Podcasts by The Global Lab
The Global Lab is a podcast about cities, global connectivity and the impact of technology produced by the UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (UCL-CASA). Founded by Martin Zaltz Austwick and Steven Gray with a UCL Beacon Bursary grant.
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Risk and Crisis Management from 2020-10-11T07:16:09
Faced with more and more unfamiliar hazards, planners and governments want to know whether their preparations are sufficient. Citizens are increasingly asking the same questions. We hear from Dr ...
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Seeing Cities from 2019-10-21T00:00
Our theme for this episode is “Seeing Cities”. We hear about two very different ways of looking at a city, making connections across space and time, and allowing us to understand the urban environm...
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The Sound of the Strikes from 2018-06-20T00:00
In February and March, many Universities across the United Kingdom were affected by the largest wave of industrial action to hit the sector for many years. For this episode of the Global Lab, we sp...
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The Global Lab - The Gernsback Continuum from 2018-02-12T09:52:59
As part of a new strand for the Global Lab, this month's podcast features a roundtable discussion with researchers from CASA about the relationship between Science Fiction and technology. The shor...
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Global Lab - Hidden in Plain Sight from 2016-11-07T21:29:48
We spot some of the biggies hidden right before our eyes. Featuring Tim Causer, Max Colson, and Alex Mankoo. ---Produced by Martin Zaltz Austwick, Hannah Sender, and Oliver Marsh. ---Visit http:...
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Global Lab - Your Gleaming 21st Century Home Of The Future from 2016-07-10T21:04:39
We look at visions of future domestic bliss through the eyes of engineers, researchers, and historians. Peter Childs talks internet of fridges, Kaisa Puustinen helps us discover our emotional side,...
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The Global Lab - Pinning It Down from 2016-05-26T11:17:23
Our theme for this episode is "pinning it down", the importance of labelling, classification and definitions in the fields of cities research, mapping and technology, with a literary sidestep into ...
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The Global Lab - March of International Women from 2016-03-26T16:53:40
In this March episode of Global Lab, we take a look at two major events celebrated on 8 March: International Women’s Day and the 99th anniversary of the February Revolution in Russia. We have been ...
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The Global Lab - The other side of St Valentine from 2016-02-23T13:28:23
Bees, urban gardening in skips and the carbon footprint of a Valentine's Day feature in the 'Other side of St Valentine'. YouTube wildlife presenter Maddie Moate (twitter.com/maddiemoate) tells us ...
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The Global Lab - The Global Stage from 2015-12-16T12:01:59
We’re slap bang in the middle of panto season, so this month The Global Lab becomes The Global Stage, looking at the connections between our usual themes of cities, space and global networks and th...
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The Global Lab - Dirty City from 2015-11-20T11:35
Mud, mud, glorious mud - and glorious dust, smells and mould too - feature in Dirty City. Kate McLean (http://twitter.com/katemclean) tells us about Smell Maps of cities (which you can see at http...
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The Global Lab - Signal to Noise from 2015-10-22T21:48:45
Our guests today sift the wheat from the chaff, the signal from the noise. Featuring Ian Rawes from the London Sound Survey http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk , Andy Linehan and James Tugwell from the B...
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The Global Lab - The Death of Distance, Volume II from 2015-09-18T14:45:57
The Death of Distance arrives in the present day with Jen Kavanagh (@_jen_kavanagh) destroying distance between curators and audiences at the Science Museum, Xinyuan Wang (@amberwanguk)discovering ...
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The Global Lab - The Death Of Distance, Volume 1 from 2015-07-29T21:13:06
Rumours of the death of distance have been greatly exaggerated since 1515. Chiara Ambrosio talks Clara the Rhino, Catherine Beck tells us about the perils of a Patron on the High Seas, and Javier ...
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The Global Lab - Counting Heads from 2015-06-30T22:36:42
This month, we count heads with our experts - Carl Cullinane from Democratic Audit at LSE, Cecilia Lantana Briones (also from the LSE) and Duncan Smith from closer to home at CASA.
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The Global Lab - The Third Age from 2015-05-26T10:59:43
We explore The Third Age of humankind and of the internet, with the help of Yvonne Rogers, Russell Hitchings and Martin DeJode.
This month's episode was produced by Mike Fell (@mikefsway)...
The Global Lab - In The Field from 2015-03-31T22:12:25
This episode we go out in the field with Daniel Raven-Ellison telling us about http://GreaterLondonNationalPark.org.uk, Matt Pennells talks about his work for http://mapaction.org, and Anna Ploszaj...
