Are you tired of today's perpetual lifestyle and feeling like you can't do anything about it? So, what should we do? is a new podcast from Gates Cambridge, the University of Cambridge's cutting-edge scholarship program for overseas postgraduate students.
This podcast is for anyone looking for ideas, vision, and optimism about how some of the world's most complex and difficult problems can actually be tackled. Scholars from different backgrounds and disciplines share the actions they are taking to change the world for the better.
Gates Cambridge was founded in 2000 with a $210 million gift from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This gift remains the most generous gift to a UK university. Scholars come from different fields and regions of the world. What they all have in common is a commitment to improving the lives of others.
The podcast will focus on impacts in eight different areas, from the economy and environment to culture and global health. Each episode, hosted by international journalist Katherine Galloway, features academics in conversation with each other about wicked global issues. I'll end with this question. So what do you do? – Scholars suggest ways we can all contribute to moving the dial away from despair and towards practical actions that will bring about positive change.
Today's episode features Camille Mohaddes, associate professor of economics and policy at Cambridge University Judge Business School, Todd Tucker, director of industrial policy and trade at the Roosevelt Institute, and co-founder Queen Chiniere Quinn. Start from 1. Partner at pan-African investment platform Kupanda Capital.
Following the World Economic Forum in Davos, they will discuss the climate economy and answer questions about how we can build back better from the crisis. This podcast explores the need for collaboration, the costs and risks of climate change, and the role of innovation and the power of people in driving change. Speakers will also highlight the importance of political will and finance in achieving a sustainable recovery and building a more just and resilient future.
So, what should we do? It will be broadcast on the last Tuesday of every month until August. His February episodes, starting February 27, will address the question: What is education for? They also include best-selling author Tara Westover, Thabo Msibi, Vice-Chancellor for Teaching and Learning at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and Aliya Khalid, Lecturer in Comparative and International Education at the University of Oxford.
Professor Eilis Phelan, President of the Gates Cambridge Trust, said: We are proud to be able to offer people a part of the stimulating, interdisciplinary conversations that Gates Cambridge has made possible, and the impact that our academics have on tackling some of the most difficult problems in the world today. We're very excited to celebrate the impact that we have. ”
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