A new podcast from Global Policy features researchers from SGIA discussing their recent publications.
A number of members of the School of Government and International Affairs have been interviewed for a new podcast. The interviews reflect on new publications from SGIA researchers and how they can be applied to global problems.
The first episode features Prof. Jutta Bakonyi and Dr Peter Chonka (KCL), authors of Precarious Urbanism: Displacement, belonging and the reconstruction of Somali cities (Bristol University Press, 2023), and Andrew Maina, a humanitarian practitioner from the Regional Durable Solutions Secretariat (ReDSS). Their conversation covers issues of conflict and climate-crisis linked displacement in the Horn of Africa and the role of rural-urban migration in shaping rapidly growing Somali cities.
The second episode features Dr Jess Begon to talk about her recent book, Disability Through the Lens of Justice (Oxford University Press, 2023). Jess is joined by Andrew Hamilton, SGIA student and founder of Just Include, a non profit which aims to empower disabled people to use their voices to bring about positive change through political and legislative processes, policy and campaigning/lobbying.
The third episode features Dr Ferran Perez Mena, Prof. Xi Lin (IAS-Fudan), and Prof. Anoush Ehteshami, Professor of International Relations at SGIA. The focus of the discussions was Dr Perez Mena's new book, Contender States and Modern Chinese International Thought: From the Republican era until the ‘Chinese School of International Relations (Palgrave Macmillan 2024).
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