Exploring the role that space and occupation play in modern, global protest movements.

In this episode we speak to two researchers about their work on the local and global protest movement in India, based on their project Transnational Infrastructures of Resistance: 

Dr Ufaque Paiker, Ashoka University and PhD in Modern Indian History from the Jawaharlal Nehru University 

Dr Raktim Ray, lecturer and joint program leader at The Development Planning Unit 

They share their research and expertise on the changing shape of modern protest movements and transnational solidarity, and how activism can cross communities and borders.  

For more information and to access the transcript visit www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/building-better-bartlett-podcast


Date of episode recording: 2023-02-01
Duration: 30:01
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Christoph Lindner
Guests: Raktim Ray;Ulfaque Paiker
Producer: Cerys Bradley

Building Better - Season 3 - Moving Protest Beyond Borders

In our final episode of the season, we explore the UK housing crisis, its causes and potential solutions for the future.  

We are currently in a cost of living crisis with renting and renters’ rights particularly precarious in the UK. The number of people sleeping rough is higher than pre-pandemic and many are experiencing homelessness for the first time. A huge part of this problem is the housing market and how it operates. 

Join us for our final episode of the season, where host and Bartlett Dean Christoph Lindner speaks to two guests to talk about the housing system and potential alternatives:  

Samir Jeraj, writer at the New Statesman, commissioning editor at Hyphen and co-author of the Rent Trap 

Saffron Woodcraft, Principal Research Fellow at the Bartlett’s Institute for Global Prosperity 
            
For more information and to access the transcript, visit www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/building-better-bartlett-podcast

Date of episode recording: 2023-03-17
Duration: 29:44
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Christoph Lindner
Guests: Samir Jeraj;Saffron Woodcraft
Producer: Cerys Bradley

Building Better - Season 3 - Not Enough Space

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