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Crossing Channels

Bennett Institute for Public Policy & Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse

Monthly podcast series produced by the Bennett Institute for Public Policy (Cambridge) and Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST) to give interdisciplinary answers to today's challenging questions. Hosted by Rory Cellan-Jones with guest experts from both research centres. Subscribe to the Crossing Channels podcast feed https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1841488.rss & download each episode at the start of the month.

Episodes
Can governments regulate AI without stifling innovation?March 31, 2024
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Why are women disadvantaged in the workplace?March 01, 2024
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Can economic growth and sustainability coexist?February 04, 2024
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How can universal basic infrastructure support growth?January 01, 2024
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Can technology rescue ailing health services?December 02, 2023
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The world’s problems are interdisciplinary – why is academic research so siloed?November 12, 2023
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How big a problem is short-termism in government?September 28, 2023
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What is the future of religion?June 02, 2023
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Are countries becoming harder to govern?May 01, 2023
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Are emerging technologies more hype than reality?April 03, 2023
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Should children have the right to vote?March 05, 2023
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Is technology changing our behaviour?February 05, 2023
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Why are stories important for society? January 20, 2023
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Ukraine war - how can academics apply their expertise?December 13, 2022
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How much do people care about inequality?December 05, 2022
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Wellbeing at work - whose job is it to fix it?October 30, 2022
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Has digital technology made us better off?October 02, 2022
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What can political leaders learn from history?June 29, 2022
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How might policy steer us towards better decision-making?May 30, 2022
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Can democratic political leaders ever meet our expectations?May 02, 2022
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Is it the government's job to make us happy?April 03, 2022
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Ukraine invasion: context, consequences and the information warMarch 08, 2022
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Will Levelling Up Work?February 27, 2022
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Broadband before bridges: can digital technologies leapfrog the obstacles to development?January 28, 2022
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Can artificial intelligence be ethical?January 02, 2022
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