Grimshaw Podcasts – Détails, épisodes et analyse

This week we are thrilled to talk to Beatriz Buarque, LSE100 Fellow, Chevening Scholar, founder of NGO Words Heal the World and PhD at the University of Manchester. After 10 years as a journalist at Brazil's GloboNews, she founded her NGO and moved to the UK to pursue a Master's in International Relations and then a PhD investigating the legitimisation of alt-right conspiracy theories in digital spaces.

Our host Carola and Co-Editor Carmen talk with Beatriz about her career changes, founding and running an NGO during her studies, and her journey in academia.

Some useful links:

• Words Heal the World website: https://wordshealtheworld.com
• Beatriz Buarque's LSE profile: https://info.lse.ac.uk/current-students/lse100/people/beatriz-buarque
• Beatriz Buarque's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beatriz-buarque/?originalSubdomain=uk

In this week's episode, we talk to Micheal Cox, Emeritus Professor in the department of International Relations at the LSE, Co-founding Director of LSE Ideas, the LSE foreign policy think tank, and contributor to institutions such as Chatham House and the Nobel institute in Oslo. He is a specialist in US foreign policy and LSE history.

Our host Carola Ducco and one of our co-Editors, Riccardo Gon, chat with him about the upcoming US elections and what they might mean for the future of US foreign policy, Cox's latest publication with LSE Press on the war in Ukraine, and the contributions of the LSE throughout its history.

Some links:

• Micheal Cox's LSE profile https://www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/people/cox-mick
• Micheal Cox’s LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-cox-0099a66/?originalSubdomain=uk
• Cox, Michael, ed. (2023) Ukraine: Russia’s war and the future of the global order. LSE Public Policy Review Series. (4). LSE Press, London, UK. ISBN 9781911712145 http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/121002/

Note: some issues with the microphones and audio caused some disturbances with the recording. We apologise for this issue.

This week, we interviewed Nathalie Tocci, the Director of the Institute for International Affairs (IAI) in Italy. In 2016, she wrote the EU Global Strategy as Special Advisor to the EU High Representative Federica Mogherini and Josep Borrell. She holds an MSc and a PhD from the London School of Economics, and she has spent her career in think tanks, universities and in policy roles.

Benedetta Morari, a PhD candidate at the LSE, and one of our co-editors, Riccardo Gon, talked to her about her unique career across policymaking and academia, being a woman in foreign policy, and where EU security is headed.

Some useful links & information:

• Nathalie Tocci's profile on the IAI website: https://www.iai.it/en/persone/nathalie-tocci
• X (formerly Twitter): @nathalietocci https://x.com/NathalieTocci?s=20
• Nathalie Tocci's 2022 book: A Green and Global Europe https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/A+Green+and+Global+Europe-p-9781509555161
• Book recommendation: "Lack of Light" by Nino Haratischwili (original title: Das malgelnde Licht)

Welcome to a new episode of Grimshaw Speakers, where we talk IR careers, delve into practitioners' journeys, and ask for their tips to success. In this episode we talk to A.J. Manuzzi, Program Assistant at The John Quincy Adams Society (JQAS), an organisation promoting restraint in U.S. foreign policy. We discuss how he navigated finding a field of expertise, the importance of learning multiple languages, and good writing.

Some useful links:

JQAS website https://jqas.org

Marcellus Policy Fellowship

• https://jqas.org/the-marcellus-policy-fellowship/ (note: the interview was recorded in late December 2023. At the time of release, applications for the fellowship are closed)

AJ Manuzzi’s social media

• LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/a-j-manuzzi-53a45814b/
• X (Twitter) https://twitter.com/AJManuzzi

JQAS social media

• Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jqas_uw/?hl=en
• X (Twitter) https://twitter.com/jqasociety?lang=en

Previous Grimshaw Speakers episodes can be found on the Beaver Sound Spotify account

https://open.spotify.com/show/5i8DVaTKM1QjtsnEwky1BZ?si=1446571a4f734b0f

After a long hiatus, welcome back to Grimshaw Podcasts, the podcast of the London School of Economics' Grimshaw Club! In our new series, Grimshaw Spotlight, we dive into the latest international relations research.

Today we are interviewing Robbie Shilliam, a professor of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in Baltimore. We discuss decolonising the discipline, Marxism, international political economy and much more.

Some useful links:

• Robbie Shilliam's JHU profile https://politicalscience.jhu.edu/directory/robbie-shilliam/
• Decolonising Politics: An Introduction (2021) ISBN: 978-1-509-53940-6 https://politicalscience.jhu.edu/faculty-books/decolonizing-politics/
• Jenna Marshall (King's College London) - writing on créolité and international development https://jennatmarshall.wordpress.com/home/
• Lisa Tilley (SOAS) - upcoming book on race, ecology and colonially https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/lisa-tilley
• Nivi Manchanda (Queen Mary University)- infrastructure and coloniality https://www.qmul.ac.uk/politics/staff/profiles/manchandanivi.html

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In this episode, our hosts Belle and Yuko chat with Dr. Federica Bicchi, associate professor of international relations at LSE. Dr. Bicchi explores the concept of norms in politics, discussing their role in shaping behaviour and decision-making in real-world scenarios.