Conversations with Sergei Guriev (Sciences Po)
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| 24 Jun 2024 | Algorithms Recommendations on Social Media and Political Positions, with Tim Faverjon | 00:36:27 | |
How recommendation algorithms operate on social media to establish relationships with the political positions of users? In order to answer this question, Tim Faverjon designed various models and analysed their predictions, specifically focusing on political attitudes and socio-demographic characteristics. He emphasises the importance of looking inside the algorithms rather than just observing their outcomes to understand their influence on users.
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| 04 Jul 2023 | Climate Movements Struggle, with Joost de Moor | 00:35:22 | |
What do social movements have to say about climate change? What is their role in local and global governance of climate change? How do climate activists coordinate alternative futures in a postapocalyptic present? Some people say individual changes are needed, while others think it should come from systemic change. How does the climate movement reconcile both? Answers by Joost de Moor, a researcher at Sciences Po’s Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics, who has been working on these issues for years. Additional Resources
Recorded on 20 April 2023 Talk with Sergei is a podcast by Sciences Po. Hélène NAUDET supervised the production of this series, accompanied by Anaelle VERGONJEANNE. The Sciences Po audio department produced and mixed it. Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information. | |||
| 27 Jun 2023 | Climate Change in Small Islands, with Carola Klöck | 00:28:54 | |
Small island states - that have 65 million inhabitants - are all strongly impacted by climate change. What can they do, given their limitations in terms of financial and human resources ? Carola Klöck, who has been working on this subject for years, explains to us their adaptation policies, their influence in international negotiations… Carola Kloeck is an Associate Professor at the Sciences Po’s Centre of International Studies (CERI). Carola’s research is located at the interface of political science, human geography and development studies, and examines adaptation to climate change, and the politics of climate Additionnal ressources
Recorded on 26 March 2023 Conversations with Sergei is a podcast by Sciences Po. Hélène NAUDET supervised the production of this series, accompanied by Anaelle VERGONJEANNE. The Sciences Po audio department produced and mixed it. Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information. | |||
| 09 Oct 2023 | Russian Disregard about Climate Change, with Alexander Etkind | 00:38:34 | |
In this conversation, Alexander Etkind sets out the reasons why environmental challenges are largely ignored in Russia, by public authorities and more generally by society. Alexander Etkind, Professor of international relations at the Central European University. He has now launched a major project : “Politics of Anthropocene Interdisciplinary Hub”, jointly conducted by CEU and Sciences Po. Additionnal ressources
Recorded on 14 June 2023 Talk with Sergei is a podcast by Sciences Po. Hélène Naudet supervised the production of this series, accompanied by Anaelle Vergonjeanne. The Sciences Po audio department Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information. | |||
| 14 Jun 2023 | Sober Cities, with Charlotte Halpern | 00:30:06 | |
Welcome to the first episode of the environmental transformation series of the Sciences Po’s podcast “Conversations with Sergei Guriev”. In this series, Sergei Guriev talks with our best researchers to understand the fundamental issues of environmental transition. Let’s start with the decisive role of cities in building a sober world. Cities are the main sources of pollution, but they also are the major actors for struggling against it. What are the challenges ? How to meet them ? Can cities be sober and low-carbon? Whereas cities are so different from each other, how can we devise common solutions? How to combine solutions to be implemented immediately and a long-term strategy? Answers by Charlotte Halpern, a researcher at Sciences Po’s Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics, who has been working on these issues for years. Additional Resources European project CIVITAS SUMP-PLUS website Building Governance Capacity To Achieve Sustainable Urban Mobility Transitions, a Policy Brief by Charlotte Halpern, Dan Broghan, Anna Emilie Wehrle)Enabling Governance to Support Sustainable Mobility Planning, a presentation by Charlotte Halpern Recorded on 17th March 2023 Conversations with Sergei GURIEV is a podcast by Sciences Po. Hélène NAUDET supervised the production of this series, accompanied by Anaelle VERGONJEANNE. The Sciences Po audio department produced and mixed it. Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information. | |||
| 06 May 2024 | YouTube's Algorithms against its Diversity?, with Ethan Zukerman | 00:41:11 | |
