Podcasts
To help improve how those beyond the student body understand politics, members of the School's Centres and Institutes regularly release podcasts about subjects connected to their areas of expertise. They also organise conferences, seminars and other events, which inolve the partipation of outside speakers, many of whom are happy to record their thoughts for the benefit of a wider audience. The School moreover runs the Politics in 60 Seconds series in which academics attempt to explain a subject in under a minute.
Below are some examples of some of these podcasts and links to others.
"Wikileaks - Public Interest or Amusement?"
In the light of the recent Wikileaks revelations, Professor Wyn Rees assesses the significance of the American diplomatic cables that are now in the public domain.
[Wikileaks - Public Interest or Amusment? audio]
Format: mpeg | Duration: 15mins 10 secs| Size: 13.89MB | Date: 7 December 2010
Gordon Brown launches Labour's election pledge at the University of Nottingham.
The Prime Minister's election pledges during his visit to the University are analysed by Professor Paul Heywood.
[Labour's election pledge ]
Format: Flashplayer | Duration: 5mins | Size: 23MB | 27th March 2010
Major General JB Dutton CBE - (Deputy Chief of Joint Operations (Ops) PJHQ (UK))
As a part of the bi-annual Defence Studies Lecture Series, Major General JB Dutton CBE, will be speaking at Nottingham University. The subject of Major General Dutton’s lecture is an operational update of current British operations centring on Afghanistan and Iraq.
[video interview from the bi-annual Defence Studies Lecture Series ]
Format: Flashplayer8 | Duration: 12mins | Size: 50MB | Date: 23rd April 2008
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch (University Of Essex)
'Ethno-Nationalist Triads: Assessing the Influence of Kin Groups on Civil Wars'
[Audio from the Research Seminar Series ]
Format: MP3 | Duration: 45mins | Size: 42MB | Date: 28th November 2007
Dr Jonathan Rigg (University of Durham)
'Re-configuring rural spaces, re-making rural lives: a view from mainland southeast asia'
[Audio from the Research Seminar Series ]
Format: MP3 | Duration: 48mins | Size: 23MB | Date: 1st November 2007
Meg Russell (University College London)
'Does the house of lords matter?'
[Audio from the Research Seminar Series ]
Format: MP3 | Duration: 47mins | Size: 44MB| Date: 31st October 2007
Workshop: Global Restructuring, State, Capital and Labour
[Listen to the audio from the workshop ] Date: 12th October 2007
Dr Steve Fisher (Trinity College, University of Oxford
'Tactical Voting'
[Audio from the Research Seminar Series ]
Format: MP3 | Duration: 38mins | Size: 36.4MB | Date: 3rd October 2007
Research Centre Podcasts