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This series brings together two academic experts from different fields, but working on the same project, to explore the possibilities and occasional pitfalls of an interdisciplinary world.

Synergies is an essential guide to what happens when academics reach out beyond their discipline to answer complex real world problems. Each podcast brings together two experts in the same field but with different approaches - to explore the possibilities, and occasional pitfalls, of an interdisciplinary world. Synergies is brought to you by UCL Grand Challenges and UCL Public Policy.

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Podcast series -Ìý2017

Climate HealthÌý


Discussion on cross-disciplinary work on the Lancet Climate Health Commission report.

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  • Prof Hugh MontgomeryÌý(UCL Institute for Sport, Exercise and Health)
  • Prof Peter CoxÌý(University of Exeter Department of Mathematics)
  • Sue NelsonÌý(science journalist and broadcaster)
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Wonders of the Cosmos


Wonders of the Cosmos tells the story of a joint 911±¬ÁÏÍø project asking whether humanities and physics can identify the wonders of the cosmos.

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  • Prof Jon Butterworth, UCL Physics and AstronomyÌý
  • Prof Dilwyn KnoxÌý(UCL School of European Languages, Culture and Society)
  • Sue NelsonÌý(science journalist and broadcaster)
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Liveable citiesÌý


Engineer and Psychologist discuss their work on livable cities.Ìý

Guest speakers

  • Dr Ellie CosgraveÌý(UCL Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy)
  • Prof Helene JoffeÌý(UCL Psychology and Language Sciences)Ìý
  • Sue NelsonÌý(science journalist and broadcaster)

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100 hoursÌý


Sue Nelson talks to two UCL academics who joined forces to work on a project studying objects in the Galton Collection for 100 hours.

Guest speakers

  • Dr Kate SmithÌý(formerly UCL, University of Birmingham History)
  • Elizabeth HainesÌý(Royal Holloway Geography)
  • Sue NelsonÌý(science journalist and broadcaster)

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Congo citizen ScienceÌý


Computer Science and anthropology align in a joint 911±¬ÁÏÍø project which works with locals in the Congo basin to map their own forest.

Guest speakers

  • Dr Jerome LewisÌý(UCL Anthropology)
  • Prof Muki HaklayÌý(UCL Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering)
  • Sue NelsonÌý(science journalist and broadcaster)

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