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This new podcast from Edward Elgar Publishing offers in-depth conversations with the authors and editors behind our pioneering publications. 

Members of the Edward Elgar team are joined by celebrated academics from across the fields of Business and Management, Geography, Politics and Public Policy, Economics, Law, Psychology and Sociology and Social Policy. Each episode explores our guests’ careers to date, before turning to the scholarly questions at the heart of the current debates and trends within their disciplines. By bringing authors and editors into conversation, the podcast provides unique insight into the intellectual minds shaping their respective academic fields, and also the content of our books and journals.

Whether you are looking to deepen your knowledge of a specific area, engage with new research or gain a clearer understanding of how academic books are developed, this series invites you to join the conversations behind Edward Elgar Publishing’s list.

Edward Elgar Publishing is delighted to launch a podcast as part of it's 40th anniversary celebrations where we will be hosting in-depth conversations with the authors and editors behind our pioneering publications. 

In our inaugural episode we speak to renowned economist, Louis-Philippe Rochon who is Full Professor of Economics at Laurentian University in Canada, where he has been teaching since 2004. Before that, he taught at Kalamazoo College, in Michigan. He obtained his doctorate from the New School for Social Research, in 1998, earning him an award for Outstanding Dissertation, for his work on endogenous money and post-Keynesian economics. He is the author of some 225 articles in peer-reviewed journals and books, and has written or edited close to 60 books.

Professor Rochon discusses the early days of his career and meeting Edward Elgar, the joy of editing books with great contributors and the process of starting up and editing the Review of Keynesian Economics. We talk about the development of Post-Keynesian economics and its future prospects and discuss content for undergraduates. We finish by exploring the ways in which new scholars should get to know publishers.

For more information on Louis-Philippe Rochon and his work, please see:

Website: https://macroeconomist.wixsite.com/lprochon

BlueSky: @lprochon.bsky.social

To learn more about Edward Elgar Publishing, feel free to check out:

Website: https://www.e-elgar.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/edward-elgar-publishing

Bluesky: @elgarpublishing.bsky.social 

YouTube: @edwardelgarpublishing

Facebook: /EdwardElgarPublishing

Instagram: @elgar_publishing

Edward Elgar Publishing: In Conversation With hosts in-depth conversations with the authors and editors behind our pioneering publications.
Today we speak to Christa Sathish, one of the lead advocates for the positive academia movement. Christa is a Lecturer in Management and Marketing at the University of Westminster and her research focuses on organizational culture and change. In 2001, she began her career as a scientist in pharmaceutical research and development, moved into global development as a project coordinator for a United Nations Institute for Training, and worked as an international educator in South India. Her academic education focused on business and management, but she completed her PhD in Media practices. These experiences across science, policy, and education have grounded her focus on organizational culture and change, supporting her understanding of how systems shift not just in theory, but through lived practice. 

Her research is both theoretical and empirical, but always led by a dedication to ‘doing’. She likes taking time to reflect, write, and turn knowledge into a tangible, meaningful impact.

In this episode Christa talks about her route into academia, her passion for the positive academia movement, and the CYGNA group which supports women's empowerment in academia. We discuss her forthcoming book with Edward Elgar Publishing, 'How to Build an Academic Heterotopia' and we finish by reflecting on the joy and care involved in editing books.

For more information on Christa Sathish and her work, please see:

Christa Sathish website

Positive Academia website

Positive Academia LinkedIn

To learn more about Edward Elgar Publishing, feel free to check out:

Website: ⁠https://www.e-elgar.com/⁠

LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/edward-elgar-publishing⁠

Bluesky: @elgarpublishing.bsky.social 

YouTube: ⁠@edwardelgarpublishing⁠

Facebook: /EdwardElgarPublishing

Instagram: ⁠@elgar_publishing