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Policing Domestic Abuse - Louder Than Words podcast

Join Ruth Weir and Jackie Turton in conversation with Jules Pretty on domestic abuse and violence in the home. What works and why? What has changed in recent years? What are the prospects for the future? Ruth Weir is at City University’s Violence and Society Centre and Jackie Turton is in the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex. They are co-authors with two serving police officers, Kate Barrow-Grint and Jacqueline Sebine, of the new book, Policing Domestic Violence.

Professor Jules Pretty

06 July 2023

Podcast

The Cat in the Bag - Louder Than Words Podcast

The Cat in the Bag - Louder Than Words Podcast

Join Anna Di Ronco, Anna Sergi and Nigel South in conversation about how criminology is helping to reveal the changing nature of policy practice, the definitions of uncivil people, and the growth of environmental and organised crime Anna Di Ronco, Anna Sergi and Nigel South are from the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex.

Professor Anna Sergi, Professor Jules Pretty, Dr Anna Di Ronco, Nigel South

09 November 2022

Blog post

Educating for sustainability

Educating for sustainability

Dr Katy Wheeler

20 May 2022

Podcast

This is Education - The Louder Than Words podcast

New thinking about how to learn is changing the lives of students. Professor Jules Pretty talks to Dr Liam Jarvis from the Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies and Dr Katy Wheeler from the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex. They will be joined by Professor Bruce Hood from the University of Bristol, who will talk about an immersive happiness course for students.

Professor Jules Pretty, Dr Liam Jarvis, Dr Katy Wheeler

19 May 2022

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Indigenous people, nature and land rights: why does it matter?

Indigenous people, nature and land rights: why does it matter?

Professor Colin Samson and Dr Carlos Gigoux Gragmena from the Department of Sociology discuss how understanding the relationships between indigenous peoples and their lands has been at the heart of their research.

Professor Colin Samson, Dr Carlos Gigoux Gramegna

20 January 2022

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Bird Watching and Climate Change: the challenge of low carbon birding

Bird Watching and Climate Change: the challenge of low carbon birding

It has often been asserted that a feeling for and connection to the natural world is a precondition for wanting to protect it and preserve it. One area where this feeling for the natural world is organized is within recreational natural history and specifically recreational bird watching.

Professor Sean Nixon

02 December 2021

Podcast

The Web of Life on The Louder Than Words Podcast

The Web of Life on The Louder Than Words Podcast

How important is nature to us? How has our relationship with nature changed over time? What does the future hold? Through the lenses of birds and trees, The Louder Than Words podcast investigates how we talk and feel about the natural world at this time of environmental crisis.

Dr James Canton, Professor Jules Pretty, Professor Sean Nixon

02 December 2021

Podcast

Louder Than Words: Is Big Brother watching you?

Louder Than Words: Is Big Brother watching you?

In the latest episode of the Louder than Words Podcast, Professor Jules Pretty journalist Martha Dixon look at surveillance and the impact on our modern lives. Academics from the University of Essex explain how they are contributing to the debate; helping people understand their rights and also trying to work alongside innovators to explain the implications of their technology.

Professor Jules Pretty

21 October 2021

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Colonialism didn’t end, it just evolved

Colonialism didn’t end, it just evolved

Indigenous communities united in struggle over land and colonialism

Professor Colin Samson

04 March 2020

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