Off-world living

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Together We Create Series 2: What UCL's social scientists gain from collaborative partnerships

UCL Minds

5 episodes

7 months ago

Together We Create is a podcast series from UCL’s Collaborative Social Science Domain in which UCL social scientists share their stories, reflections, and top tips on collaborating with engineers, scientists, health practitioners, and designers and others, and discuss the benefits and challenges of taking a collaborative interdisciplinary approach to research. Series 2 In Series 2 four UCL social scientists, who were awarded one of our Social Science Plus awards, talk about their pilot projects and what they gained from their cross-disciplinary partnerships. We hear about the complexities of living in outer space and on other planets, the issues surrounding E-scooters, children’s experience of social media and unsolicited sexual images, and the social life of environmental data. For the podcast transcripts, details of our other collaborative activities and how to stay in touch with us visit: tinyurl.com/mubmxu4n

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Off-world living

Together We Create Series 2: What UCL's social scientists gain from collaborative partnerships

24 minutes

1 year ago

Off-world living

The practical challenges of surviving harsh environments and limited resources in outer space have long been a focus of space research. But how might asking questions about living differently in space help us meet the challenges of living differently on earth? In this episode, we explore this with Dr Aaron Parkhurst as he discusses his multidisciplinary approach to studying ‘off-world living’. From Martian homes to exercise trampolines and funeral practices, we discuss the benefits of bringing together researchers from anthropology, architecture, art, design, cardiovascular science, molecular biology, psychiatry, and sustainable construction to open thinking about living well and the need, not only to survive, but to thrive. Aaron Parkhurst is an Associate Professor in medical anthropology at UCL. His work combines interests in science and genetics, cyborgs, the body and technology, and immigration, to address the complex challenge of how we might live differently on earth and beyond.

For the podcast transcript, details of our other podcasts and activities visit: http://tinyurl.com/mubmxu4n

Date of episode recording: 2023-10-19T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:24:45
Language of episode: English
TAGS:
Presenter: Lili Golmohammadi
Guests: Aaron Parkhurst
Producer: Matt Aucott; Cerys Bradley