In the vast landscape of the Internet, YouTube is a giant, hosting over 14 billion videos that shape our digital experience. No one knew this number until Ethan Zukerman and his team calculated it using an advanced method they developed. Not only did they count the number of videos, but they also classified them, providing a vivid picture of YouTube’s cultural and linguistic diversity. This analysis also reveals the algorithmic dynamics that influence user experiences. Ethan Zuckerman is an associate professor of public policy, communication and information at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He founds of the Institute for Digital Public Infrastructure. Additional Resources:
Recorded on 20 March 2024 Conversations with Sergei GURIEV is a podcast by Sciences Po. Hélène NAUDET supervised the production of this series, with the help of Jade SOULLARD, Sciences Po Master student. Sciences Po' studio produced and mixed it. Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information. | |||
| 11 Jul 2023 | Growth Thought, with Thomas Kayzel | 00:26:57 | |
Decay, frugality, green growth; so many concepts that invite us to rethink our growth appeal as it dominated the 20th century. Where does our conception of limitless economic growth come from? What would have been the opinion of the economists of the 18th and 19th centuries who have laid down the first ideas of what growth should be? What did they think about the relationship between growth and nature? Did they really not see that natural resources are not unlimited? Answers by Thomas Kayzel, who joined the Sciences Po’s Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (CEE) as a post-doc of the Bruno Latour Fund. Recorded on 5 May 2023 Conversations with Sergei GURIEV is a podcast by Sciences Po. Hélène NAUDET supervised the production of this series, accompanied by Anaëlle VERGONJEANNE. The Sciences Po audio department produced and mixed it. Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information. | |||
| 12 Sep 2023 | Children's Environmental Commitment, with Anaëlle Vergonjeanne | 00:33:09 | |
The mobilisation of children for climate policies started in 2018, with Greta Thunberg benefiting from strong media coverage and social media. After her speech at the UN Climate Action Summit, it became a concern at the level of international organisations. If children's rights were already a concern of UNICEF, the approach radically changed since international organizations had to consider young people as actors and no longer as simple victims. How did this process take place? What are its real consequences? This is what Anaelle reveals to us. Anaëlle Vergonjeanne, is a young researcher at the Sciences Po’s Centre for International Studies. She has dedicated her doctoral thesis ‘How dare you?’ : The United Nations and children's climate commitment » (in French). Additional Resources
Recorded on 10 May 2023 Conversations with Sergei GURIEV is a podcast by Sciences Po. Hélène NAUDET supervised the production of this series. The Sciences Po audio department produced and mixed it. Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information. | |||
| 05 Dec 2023 | Media Ownership & On History of Elections: Protect and Understand Democracy, with Julia Cagé | 00:48:05 | |
Does it matter who controls the media? What are the democratic implications of the increasing concentration of the media industry in the hands of oligarchs? Is this a result of the weakening of the industry? What changes can we expect in the upcoming years? To answer these burning questions, Julia Cagé lays out some democratic solutions that her research finds promising to break away from editorial political lines and protect the public good that is information. Additionally, she delves into the main conclusions of her latest work, “Une Histoire du Conflit Politique”, co-authored alongside Thomas Piketty, where she investigated geosocial factors of voting behavior and its consequences for current issues like EU membership or radical party voting. Julia Cagé is an associate professor at the Sciences Po's Deparment of economics. She is also member of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR). Her main fields of study are political economy, organizational economics and economic history, with a particular focus on the media. Additional resources
Recorded on 11th October 2023 Conversations with Sergei GURIEV is a podcast by Sciences Po. Hélène NAUDET supervised the production of this series., with the help of Blanca GONZALEZ MARTINEZ, Sciences Po Master student in Political Science. The Sciences Po audio department produced and mixed it. Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information. | |||
| 24 Oct 2023 | Governing Well Under Social Media, with Emiliano Grossman | 00:35:49 | |
