Exchanging knowledge
Leading Urban Research Podcast
Dr Ross Beveridge is the co-founder and managing editor of the Urban Political Podcast, which explores urban issues through discussions with activists, scholars, and policymakers from around the world.
Founded in 2019 in partnership with the Georg-Simmel Centre for Metropolitan Studies at the Humboldt University of Berlin, the podcast has been growing over the years with more than 60 episodes now out and over 100 invited guests. It is available on a wide range of streaming platforms and has an ever-growing international audience (53,000 plays in spring 2023).
The episodes look at contemporary urban issues to provide informed views and state-of-the-art knowledge on our rapidly changing urban environments. If you are interested in all things urban, this is your go to place!
Sharing expertise via multiple channels
Contributing to podcasts, radio and TV programmes is great way of sharing knowledge, and Dr Anastacia Ryan does them all!
As part of her research on gender and sex work, Anastacia was recently featured in an episode of the BBC Radio 4 series "Lady Killers with Lucy Worsely" looking at the crimes of the 19-20th women from a contemporary, feminist perspective. By exploring the story of Mary McKinnon, she reflected on how women in sex work get treated by the justice system now compared to the Victorian era.
Anastacia is a true all-rounder. Her work on women's access to justice conducted not only in academic capacity but also as the Chair of the Young Women's Movement attracted attention of policy makers abroad. In spring 2023, she was invited to meet with a delegation of members from the Parliament of Catalonia in her capacity as an expert on the impact of legal frameworks on women’s access to justice.
Anastacia has also appeared on regular televised debates, and contributed various comments and opinion pieces to press including The Times and The Herald.
Listen to the Lady Killers episode (BBC Radio 4)
