Podcast and essays

Discover the world of global affairs. Our podcast series and essays address global challenges from global perspectives, exploring the issues that matter with the experts taking them on. 

WORLD: we got this podcast

Each episode we speak with an expert to explore a big global issue from a different global perspective; from how climate change is impacting democracy in India to how First Nations peoples in Australia have responded to COVID-19.

Our first season looked at the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts on society.

You can listen to the WORLD: we got this podcast on SoundCloud, iTunes and Spotify. 

Further reading

Trailer

• Podcast transcript

Episode one: WHO got this?

• Ebola vaccines, evidentiary charisma and the rise of global health emergency research, Dr Ann Kelly (2018)
• Declaration of Rio: Report of the United Nations conference on environment and development (1992)
• The WHO on social determinants of health (2020)
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Episode two: A state of innovation

• Vietnam has reported no coronavirus deaths – how? | The Conversation, 21 April 2020
• Testing capacity: State capacity and COVID-19 testing | Global Policy Journal, 9 April 2020
• Strategies for supporting inclusive innovation, Nesta and UNDP (2020)
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Episode three: Mental health in the time of COVID

• Mental health and social change in the time of COVID-19 | King's website, 8 April 2020
• Health Equity in England: The Marmot Review 10 Years On
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Episode four: Social care in crisis

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Episode five: Racism as a health risk

• A massive societal transformation is required for Black Lives to truly Matter | Independent, 7 June 2020
• What's behind the racial disparity in COVID-19 cases | Bridge, 2 May 2020
• Resources on 'Not just being against racism, but being anti-racist'
• Resources on Keats for King's members

In conversation

In conversation: Ethics and pandemics

• A bioethicist on the hidden costs of the lockdown in Italy | aeon, 27 April 2020
• The fallacy of trust | iai news, 14 May 2020
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Our research

• Geography
• Global Health & Social Medicine
• International Development
• African leadership studies
• Australia studies
• Brazil studies
• China studies
• India studies