Social networks pose very complex challenges to governments. Those who want to sell news have become very good at creating clickbait on negative news, knowing that we are naturally more sensitive to this kind of news. Social media discourse also contributes to exaggerating minority positions. Even scientific knowledge, which is one of the factors informing good government policy, can be challenged that way, as we have seen during the pandemic. Even more worrying, social media has a feedback effect on traditional media and mainstream politicians are tempted to join in the populist drive. What can be done to counter this trend? Answers by Emiliano Grossman, a researcher at Sciences Po’s Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics. His research focuses on political life institutions in Europe and more specifically in France. Additional resource Emiliano Grossman, Media and Policy Making in the Digital Age, Annual Review of Political Science, vol. 25, pp. 443-46 Recorded on 14th September 2023. Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information. | |||
| 10 Apr 2024 | Fighting Misinformation Thanks to Generative AI, with Yamil Velez | 00:33:08 | |
Many studies have shown the limited effectiveness of factual corrections in changing deeply ingrained beliefs and attitudes. However, based on the results of his work, Yamil Velez is convinced that thanks to generative AI, researchers can create personalised rebuttals that adapt to individuals' stated positions. It may also be helpful to explore new ways to reduce polarisation and enhance critical thinking skills. A positive outlook explained by Yamil Velez, an Assistant Professor at Columbia University, visiting faculty at CEVIPOF. Additional resources:
Recorded on 16th February 2024. Conversations with Sergei GURIEV is a podcast by Sciences Po. Hélène NAUDET supervised the production of this series, with the help of Jade SOULLARD, Sciences Po Master student. Sciences Po' studio produced and mixed it. Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information. | |||
| 01 Feb 2024 | Identity versus Democracy, with Yascha Mounk | 00:38:16 | |
Over the last decades, identity is rising as a new ideology influenced by postmodernism, postcolonialism, and critical race theory. Yascha Mounk is professor of the Practice of International Affairs at Johns Hopkins University, a contributing Editor at The Atlantic, a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and a Moynihan Public Scholar at City College. Next spring he will be an Associate Professor at Sciences Po’s School of International Affairs. Additional resources
Recorded on 24th November 2023 Conversations with Sergei GURIEV is a podcast by Sciences Po. Hélène NAUDET supervised the production of this series., with the help of Blanca GONZALEZ MARTINEZ, Sciences Po Master student in Political Science. The Sciences Po audio department produced and mixed it. Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information. | |||
| 19 Dec 2023 | Political Choice: Between Intuition and Reflection, with Kevin (Vin) Arceneaux | 00:44:35 | |
You could be driving home, on your usual route, and you are lost in thought. Next thing you know you are home, and you don’t remember having taken any of the turns. That is intuition, what many of us use to think about politics. But democratic politics requires that we say stop, you need to reassess and come to a different decision. That’s reflection. Are voters rational beings, choosing carefully whom to vote for based on their preferences and most desirable outcomes? Or are they more like cheerleaders, led by emotion and affect towards their preferred political parties? This heated and incredibly pertinent debate is the focus of this episode. Dr. Kevin Arceneaux delves into the topic of electoral choice, and revisits many of the arguments made in his book Taming Intuition, where he argues that every voter is different in the way he reaches a decision, and that some voters are more likely to be led astray by their gut feeling than others. Borrowing from social psychology, Arceneaux brings us through many interesting considerations of why voters behave the way they do, what connection that may have with increasing polarization, and how we can use reflection to, indeed, tame our intuition. Kevin (Vin) Arceneaux is Professor of Political Science at the Centre for Political Research at Sciences Po Paris (CEVIPOF) since June 2021. He studies how people make political decisions. He has published articles on psychological biases, the influence of partisan campaigns on voting behavior, and the role of human biology in explaining individual variation in predispositions. Additional resource
Recorded on 24th November 2023 Conversations with Sergei GURIEV is a podcast by Sciences Po. Hélène NAUDET supervised the production of this series., with the help of Blanca GONZALEZ MARTINEZ, Sciences Po Master student in Political Science. The Sciences Po audio department produced and mixed it. Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information. | |||
| 07 Nov 2023 | Women's Vote for the Extreme Right, with Nonna Mayer | 00:34:02 | |
What encourages voters to support populist right parties? What has made Marine Le Pen’s discourse so powerful, especially with regards to its female vote share? What policies do radical right parties generally look for at the European Union level? Could support for the radical left and the radical right overlap? In this episode, Nonna Mayer, a specialist in radical ideologies and populism, answers these and many other questions regarding the rise of right-wing populism in France and Europe at large.