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The Global Lab - Love from 2015-03-02T14:44:55
In this episode, we look at love - from the point of view of a mathematician trying to figure out their love life, a film-maker exploring the way the state exploits love, and an energy expert resea...
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The Global Lab - Crossing Borders from 2015-01-30T12:52:37
This episode, we look at Crossing Borders - with Rob Levy from CASA, anthropologist Tomoko Hayakawa, and Sadie Boniface from Epidemiology and Public Health. Produced by Martin Zaltz Austwick with i...
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The Global Lab - Disobedient Cities from 2014-11-28T13:29:04
We explore disobedient cities with Marie Curie Fellow Shlomit Flint and her investigations into Whitechapel, University of Essex Lecturer Gavin Grindon and the Disobedient Objects exhibition at the...
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The Global Lab - City Of Terror from 2014-10-30T22:38:34
In this themed episode of Global Lab, neurogeographer Panos Mavros talks panic on the streets of London, James Kneale explains HP Lovecraft's fear of cities, and Thomas Oleron Evans chats to mathem...
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The Global Lab Episode 31 - Damien George from 2014-06-06T17:30:41
Physicist Damien George talks about visualising the cosmic microwave background(http://thecmb.org/) and the arxiv, Physics' open source behemoth (http://paperscape.org).
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The Global Lab Episode 30 - Paul Wordsworth - Archaeology And Technology from 2014-05-15T13:28:11
Archaeologist Paul Wordsworth talks to Thomas Oléron Evans about how he uses spatial technology, including geographic information systems (GIS), on expeditions in Central Asia.
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The Global Lab Episode 29 - Johanna Kieniewicz From BL Science from 2014-05-07T17:02:26
Johanna Kieniewicz talks about her curation of the current Beautiful Science Exhibition at the British Library.
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The Global Lab Episode 28 - Ed Manley from CASA from 2014-04-14T09:53:53
Ed Manley, from CASA, UCL, talks to Thomas Oléron Evans about his work modelling the way that people choose their routes for moving from place to place in a city.
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The Global Lab Episode 27 - James Kneale from UCL Geography from 2014-04-09T15:12:53
This episode, James Kneale from UCL Geography tells us about the festive curse: alcohol. We find out whether cities lead to alcoholism, what the gin craze was, and learn about Britain's own peculia...
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The Global Lab Episode 26 - Thomas Oléron Evans from 2014-04-09T14:55:39
Thomas Oléron Evans is a PhD student at CASA, doing a PhD in the Maths department, on the CASA based ENFOLD-ing project.
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Thomas works on the mathematical features of agent-based mo...
The Global Lab Episode 25 - John Burn - Murdoch From FT Interactive from 2014-04-09T09:27:59
John Burn-Murdoch from the FT Interactive team talks to Martin Zaltz Austwick about what Data Journalism is, and where it's heading.
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The Global Lab Episode 24 – Hrishi Ballal from 2014-04-08T22:33:05
Hrishi Ballal is a PhD student at CASA, and runs Urbanflow Engine, a site to facilitate participatory planning and discussion.
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The Global Lab Episode 23 - Holly Hauser From Puget Sound Bike Share from 2014-04-07T11:04:50
Holly Hauser from Puget Sound Bike Share talks about the challenges of planning a brand new bike share for Seattle and beyond.
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The Global Lab Episode 22 - Mariam Asad from 2014-04-01T12:39:44
Mariam Asad from Georgia Tech talks to Martin Zaltz Austwick about citizen sensing and access to cycling in Atlanta.
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The Global Lab Episode 21 - Adam Dennett from 2014-03-31T20:03:27
Adam Dennett, joint researcher in CASA and UCLDH talks to Martin Zaltz Austwick about the census and what "synthetic data" means to researchers.
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The Global Lab Episode 20 - Kaitlin Thaney from Digital Science from 2014-03-28T10:40:11
Kaitlin Thaney from Digital Science talks about copyright law, creative commons, sharing and what this has to teach us about open science and open data.
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The Global Lab Episode 19 - Melissa Terras, Augmented Reality and Museums from 2014-03-28T10:32:01
We're back! In this latest episode find out about augmented reality and museums, why we could be in for another dot com bust and we talk Digital Humanities with Dr Melissa Terras.
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The Global Lab Episode 18 - Smart Cities from 2014-03-27T17:53:39
This episode features a panel session featuring some of the top names in the world of spatial analysis talking about their own take on Smart Cities at UCL CASA's recent Smart Cities conference.
