UCL Uncovering Politics Podcast
1) Power, Negotiation, The COPs - And Loss And Damage
This week we’re looking at the international politics of climate change. One of the three pillars of climate policy is called ‘loss and damage’. What is this? How does it work in practice? And how do ...Show More
2) Playing The Politics Of Morality To Set The Agenda
This week we’re looking at how political leaders can play moral politics to their own advantage. How and when can leaders mobilise concern about moral issues to bolster their power?
3) How War The Ukraine War Has Affected Attitudes To Democracy
This week we ask how war affects attitudes to democracy. Do people who are directly exposed to the effects of war (like the people of Ukraine) come to cling more tightly to democratic principles, or d...Show More
4) Gaza: The Dream And The Nightmare
This week we’re looking at the history of Gaza. How did modern Gaza come into being? How has it evolved over time? And what can we learn from that history about developments today?
5) Should The State Fund Fertility Treatments?
This week we ask: should the state fund fertility treatment? Or would this feed in to pro-natalist philosophy?
6) Immigration, Public Housing, and Far-Right Politics
This week we're exploring the relationship between immigration, housing policy, and support for the far right. How does the expansion of social housing affect political attitudes? And what are the imp...Show More
7) Hope In International Human Rights
This week we’re looking at international human rights law. Amidst democratic backsliding, the weakening of international institutions, and conflict around the world, can international law still be a s...Show More
8) The 2024 UK General Election
This week we're looking at the UK general election of 2024. How did its remarkable result come about? What does this tell us about underlying forces in British politics and what lessons might we take ...Show More
9) Should We Have A Human Right Against Discrimination?
This week we ask, do we have a human right against discrimination?
10) Can The Law Fix Structural Injustice?
This week we ask what the law can do about structural injustice.