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Recorded on 15th September 2023 Conversations with Sergei GURIEV is a podcast by Sciences Po. Hélène NAUDET supervised the production of this series, with the help of Blanca GONZALEZ MARTINEZ, Sciences Po Master student in Political Science. Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information. | |||
| 06 Sep 2023 | Environmental Inequalities, with Lucas Chancel | 00:40:07 | |
It’s a well-known fact that rich countries pollute more than poor countries. What is less taken in account is that it is within countries and especially inside emerging countries that inequalities in terms of pollution are increasingly significant. The middle classes, in India, China or Latin America, are beginning to pollute just as much as the western middle classes. What policies should be put in place to reverse the trend? Answers by Lucas Chancel, Associate Professor of Economics at Sciences Po's Center for Research on Social Inequalities and affilited to the Department of Economics. Lucas Chancel is also Co-Director of the World Inequality Lab at the Paris School of Economics and Senior advisor at the European Tax Observatory. Additional Resources
Recorded on 30th May, 2023 Conversations with Sergei GURIEV is a podcast by Sciences Po. Hélène NAUDET supervised the production of this series, accompanied by Anaëlle VERGONJEANNE. The Sciences Po audio department produced and mixed it. Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information. | |||
| 14 Jun 2023 | Teaser | 00:00:58 | |
Do you want to understand better the change that is happening in our societies and to our societies? The environmental transformation, the digital transformation, the challenges to our democracies coming from populism and authoritarian leaders, the rise of inequalities discrimination, globalisation, the return of History in geopolitics? Sciences Po faculty is conducting frontier research on these issues. This is why we start this podcast on Sciences Po Research where Sergei Guriev Provost of Sciences Po will talk to our researchers. Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information. | |||
| 21 Nov 2023 | Authoritarianism as an Economic Challenge: Egypt and Beyond, with Eberhard Kienle | 00:43:29 | |
Egypt, which for so long has been a great referent in the Arab World, seems to be entering decline, politically and economically. Could its authoritarian military regime have something to do with this? In this new episode of our series on Democracy and Populism, we have the pleasure of welcoming Egypt expert Eberhard Kienle. We discuss the particularities of Egypt’s authoritarianism and its institutions, the role of the military, the legacy of the Arab Spring, as well as some prospects for Al-Sissi in the upcoming December elections. Eberhard Kienle is a researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and a director of research at Sciences Po’s Centre de Recherches Internationales (CERI). He focuses on state transformation, failed states and state varieties, political economy and sociology, and interstate relations in the Middle East. Additional resource Eberhard Kienle. Egypt. A Fragile Power. Routledge, 2021 Eberhard Kienle. Why Have “Failed States” Failed to Disappear?. Les Dossiers du CERI, 2021 Eberhard Kienle. Revisiting the State, Again. Centre de recherches internationales. Les Dossiers du CERI Eberhard Kienle. A Grand Delusion. Democracy and Economic Reform in Egypt. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2001 Recorded on 4th October 2023 Conversations with Sergei GURIEV is a podcast by Sciences Po. Hélène NAUDET supervised the production of this series., with the help of Blanca GONZALEZ MARTINEZ, Sciences Po Master student in Political Science. The Sciences Po audio department produced and mixed it. Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information. | |||
| 19 Sep 2023 | Water Scarcity, with Giacomo Parrinello | 00:32:38 | |
