Amber Huff - What are the big myths about rangelands and how can they be tackled?
This month we are delighted to be joined by Amber Huff, who is a is a research fellow at the Institute for Development Studies and the coord...
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20 of 105 episodesBonn Juego - Are you also a student of capitalism?
We are very excited to be joined by our colleague from the University of Jyväskylä, Bonn Juego. Bonn is a political economist, Senior Lectur...
Jenni Viitala - Why is the Finnish government underwriting loans for mining in Ecuador?
This month we were delighted to be joined by our colleague Jenni Viitala. Jenni did her PhD at the Department of Anthropology at the Univers...
María Soledad Paz - How many hundreds of liters of water does it take to produce 1 kg of avocados?!
This month we are delighted to be joined by our colleague from Global Development Studies at the University of Helsinki, María Soledad Paz....
Stefan Millar – Are refugee camps states of exception or encamped states?
This month we were delighted to be joined by a colleague from Social and Cultural Anthropology at University of Helsinki. Stefan Millar is a...
Ortwin Renn - What hope do we have of tackling the polycrisis?
This month we were honored to sit down with Professor Ortwin Renn to talk about the concept of polycrisis. Ortwin works with the World Acade...
Thomas Reuter - Is extractivism at the heart of existential threats to the world?
This month we are delighted to be in conversation with Thomas Reuter, a Professor at the Asia Institute of The University of Melbourne. His...
Vivian Price - How can film help give labor a greater voice for a just energy transition?
This month we were delighted to have a conversation with Vivian Price, a visiting researcher at the University of Helsinki. Presently she is...
TreesForDev - Aude Péronne & Maria Ehrnström-Fuentes - How can reciprocal labor be used to support communities and commons?
In this very special bonus episode of the TreesForDev podcast we are joined by Project PI Maria Ehrnström-Fuentes and Péronne. Aude describe...
Tom Royer - How do the earth and space exist in a continuum of sustainability (or unsustainability)?
This month we were delighted to be joined by Tom Royer who is a Visiting Researcher at the Arctic Centre and a Doctoral Researcher at the Fa...
Sabaheta Ramcilović-Suominen - How can radical intraconnectedness help address the global polycrisis?
This month we are delighted to have a conversation with Sabaheta Ramcilović-Suominen, who is an Associate Professor in International Forest...
Georgia de Leeuw - How can psychoanalysis explain the Seductiveness of Extractivism and Techno-solutionism?
This month we are honored to be joined by Georgia de Leeuw who is a post-doctoral researcher in Human Rights Studies at Lund University. Geo...
Markus Kröger - What path dependencies determine if a forest is Clearcut? (Clearcut book discussion)
(UPDATE: Open access book out now! Link below) This month we are delighted to be joined by Markus Kröger, professor of Global Development St...
Nikolai Siimes - How do microbes view the world?
This week we had the pleasure to be joined by Nikolai Siimes, who is a more than human geographer at Waipapa Taumata Rau/The University of A...
Alexander Dunlap - How do we recognize the political occupation facilitating extractivism?
We are delighted to welcome Alexander Dunlap back to the EXALT podcast for a conversation about his latest work. Xander has been looking at...
Taru Salmenkari - How has external civil society promotion met the local will to be global in China?
This month we are joined by Taru Salmenkari who does research on Chinese NGOs. Taru has a long career studying China, NGOs, and the role of...
Markus Kröger and Manuela Picq - What strategies and lessons can resistance movements share?
This month we are very excited to be trying out a different format as we are joined by two former guests, Manuela Picq and Markus Kröger. Ma...
Manuela Picq - What lessons can activists/resistance around the world learn from Ecuadorian water defenders?
This month we had a compelling conversation with Manuela Picq, who is a Senior Lecturer in the Departments of Political Science and Sexualit...
Tiina Seppälä - What are some of the limitations and possibilities of arts-based research?
This month we are honoured to be joined by one of our colleagues from Global Development Studies at the University of Helsinki. Tiina Seppäl...
TreesForDev - Maria Holmberg and Maria Ehrnström-Fuentes - Is focusing on carbon capture the best way to inspire local engagement in tree planting?
In this bonus episode of the TreesForDev podcast we are delighted to be joined by Project PI, Maria Ehrnström-Fuentes and Maria Holmberg who...