Vlogs, interviews and podcasts

Democracy Support Strategies in the EU’s Neighbourhood

Professor Theofanis Exadaktylos talks to Euradio about Democracy Support Strategies in the EU's Neighbourhood

Where are we four months after the start of the Ukraine conflict?

Professor Amelia Hadfield talks to Euradio about where we are four months after the Ukraine conflict started 

Can the European Union deal with geopolitics of climate change without risking its credibility in environmental politics

Baris Celik talks to Euradio on whether the European Union can deal with geopolitics of climate change without risking its credibility in environmental politics

The early women of European integration - Ideas on Europe

Simona Guerra talks to Euradio about the absence of women as founding figures of EU integration

EU strategic autonomy: now or never? – Ideas on Europe

Professor Amelia Hadfield discusses EU strategic autonomy in an interview with Euradio

Cultural divides: the role of affective polarisation – Ideas on Europe

Dr Roula Nezi talks about “cultural battles” and affective polarisation in an interview on EURadio. 

Right-wing populism in Europe: the new normal – Ideas on Europe

Professor Daniele Albertazzi dicusses right wing populism in Europe in an interview on Euradio. 

Why crises don’t make the EU stronger – Ideas on Europe

Dr Simona Guerra explains why crises do not make the EU stronger in an interview on Euradio.

Episode 17

Professor Daniele Albertazzi talks to Dr Simona Guerra, in Brussels, about a first surprising finding - the first leader of the Socialist Group, Mme Käte Strobel.

Episode 16

Professor Daniele Albertazzi talks to Dr Simona Guerra about her current research at the European Parliament, uncovering the names of the women who contributed to the process of European integration (Part 1).

Episode 15

Dr Simona Guerra talks to Taru Haapala, Alvaro Oleart and Luis Bouza Garcia about their book 'Tracing the Politicisation of the EU: The Future of Europe Debates Before and After the 2019 Elections'.

Episode 14

Professor Daniele Albertazzi talks to Dr Nicholas Wright about the protocol negotiations and their impact on the politics of Northern Ireland

Episode 13

Professor Daniele Albertazzi talks to Professor Daphne Halikiopoulou about the factors driving far-right success in Europe and her current projects of research.

Episode 12

Professor Amelia Hadfield talks to Professor Daniele Albertazzi about the special issue of Politics and Governance he has recently co-edited with Stijn van Kessel: “Right wing populist party organisation across Europe: the survival of the mass party?" 

Episode 11

Professor Daniele Albertazzi interviews Martyn Bond about his biography of Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, entitled: Hitler’s Cosmopolitan Bastard. This is the first biography in English of this strong supporter of the idea of a united Europe. 

Episode 10

Professor Daniele Albertazzi interviews Dr. Kevin Deegan-Krause and Dr. Tim Haughton about the main findings of their latest book The New Party Challenge: Changing Cycles of Party Birth and Death in Central Europe and Beyond. 

Episode nine

Professor Amelia Hadfield talks to Dr Theofanis Exadaktylos about his recently published article: "Whose opinion is it? Public debates and repertoires of action in Greece, during the first Covid-19 lockdown period."

Episode eight

Professor Amelia Hadfield talks to Albrecht Sonntag on the role of 'The Conference on the Future of Europe'.

Episode seven

Professor Amelia Hadfield talks to Visiting Professor Dr Jamie Shea about the impact of Brexit from the perspective of Brussels, and UK foreign affairs 2021-22.

Episode six

Professor Amelia Hadfield talks to Georgina Wright about Anglo-Franco Relations post-Brexit: Entente (still) Cordiale.

Episode five

Professor Amelia Hadfield speaks to Visiting Professor Susan Scholefield about the use of civil contingency measures and expert reports at local and regional level.

Episode four

Professor Amelia Hadfield talks to Deputy Director of EU ISS, Florence Gaub, about the importance of maintaining post-Brexit EU-UK relations.

Episode three

Professor Amelia Hadfield talks to Paul Adamson of the EU-UK Forum/Encompass Europe about the outcome of the US Election.

Episode two

Professor Amelia Hadfield talks to Visiting Professor Dr Jamie Shea about the impact of the US election on EU-US relations.

Episode one

Professor Amelia Hadfield talks to Visiting Professor Dr Jamie Shea and CBE Studentship holder James Penny about the vlog series.

Episode 3

Here’s Nikos again exploring the novel use of Student Social Media Ambassadors within the Department of Politics, and explaining their role creating student-led, student-owned content. (6 minutes only)