Introduction Episode
Welcome to the Urban Political Podcast! In this brief episode, we introduce ourselves, tell you about the motivation and purpose behind the podcast and what you should expect to hear in our pod in the following months.
About this podcast
The **Urban Political** delves into contemporary urban issues with activists, scholars and policy-makers from around the world.
Providing informed views, state-of-the-art knowledge, and unusual insights, the podcast aims to advance our understanding of urban environments and how we might make them more just and democratic.
The **Urban Political** provides a new forum for reflection on bridging urban activism and scholarship, where regular features offer snapshots of pressing issues and new publications, allowing multiple voices of scholars and activists to enter into a transnational debate directly.
Hosted and produced by:
Ross Beveridge (University of Glasgow)
Markus Kip (Georg-Simmel-Center for Metropolitan Studies - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Mais Jafari (Technische Universität Dortmund)
Nitin Bathla (ETH-Zürich)
Julio Paulos (Université de Lausanne)
Nicolas Goez (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar)
Talja Blokland (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Hanna Hilbrandt (Universität Zürich)
Powered in partnership with the Georg-Simmel-Center for Metropolitan Studies at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Music credits: "Something Elated" by Broke For Free, CC BY 3.0 US
If you would like to produce an episode with us or have comments, please get in touch!
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Email: urbanpolitical@protonmail.com
by Ross Beveridge, Markus Kip, Mais Jafari, Nitin Bathla, Julio Paulos, Nicolas Goez, Talja Blokland