The vulnerability of agriculture and energy production to water scarcity is not so new. Historically, this issue has been mainly addressed through the regulation of water sharing. A major problem today is that the water scarcity is worsening and that past solutions are not sufficient to resolve the problem. What are the new parameters to take into account? What public policies should be put in place? How can we adapt to the new hydrological conditions which promise to last for a long time? This is what Giacomo Parrinello, an environmental historian, devotes a large part of his research to. In this episode Giacomo Parrinello shares with us the results of his research. An assistant professor and researcher at Sciences Po’s Centre for History, Giacomo Parrinello is also a member of the European Society for Environmental History. For a long time, he has in particular investigated the history of the Mediterranean coast. Additional Resources (Open Access)
Recorded on 9 June 2023 Talk with Sergei is a podcast by Sciences Po. Hélène Naudet supervised the production of this series, accompanied by Anaelle Vergonjeanne. The Sciences Po audio department produced and mixed it. Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information. | |||
| 20 Mar 2024 | How to Fight Against Algorithmic Discrimination, with Raphaële Xenidis | 00:36:42 | |
One thing is certain: discrimination is not only perpetuated by algorithms which reflect societal biases, but multiplied. If the constitution of databases and configuration of algorithms must be rethought, it will not be enough. It is essential to rely on law, especially the Europen one which prohibits a large number of discriminations. These legal protections must be adapted and developed, considering the specificities of algorithmic discrimination. Raphaele XENIDIS, Assistant Professor at Sciences Po's Law School, helps us better understand the questions raised by these issues.
Recorded on 24th January 2024 Conversations with Sergei GURIEV is a podcast by Sciences Po. Hélène NAUDET supervised the production of this series, with the help of Jade SOULLARD, Sciences Po Master student. Sciences Po' studio produced and mixed it. Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information. | |||
| 17 Jan 2024 | Political Leaders: From Dynasties to Lotteries, with Brenda Van Coppenolle | 00:38:15 | |
Political dynasties belong neither to the past nor only to authoritarian regimes. Think about the Trudeau family in Canada, Le Pen in France, or Kirchner in Argentina. An explanatory factor: having lived in a political environment provides skills. Can the evolution of society towards a better level of education and more transparency put an end to these dynasties? Especially since we find a growing desire to reject the established political elites by implementing lotteries. Why this desire? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this system? The research carried out indicates that lotteries can strengthen and improve our democratic systems. Let’s see why.
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Recorded on 17th November 2023 Conversations with Sergei GURIEV is a podcast by Sciences Po. Hélène NAUDET supervised the production of this series., with the help of Blanca GONZALEZ MARTINEZ, Sciences Po Master student in Political Science. The Sciences Po audio department produced and mixed it. Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information. | |||
| 28 May 2024 | On Digital Inequality and its Political Implications, with Jen Schradie | 00:40:14 | |
The digital inequalities are considerable and directly linked to social inequalities: less money, less equipment, less time, less training. How is political activism developed in this context? With what consequences? Jen Schradie has been studying these questions for over 10 years by combining quantitative, qualitative and computational studies. By sharing her conclusions with us, she also tells us about the impacts of artificial intelligence on research and teaching activities. Next year, she will give a course at Sciences Po on the use of Gen AI in research. Jen Schradie is an Assistant Professor, researcher at the Centre for Research on Social InequalitieS (CRIS). Additional Resources:
Recorded on 3 May 2024 Conversations with Sergei GURIEV is a podcast by Sciences Po. Hélène NAUDET supervised the production of this series, with the help of Jade SOULLARD, Sciences Po Master student. Sciences Po' studio produced and mixed it. Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information. | |||