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The Global Lab – Episode 17 – Museums and the Web 2012 from 2014-03-25T23:59:43
Another Special Episode of the Global Lab live from San Diego. We bring you the latest news from Museums and the Web along with an Interview with Jeanie Sinclair.
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The Global Lab Episode 16 - TALKFEST - Sounds Of Science from 2014-03-24T17:32:51
In this special episode we bring you from Talkfest and pick up the discussions about the the sounds of science. You can find out more about the event by visiting http://www.biochemistry.org/Science...
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The Global Lab Episode 15 - Peter Williams, Twitter And Kinect Fusion from 2014-03-21T17:36:33
In this episode we discuss how addictive Twitter actually is, we look at the new application of the Xbox Kinect and our brand new presenter Claire Ross talks to Peter Williams about his research in...
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The Global Lab Episode 14 – Jon Reades from 2014-03-21T10:21:28
Today, Martin debates the use of the word ‘geek’, Hannah discusses the theory behind supermarket queues and our guest Jon Reades explains how data can help us improve our social, business & transpo...
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The Global Lab Episode 13 - Emma McKay from 2014-03-20T11:41:45
In this episode we talk to Emma McKay about the interface between science and policy. Martin explains why Wikipedia went offline and Hannah discusses toothpick statues and what it's like to work as...
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The Global Lab Episode 12 - Jason Dittmer from 2014-03-19T14:18:16
In this (vaguely) festive episode, Jason Dittmer talks Nationalist Superheroes, Hannah guesses the weight of a cake and Martin reads a map-themed comic book.
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The Global Lab Episode 11 - Stephen Lorimer, Manuel Castells from 2014-03-17T18:51:52
This episode we speak to Stephen Lorimer from the UCL Energy Institute about why your hangover is ruining the world, Hannah talks about WWII tweeters and JISC geodevelopers of the year, and Martin ...
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The Global Lab Episode 10 – Anders Johansson from 2014-03-17T11:43:52
Featuring an interview with Anders Johansson, as well as news about FuturICT, Londonist's mapping event, and a shout out to other academic podcasters – get in touch!
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The Global Lab Episode 9 - Suzy Moat from 2014-03-13T09:58:14
Find out how Occupy London is linked to NASA, wearable computing, and UCL's Suzy Moat talks about her work in FuturICT and analysing Google search volumes.
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The Global Lab Episode 8 - Claire Ross from UCLDH from 2014-03-12T10:37:39
News from Science Question Time, Siri and 3D printing, and UCL's Claire Ross talks about QRator and Jeremy Bentham.
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The Global Lab Episode 7 - Nicolas Perony And Pauline Cotelle from 2014-03-11T10:52:09
This week features two interviews from ECCS 2011: Nicolas Perony on what animal behaviour can teach us about human society, and Pauline Cotelle talking about crime and security in Post - Hurricane ...
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The Global Lab Episode 6 - Erica Fille Legara from 2014-03-10T14:42:51
News on Vitruvian Man on Ice, visualising the Eurozone crisis, Faster than Light Neutrinos and the European Conference on Complex Systems, and we speak to Erica Fille Legara about Media Framing in ...
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The Global Lab Episode 5 - Hannah Fry from CASA from 2014-03-07T13:21:23
This week we talk about a recent citizen science project involving school children and get to grips with 'Necrogeography'. Our featured guest is Hannah Fry talking about her research in global mode...
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The Global Lab Episode 4 - Interview With James Cheshire About Mapping Surnames from 2014-03-06T20:58:06
Martin reports back on Einstein's Garden at the Green Man festival and Steve talks AI and internet security. Our guest is James Cheshire, talking about mapping surnames in the UK.
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The Global Lab Episode 3 – Dan Lewis from UCL Geography and News on Mapping Unrest and IBM Watson from 2014-03-05T13:38:06
This week we talk about mapping unrest in the wake of recent UK events, social media mapping and the potential of IBM's Watson project. Steve talks to Dan Lewis from UCL's Geography department abou...
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The Global Lab Episode 2 – Tom Brughmans from University of Southampton from 2014-03-05T09:31:02
This week we talk about the State of the Map EU conference, Richard Dawkins and Sexist Skeptics, InterFace and digital humanists and why we prefer the BBC to Fox News. Tom Brughmans explains what N...
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The Global Lab Episode 1 – Martin De Jode from CASA from 2014-03-03T14:31:07
This week we talk about two major conferences, Google I/O and Where Camp EU, and Martin De Jode talks about his work linking smartphone technology to the act of storytelling. You can find out more ...
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