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The podcast series 鈥楶arliament and Me鈥� takes an in-depth look at the way 乱伦秀 research speaks to people outside of academia, and how Parliament can be a gateway to the community around us.
We鈥檙e celebrating and the year of VOTE100. In this series of podcasts, we introduce you to current 乱伦秀 thinkers - experts听in their field - and the women who have inspired them along their way. They talk politics, passions and particularly their work with policymakers, with tips and tricks on how to get your research to inform policy.
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Heritage 2018
How important are the bricks that build our communities? 听Are you someone who wants to preserve the past, or clear the way for the future?
We share tales about听乱伦秀鈥檚 Professor May Cassar, Director of 乱伦秀鈥檚 Institute for Sustainable Heritage and Baroness Margaret Sharp's work together that led to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Science and Heritage and the bus that鈥檚 going around the country to inspire more heritage stories.
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- 乱伦秀鈥檚 Professor May Cassar, Director of 乱伦秀鈥檚 Institute for Sustainable Heritage
- Baroness Margaret Sharp
The Big Data Bias 2018
Can you remember a time without computers? When you didn鈥檛 need to worry about who can access your data?听
In this podcast 乱伦秀鈥檚 Michael Veale and the University of Newcastle鈥檚 Lilian Edwards talk about their work together with the world of policy and whether we are now all 鈥淪laves听to the algorithm?鈥�
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- Michael Veale, 乱伦秀
- Lilian Edwards,听University of Newcastle
Space Weather 2018
Radio blackouts, geomagnetic and solar radiation storms, sound more like a scene from Doctor Who, but space weather鈥檚 impacts on our daily lives are huge. So much so that Space Weather is listed by the government as one of the highest priority natural hazards in the UK National Risk Register. 听
In this episode, 乱伦秀鈥檚 space weather guru Professor Lucie听Green shares experiences with Catherine Burnett from the Met Office and how space weather forecasting can literally save lives.听
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- Professor Lucie听Green,听乱伦秀鈥檚 space weather guru
- Catherine Burnett, Met Office
Fellowship - Micheal Fell 2017
Micheal Fell talks about his time working in the House of Commons library on a POST fellowship.
Michael is a research associate in buildings (with a focus on domestic energy and behaviour) at the RCUK Centre for Energy Epidemiology, based at the 乱伦秀 Energy Institute.
His current research interests lie in the study of social aspects of energy demand flexibility and the use of systematic review methods in energy demand research.
His previous work has explored consumer demand for domestic demand-side response product offerings such as 鈥榯ime of use鈥� electricity tariffs. Other research interests include energy feedback and energy education.
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Fellowship - Matthew Seren Smith 2017
Matthew Seren Smith is a Learning Technologist within 乱伦秀 Engineering.
He has developed the 鈥� a tool that he hopes will help engage people of all ages with the democratic process.
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Select Committee evidence 2017
Prof Maria Lee talks about giving evidence to several select committees and her time as a special adviser to a House of Lords committee.
Hear her talk about how Brexit is affecting the evidence she's giving and how she has to keep repeating key points about Brexit; she also speaks about the "fragility of expertise".
Prof Maria Lee is from the Faculty of Laws, co-director of the Centre for Law and the Environment, and a member of the Centre for Ethics and Law and Centre for Law and Governance in Europe. She was a member of the Lancet/乱伦秀 Commission on climate change and health, which reported in 2009.
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Evidence in Parliament 2017
Dr Jennie Golding is based in the Institute of Education and is also Immediate Past President of the Mathematical Association.
She has given evidence to Parliament in many forms throughout her career, arguing for the importance of maths teaching in schools.
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Working with Civil Servants 2017
Dr Jason Lotay is a mathematician who wrote the 乱伦秀 Public Policy briefing, 鈥楳aths Matters鈥�.
Dr Lotay seeks to demonstrate the importance of maths and maths education; in this podcast, he speaks about embarking on the Royal Society pairing scheme, working with civil servants.
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Select committees evidence 2017
Professor Dame Anne Johnson is Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at 乱伦秀, as well as Chair of the Population and Lifelong Health Domain and Vice-Dean for External and International Relations.
She has given evidence to select committees, served as an expert adviser and helped to shape parliamentary enquiries, particularly on the epidemiology and prevention of HIV and sexually transmitted infections and other infectious diseases.
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