It’s Just Research is a podcast produced by the School of Education, Communication & Society (ECS) at King’s College London, that demystifies research while offering a critical outlook onto the global challenges we face in the 21st century.
Bringing to light the behind-the-scenes of research, the interviewees will unpack the research concepts, theoretical and methodological approaches, and ambitions for social change driving their diverse interests – from sociolinguistics, education technology and its effects on social inequality, youth work, post-colonial community building, health ethics, to science and mathematics, sustainability and ecological approaches to education.
A new episode is released on the first Tuesday of each month.
Hosted by ECS academic Dr Sara Black and PhD students Liam Cini O'Dwyer and Pippa Sterk; executive produced by Sylvie Carlos, PhD student in ECS and audio producer.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It’s Just Research is a podcast produced by the School of Education, Communication & Society (ECS) at King’s College London, that demystifies research while offering a critical outlook onto the global challenges we face in the 21st century.
Bringing to light the behind-the-scenes of research, the interviewees will unpack the research concepts, theoretical and methodological approaches, and ambitions for social change driving their diverse interests – from sociolinguistics, education technology and its effects on social inequality, youth work, post-colonial community building, health ethics, to science and mathematics, sustainability and ecological approaches to education.
A new episode is released on the first Tuesday of each month.
Hosted by ECS academic Dr Sara Black and PhD students Liam Cini O'Dwyer and Pippa Sterk; executive produced by Sylvie Carlos, PhD student in ECS and audio producer.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In the final episode of Season Two, hosts Dr Sara Black and Dr Pippa Sterk speak with Dr Panos Theodoropoulos about his upcoming book 'The Precarious Migrant Worker,' which explores how migrant workers come to internalise precarity in the UK’s low-wage economy.
Drawing from his own experience working in factories, warehouses and restaurant kitchens, Panos blends theory with vivid ethnography to unpack why precarious migrant workers are so difficult to organise—and what’s at stake when labour is tied to migration status.
The conversation explores the tension between being seen as either a ‘thief’ or a ‘cash cow’, and how migrant workers are often labelled as these metaphors. Together, the hosts and guest reflect on the institutional forces that shape working lives, the costs of resistance, and the power of telling stories from inside the system.
The Precarious Migrant Worker by Dr Panos Theodoropoulos will be released in Spring 2025
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Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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