Podcasts

Our academics discuss their latest research, as well as political and economic issues affecting today's world.

Professor Richard Davis on BBC Radio 4’s Understand: The Economy podcast.

Professor Richard Davis discussed jobs, unemployment and economic inactivity on BBC Radio 4's Understand The Economy podcast.

26 Feb 2023


Fundraising Appeals and the Lift/Shift Question - American Economic Association

Professor Sarah Smith discusses the impact of major fundraising interventions on overall charitable donations.

20 October 2022


Male and Female Voices in Economics - VoxTalks Economics

Professor Sarah Smith discusses her recent research on how male economists are much more likely to be outspoken than their equally qualified female counterparts.

10 June 2022


Money in the Household: Social Security - Women's Budget Group

Professor Monica Costa-Dias joins a panel of social scientists and legal scholars for the Women's Budget Group Autumn/Winter Webinar Series on how the allocation of household resources impact inequality, particularly on children during the Covid-19 pandemic.

21 May 2022


Cultures of Expertise in Economics: In Conversation with Danielle Guizzo - The Governance Podcast - King's College London

Dr Danielle Guizzo discusses how economists came to be perceived as eminent experts on a wide variety of issues. Dr Guizzo discusses how the culture within the discipline has led to unequal standing between experts of different demographics.

4 May 2022


Richard Davies on Extreme Economies - EconTalk

Professor in the Public Understanding of Economics, Richard Davies discusses his new book, Extreme Economies. In the interview, Professor Davies discusses what he's learned about economic behaviour from studying prisons, post-disaster environments, and conflict zones.

3 September 2021

 

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