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Department of Sociology and Criminology, department of sociology and criminology, Department of Sociology and Criminology, department of sociology and criminology

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This is Education - The Louder Than Words podcast

New thinking about how to learn is changing the lives of students. Professor Jules Pretty talks to Dr Liam Jarvis from the Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies and Dr Katy Wheeler from the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex. They will be joined by Professor Bruce Hood from the University of Bristol, who will talk about an immersive happiness course for students.

Professor Jules Pretty, Dr Liam Jarvis, Dr Katy Wheeler

19 May 2022

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Pandemic and Precarity in the Global South

Pandemic and Precarity in the Global South

Professor Sandya Hewamanne

26 April 2022

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Our meat obsession is destroying the planet – the solution is to change how we see animals

Our meat obsession is destroying the planet – the solution is to change how we see animals

Our meat obsession is destroying the planet – the solution is to change how we see animals

Professor Colin Samson, Dr Catherine Duxbury

16 February 2022

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Essex Love Stories: Sarah and Adrian

Essex Love Stories: Sarah and Adrian

Stories of the graduates who left Essex with more than just a degree

Alumni team

08 February 2022

Podcast

Indigenous Voices - - the Louder Than Words Podcast

Indigenous Voices - - the Louder Than Words Podcast

Louder than Words looks at the experience of indigenous people around the world from the reclaiming of cultural identities, activism and the struggle for rights to the challenges indigenous communities still face. Professor Jules Pretty speaks to Professor Colin Samson and Dr Carlos Gigoux Gramegna from the Department of Sociology plus Dr Julian Burger, Visiting Professor at the Human Rights Centre. He will also be joined by explorer and President of Survival International Robin Hanbury-Tenison.

Professor Colin Samson, Professor Jules Pretty, Dr Carlos Gigoux Gramegna

20 January 2022

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Indigenous people, nature and land rights: why does it matter?

Indigenous people, nature and land rights: why does it matter?

Professor Colin Samson and Dr Carlos Gigoux Gragmena from the Department of Sociology discuss how understanding the relationships between indigenous peoples and their lands has been at the heart of their research.

Professor Colin Samson, Dr Carlos Gigoux Gramegna

20 January 2022

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Half a century of Essex seen through the eyes of newly retired Nigel South

Half a century of Essex seen through the eyes of newly retired Nigel South

Nigel South

06 January 2022

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Conversations about climate change – reflections on a Festival of Social Science workshop

Conversations about climate change – reflections on a Festival of Social Science workshop

Conversations about climate change – reflections on a Festival of Social Science workshop

Norman Riley

15 December 2021

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Bird Watching and Climate Change: the challenge of low carbon birding

Bird Watching and Climate Change: the challenge of low carbon birding

It has often been asserted that a feeling for and connection to the natural world is a precondition for wanting to protect it and preserve it. One area where this feeling for the natural world is organized is within recreational natural history and specifically recreational bird watching.

Professor Sean Nixon

02 December 2021

Podcast

The Web of Life on The Louder Than Words Podcast

The Web of Life on The Louder Than Words Podcast

How important is nature to us? How has our relationship with nature changed over time? What does the future hold? Through the lenses of birds and trees, The Louder Than Words podcast investigates how we talk and feel about the natural world at this time of environmental crisis.

Dr James Canton, Professor Jules Pretty, Professor Sean Nixon

02 December 2021

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