Listen to The Bartlett Review Podcast to hear new ideas and disruptive thinking for the built environment. 

In each episode we'll hear from expert researchers at The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, University College London, to examine some of the key issues facing us today - from cities and infrastructure to green energy and social justice. 

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The Bartlett Review Podcast

The Bartlett Review Podcast: What next for HS2? 

In this podcast, we'll be talking about the future of the High Speed Two rail project for the UK. Following the government's recent decision to abandon the original plans for the project. 

Experts from The Bartlett, Professors Priti Parikh, Tim Broyd and John Kelsey, will examine what went wrong with the project - including why costs were underestimated, and the key issues with the management of the project - and look to the future at what is needed in the leadership of major infrastructure projects like this.


For more information and to access the transcript: https://bartlett-review.ucl.ac.uk/podcast-what-next-for-hs2/index.html 

Date of episode recording: 2023-10-17
Duration: 25:51
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Professor Priti Parikh, Professor of Infrastructure Engineering and International Development, The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction
Guests: Professor Tim Broyd, Professor of Built Environment Foresight, The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction; Professor John Kelsey, Professor (Teaching), The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction
Producer: Adam Batstone & Liz Griffith

What's next for HS2?

The Bartlett Review Podcast: Women leading infrastructure 

Why is there a shortage of female leaders in infrastructure and construction, and why is this an urgent problem for us all? In this podcast, we're talking about the shortage of female talent working in top jobs in construction and infrastructure. What is putting women off these jobs? Join Julia Prescot, Deputy Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission, and experts Prof Priti Parikh and Dr Katharina Burger from UCL's Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, to examine how we can do more to build a pipeline of female talent.

https://bartlett-review.ucl.ac.uk/women-leading-infrastructure/index.html

Women Leading Infrastructure

In this podcast, we examine what 'decent' living standards mean for people in low-income countries – including energy access and transport infrastructure – and how these are critically linked with the urgent need to reduce global carbon emissions. Join UCL experts Professor Priti Parikh, Professor Jing Meng and Dr Simon Chin-Yee as they discuss what's needed to lift living standards for low-income countries in the global climate crisis, and the role that high-income nations can play.

Transcription link: https://bartlett-review.ucl.ac.uk/podcast-lifting-living-standards-with-low-emissions/index.html

Date of episode recording: 2024-03-06T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:31:40
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Professor Priti Parikh
Guests: Professor Jing Meng; Dr Simon Chin-Yee
Producer: Liz Griffith and Adam Batstone

The Bartlett Review Podcast: Lifting living standards with low emissions

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