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Centre for Public Engagement

Podcast

Good Things Come to Those who Hope - Louder Than Words

Join Andrew Simms and Nicky Saunter of the Rapid Transition Alliance in conversation with Jules Pretty on Hope. How can we address climate, ecological and social inequality crises with new forms of language and action; how can hope be deployed to improve lives. The joint Hope Tales project is producing new street literature in the form of chapbooks arising from live events across the UK.

Professor Jules Pretty

12 October 2023

Podcast

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

Louder Than Words Podcast - Now You See It: Immersive Tech for Leisure and Health

Louder Than Words Podcast - Now You See It: Immersive Tech for Leisure and Health

Join Paul Hibberd and Abigail Webb in conversation with Jules Pretty on processing visual information – how we humans see the world, how technology is opening up new options for immersive theatre, and the exciting roles for virtual and augmented reality.

Professor Paul Hibbard, Professor Jules Pretty, Dr Abigail Webb

29 June 2023

Podcast

Louder Than Words Podcast - This Will Work: Changing Patterns of Labour, Work and National Productivity

Louder Than Words Podcast - This Will Work: Changing Patterns of Labour, Work and National Productivity

Join Friederike Mengel and Carlos Carillo Tudela in conversation with Jules Pretty on the modern nature of work, how labour economics helps us understand the rapid pace of change, the impacts on women, the choices regarding home working, and what this all means for national productivity and whether countries become poorer or richer. Friederike Mengel and Carlos Carillo Tudela are economists in the Department of Economics at the University of Essex.

Professor Friederike Mengel, Professor Carlos Carrillo-Tudela, Professor Jules Pretty

22 June 2023

Vlog

Friends and Foes: What Human Rights Do For Businesses

Friends and Foes: What Human Rights Do For Businesses

Dr Tara Van Ho, Professor Jules Pretty

05 April 2023

Vlog

Time and Money: What Economics and Game Theory Tells Us About Working from Home

Time and Money: What Economics and Game Theory Tells Us About Working from Home

Professor Jules Pretty

05 April 2023

Vlog

Chips Off the Old Block: How Marine Larvae and Glues Have Human Uses

Chips Off the Old Block: How Marine Larvae and Glues Have Human Uses

Nick Aldred speaks to Jules Pretty about his work.

Professor Jules Pretty, Nick Aldred

04 April 2023

Podcast

Putting The Ball in a New Court

Join Koldo Casla and Tara Van Ho in conversation with Jules Pretty on the uses and applications of human rights to improve lives and make businesses more sustainable.

Dr Tara Van Ho, Professor Jules Pretty, Dr Koldo Casla

23 March 2023

Podcast

This Shining Hour

Join Donna Graves, Sarah Lloyd and Alix Green in conversation with Jules Pretty about contemporary history, public purpose and making an impact on culture and the economy. Donna Graves is a public historian from Berkeley in California; Sarah Lloyd is at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London; and Alix Green is from the Department of History at the University of Essex.

Professor Jules Pretty, Dr Alix Green

16 March 2023

Podcast

Good Bugs Bad Bugs

Join Terry McGenity and Corinne Whitby in conversation with Jules Pretty on the worlds of microbes in oceans, in soils and in the air, and how microbes can be deployed in new ways to clean up pollution and improve the environment. Terry McGenity and Corinne Whitby are in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Essex.

Professor Jules Pretty

09 March 2023

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