The Global Lab

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.

Episodes

  1. Risk and Crisis Management

    11/10/2020

    Risk and Crisis Management

    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 Hitomi Nakanishi (University of Canberra) and Dr Sarah Wise (UCL CASA) on how new kinds of simulation can be used to help people understand evacuation, and how different approaches to crisis management might produce different outcomes. We also hear from Rangga Wargadalam, a PhD student at the University of Canberra who also works for Indonesia's National Development Planning Ministry, on the future use of simulations as an analysis tool by government agencies, and how it can be used to help develop more data-driven planning policies. ___ GUESTS: Dr Hitomi Nakanishi: https://researchprofiles.canberra.edu.au/en/persons/hitomi-nakanishi https://twitter.com/hitominakanishi (twitter) Dr Sarah Wise: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/casa/dr-sarah-wise twitter.com/ComplexityWise (twitter) Rangga Wargadalam: (National Planning Ministry, Indonesia & PhD Student, University of Canberra) ___ GLOBAL LAB TEAM: Presenter & Interviewer: Dr Thomas Oléron-Evans https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/casa/people/dr-thomas-oleron-evans twitter.com/Mathistopheles (twitter) www.mathistopheles.co.uk (personal website) Presenter & Editor: Dr Leah Lovett https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/casa/people/leah-lovett twitter.com/leahlovett (twitter) http://www.leahlovett.co.uk (personal website)

    45 min
  2. Seeing Cities

    21/10/2019

    Seeing Cities

    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 environment and its history in new and unexpected ways. We visited Queen Mary University to talk to two art historians whose work is bound up with these issues. We hear from Hannah Williams, on how digital mapping has allowed her to unearth surprising patterns in the art world of eighteenth century Paris (www.artistsinparis.org), and from Emilie Oléron Evans, on the unique perspective that the art and architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner brought to the buildings of England. Links related to each of our guests may be found below. ___ GUESTS: Hannah Williams: twitter.com/DrHanWill (twitter) www.hannahwilliams.me.uk (website) www.artistsinparis.org (Artists in Paris) Emilie Oléron Evans: twitter.com/bringyourownsun (twitter) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nikolaus-Pevsner-arpenteur-arts-britannique/dp/2354570880/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Nikolaus+Pevsner%2C+arpenteur+des+arts&qid=1571395200&s=books&sr=1-1 (book on Pevsner) tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13602365.2014.930755 (A. Hultzsch article on Pevsner, mentioned in interview) ___ GLOBAL LAB TEAM: Interviewer: Duncan Hay twitter.com/walled_city (twitter) Presenter: Sarah Wise twitter.com/ComplexityWise (twitter) Editing: Thomas Oléron-Evans: twitter.com/Mathistopheles (twitter) www.mathistopheles.co.uk (personal website) ___ IMAGES: Louvre - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Benh - Creative Commons Barbican Estate - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Colin - Creative Commons

    29 min

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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.