SCAS TALKS Episode 21 – Rebekah Lee: "Death and Memory in Modern South Africa"
Theme: Africa Keywords: South Africa, funeral practices, HIV/AIDS, memory, ethnographic studies
Jul 20, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 23
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SCAS TALKS Episode 20 – Anna Neubeck: "Nickel - A Catalyst for Life on Earth and in Space"
Theme: Life in Outer Space Keywords: life in outer space, origin of life, biosignatures, nickel isotopes, biogeochemistry
Jul 16, 2021•52 min•Ep. 22
SCAS TALKS Episode 19 – Nikolai Piskunov: "Using New Technology to Study Conditions for Life in Space"
Theme: Life in Outer Space Keywords: life in outer space, exoplanets, Kepler, telescopes, technology development
Jul 14, 2021•48 min•Ep. 21
SCAS TALKS Episode 18 – Stephanie Wynne-Jones: "Connecting Past and Present through Urban Ecologies on Zanzibar"
Theme: Africa Keywords: Africa, Zanzibar, historical ecology, sustainability, Unguja Ukuu
Jul 12, 2021•59 min•Ep. 20
SCAS TALKS Episode 17 - Martin Sahlén: "The Big Picture: From Cosmic Origins to Life on Exoplanets"
Theme: Life in Outer Space Keywords: life in outer space, exoplanets, astrophysics, galaxies, cosmobiology
Jun 29, 2021•49 min•Ep. 19
SCAS TALKS Episode 16 – Terje Falck-Ytter: “Understanding Autism: What Can Infants Teach Us?”
Theme: The Brain Keywords: brain, autism spectrum disorders, psychology, ADHD, eye-tracking
Jun 18, 2021•53 min•Ep. 18
SCAS TALKS Episode 15 – Jenny Andersson: “Neoliberalism in the Nordic Countries: Developing an Absent Research Theme”
Theme: Global Governance Keywords: global governance, neoliberalism, social life of ideas, Swedish society, new public management
Jun 01, 2021•58 min•Ep. 17
SCAS TALKS Episode 14 – Andreas Eckert: "Where Have the Workers Gone? Labour in Postcolonial Africa"
Theme: Africa Keywords: Africa, labour market, work, covid-19, outreach
May 17, 2021•59 min•Ep. 16
SCAS TALKS Episode 13 – Dan Larhammar: “Fascinated by the Human Brain: Studies of Memory and the Phenomenon of Pseudoscience”
Theme: The Brain Keywords: brain, consciousness, long term memory, pseudoscience, misinformation
May 04, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 15
SCAS TALKS Episode 12 - Karin Jensen: “The Complexity of Pain and Placebo Effects”
Theme: The Brain Keywords: brain, placebo effect, doctor-patient relationship, nocebo effect, chronic pain
Apr 19, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 14
SCAS TALKS Episode 11 – David Ciepley: “Constitutional Democracy and the Corporation”
Theme: Global Governance Keywords: global governance, democracy, corporation, charter, government
Mar 30, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 13
SCAS TALKS Episode 10 – Bruce G. Carruthers: “Trust, Credit and Credit Ratings as the Basis of a Modern Economy”
Theme: Global Governance Keywords: global governance, credit, credit rating, history, economic sociology
Mar 09, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 12
SCAS TALKS Episode 9 – Benjamin Madley: "An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe"
Theme: Diversity Keywords: diversity, indigenous studies, genocide, native Americans, colonialism
Jan 25, 2021•59 min•Ep. 11
SCAS TALKS Episode 8 - Sofia Lodén: “Translations Create New Literary Traditions and Links between European Cultures”
Theme: Languages Keywords: languages, medieval literature, translations, King Arthur, Astrid Lindgren
Dec 11, 2020•38 min•Ep. 10
SCAS TALKS Episode 7 - İnan Özdemir Taştan: “Threats on Media, Academic Freedom and Democracy in the Post-truth Era”
Theme: Diversity Keywords: diversity, academic freedom, climate of fear, peace academics, Turkey
Dec 03, 2020•53 min•Ep. 9
SCAS TALKS Episode 6 - Marianne Gullberg: "Our Capacity for Language Learning is Really Powerful - Also as Adults"
Theme: Languages Keywords: languages, learning, psycholinguistics, gestures, humanities lab
Nov 25, 2020•53 min•Ep. 8
SCAS TALKS Episode 5 – Alisse Waterston: “In Search of Light in Dark Times” (Recorded 22 Oct, 2020)
Theme: Diversity Keywords: diversity, anthropology, outreach, US election, auto-ethnography
Nov 05, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 7
SCAS TALKS Episode 4 – Jenny Larsson: “A Treasure Hunt to Find the Origin of the Indoeuropean Langauges”
Theme: Languages Keywords: Indo-european languages, LAMP project, ancient DNA, archeomythology, research environment
Nov 04, 2020•45 min•Ep. 6
SCAS TALKS Episode 3 - Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist: “Corona and the Forgotten Lessons from Historical Pandemics”
Theme: The Corona Pandemic Keywords: covid-19, historic pandemics, paleoclimatology, infodemic, spread of disease
Jul 06, 2020•46 min•Ep. 5
SCAS TALKS Episode 2 – Sverker Sörlin: “The Corona Crisis as a Moment of Expectation”
Theme: The Corona Pandemic Keywords: covid-19, environmental humanities, science and society, social change, new public management
Jul 01, 2020•48 min•Ep. 4
SCAS TALKS Episode 1 - Ulf Landegren: "I Have Dedicated My Whole Scientific Career to How to Measure Things"
Theme: The Corona Pandemic Keywords: covid-19, covid test, molecular methods, measurable human, biomarkers
Jul 01, 2020•51 min•Ep. 3
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