over the protected. In today’s episode, we dive into the field of Feminist Security …