Name: Automation Is Different This Time by Fond Thinker Audio
Duration: 16 min 27 s
Description: Will automation take our jobs? Is it already? In a sense, yes, but the best measure, so is argued, isn't jobs but tasks themselves, as this audio article explores.

Will automation take our jobs? Is it already? In a sense, yes, but the best measure, so is argued, isn't jobs but tasks themselves, as this audio article explores.

Automation Is Different This Time

Coming fresh from the Chatham House Energy Transitions Conference, Ruth Townend is joined in the studio by IPCC lead author on demand, Professor Felix Creutzig, Dr Christina Demski, Deputy Director of the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformation, and Toby Park, Principle Advisor and Head of Energy, Environment and Sustainability at the Behavioural Insights Team.

Together they discuss why we need to talk about behaviour change, however uncomfortable the conversation, and explore hot topics such as green lash, heat pumps and the future of cities.

Episode 40: We need to talk about… behaviour change

In February 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Dr Mathieu Duchâtel, Resident Senior Fellow and Director of International Studies at Institut Montaigne about transatlantic convergence between the EU and the United States on China policy. They also discussed the fault lines between the EU and US on China policy, and how China has responded to these divergences, including on Taiwan policy.

This Extra Inning was produced by Chris Gilson and Anderson Tan.  

Contributors: Dr Mathieu Duchâtel (Institut Montaigne)

The Ballpark | China Policy: The Limits of Transatlantic Convergence with Dr Mathieu Duchâtel

Bronwen Maddox is joined from Dakar, Senegal by Gilles Yabi, the founder and CEO of WATHI, the West Africa Citizen Think Tank and Idayat Hassan, a Senior Associate with CSIS. Joining them in the Chatham House studio is Paul Melly, a Consulting Fellow with our Africa Programme.

Senegal, Nigeria and the Sahel: Can democracy deliver in West Africa?

Bronwen Maddox is joined this week by Mujtaba Rahman, the Managing Director Europe of the Eurasia Group and Georgina Wright, a Senior Fellow with Institut Montaigne. Joining them all is journalist John Kampfner, the former head of Chatham House's UK in the World Programme.

Can Germany lead in a divided Europe?

Why do some countries, such as China and Russia, stand outside of the liberal international order and oppose values that the West takes for granted – values such as liberty and democracy? For the late Professor Christopher Coker the answer lay in the rise of a new political entity, the civilizational state. In an episode of LSE iQ which explored China’s position in the world in the coming century, Professor Coker talked about this, the potential for war between the United States and China and what that might look like. 

Christopher Coker, was Professor of International Relations at LSE for almost four decades, and co-Director of LSE IDEAS, LSE’s foreign policy think tank. He was a scholar of war and warfare. This episode of LSE iQ is a lightly edited version of our 2019 interview recorded before the COVID pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It is dedicated to his memory.


Contributors

Professor Christopher Coker

Research

The Rise of the Civilizational State by Christopher Coker

The Improbable War, China, the United States and the Logic of Great Power Conflict by Christopher Coker

LSE IQ podcast

China, war and the civilizational state

In March 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Jason Casellas about how the role of Latino voters in the United States and their changing voting patterns. They also discuss how Latino voters might influence the 2024 presidential election.

Jason Casellas is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Houston and is the John G. Winant Visiting Professor for American Government at Oxford University for 2023-24. 

This Extra Inning was produced by Chris Gilson and Anderson Tan.  

Additional resources:

•	The Ballpark podcast: Super Tuesday 2024 results with Professor Jason Casellas - https://wp.me/p3I2YF-dF3 

Contributors: Professor Jason Casellas (University of Houston and Oxford University)

The Ballpark | Latino Voters In The United States With Professor Jason Casellas

Bronwen Maddox is joined by Soli Özel, a Professor of International Relations at Istanbul Kadir Has University, and Hürcan Aslı Aksoy, the Head of the Centre for Applied Turkey Studies at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs. With them is Galip Dalay, a Senior Consulting Fellow with our Middle East and North Africa programme.

Has Turkey turned against Recep Tayyip Erdoğan?

Bronwen Maddox is joined this week by Mohammed al-Ta’ishi, a civilian member of Sudan’s Sovereignty Council - where he served as the chief negotiator and main architect of the Juba Peace Agreement. Joining them both are BBC journalist James Copnall and Rosalind Marsden, an Associate Fellow with our Africa programme and the former UK ambassador to Sudan.

Has the world forgotten Sudan?

In March 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Jennifer Carlson of Arizona State University, and 2022 MacArthur Fellow, about her new book, Merchants of the Right: Gun Sellers and the Crisis of American Democracy. They also discuss the symbolism and political value guns have in American politics and society.

This Extra Inning was produced by Chris Gilson and Anderson Tan.  

Contributors: Professor Jennifer Carlson (Arizona State University)

The Ballpark | Merchants of the Right with Professor Jennifer Carlson

Bronwen Maddox is joined this week by Sanam Vakil, the director of our Middle East programme to discuss Iran's missile attack on Israel and the possible consequences across the region. Joining them both are Professor Yossi Mekelberg and Dr Elham Fakhro, Associate Fellows with our Middle East programme.

Automation Is Different This Time

Fond Thinker Audio

Related tracks