Meliora: a podcast from the Sustainability & Resilience Institute

Apr 16 2024
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Welcome to the Meliora Podcast from the Sustainability and Resilience Institute at the University of Southampton! 

This podcast will explore the greatest and most wicked problem that is sustainability, whilst looking at how we are collectively addressing this critical global challenge. 

Sustainability needs to be addressed by understanding how the economy, society, culture, politics and environment intersect, and this will be the focus that informs each episode of the Meliora podcast.

In each episode, host Professor Simon Kemp will be joined by a variety of guests, including academics, students, staff, researchers, alumni, community groups and business leaders. 

The aim of the podcast is to shine a light on the vast range of topics surrounding sustainability and to allow listeners to learn about the critical challenges we face, as well as how they can be part of the solution. 
Podcast host: Professor Simon Kemp, Deputy Director of the Sustainability & Resilience Institute, University of Southampton

Podcast editors: Lily Killner & Sophie Green, School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton

Please do get in touch to discuss this podcast and any of the issues we raise by emailing [email protected]

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Careers in Sustainability: Sophie Van Eetvelt's journey through International Development, mobile technology, humanitarian crisis response, climate innovation, WWF, & the GLA.

Apr 16 2024 56 mins  
In this episode of the Meliora Podcast from the Sustainability & Resilience Institute at the University of Southampton we have a lovely chat with another of our wonderful alumni, the inspirational Sophie Van Eetvelt where we navigate through her fascinating career journey over the last decade. Our discussion showcases the diverse nature of career opportunities available in the

'Put a Pocket in it!' How Cirevo, Jon Coello & Lucy Marum are tackling Fast Fashion through Systems Thinking & Responsible Technology via Dinosaurs, Asteroids, Dresses, Games, Data, Apps, Convenience & Innovative Thinking for the Circular Economy

Apr 08 2024 69 mins  
In this episode of the Meliora Podcast from the Sustainability & Resilience Institute at the University of Southampton we have a lovely chat with two of our utterly awesome alumni, Jon Coello and Lucy Marum to discuss their fascinating career routes, the criticality of the circular economy, and how the work of just two (admittedly great) people can make a profound difference.Ho

What's the problem with Lionfish? The environmental and social impacts of the expanding Bermuda Lionfish population, and potential management strategies

Mar 14 2024 32 mins  
In this episode of the Meliora podcast from the Sustainability & Resilience Institute at the University of Southampton, we are joined by the excellent Lucy Benson who is studying BSc Environmental Science. Lucy has spent the last year working on her Undergraduate Individual Research Project by investigating Lionfish population numbers and associated impacts around her home coun

What does gender equality have to do with climate change? Exploring why the experiences of women are key to sustainable development and emissions reductions

Mar 06 2024 52 mins  
For International Women’s day 2024, the Meliora Podcast from the Sustainability & Resillience Insititute (SRI) at the University of Southampton is guest hosted by SRI colleagues Alice Brock and Grace Compton, who wanted to explore the intersection between Gender and Climate Change. In this episode they discuss the Sustainable Development Goal 5 on Gender Equality, how the imp

The English Premier League and the Sustainable Development Goals

Feb 19 2024 48 mins  
In a first for the Meliora podcast from the Sustainability & Resilience Institute at the University of Southampton, we are discussing an Undergraduate Individual Research Project with the impressive Ben Hunt who is studying BA Geography. Ben is assessing the sustainability work of some of the most famous sporting organisations in the world, the twenty football clubs that make u

Biodiversity Net Gain - the view from the inside of the legislative process and hopes for the future

Feb 15 2024 53 mins  
Our guest on this episode of the Meliora podcast from the Sustainability & Resilience Institute at the University of Southampton is the impressive Emily Cole. Emily was one of the lead architects of the recently launched Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) legislation, arguably one of the most ambitious and important sustainability legislative changes of recent times.Emily explains thi

Contrasting Subjective & Objective Wellbeing in the Context of Spatial Environmental Characteristics & Climatic Risk: A comparative case study on the Volta Delta, Ghana

Feb 04 2024 36 mins  
In this episode of the Meliora Podcast from the Sustainability & Resilience Institute at the University of Southampton we are joined by the brilliant Laurence Cannings for a fascinating discussion around his PhD research titled: "Contrasting Subjective and Objective Wellbeing in the Context of Spatial Environmental Characteristics and Climatic Risk: A comparative case study on

Sustainability, Resilience and Well-being: The Crafting Heritage for Well-being in Iraq (CHeWI) project

Jan 18 2024 30 mins  
In this episode of the Meliora podcast we are joined by Dr Emma Palmer-Cooper from the School of Psychology at the University of Southampton to discuss the Crafting Heritage for Well-being in Iraq (CHeWI) project. The British Academy funded CHeWI project explores the nexus of crafting, heritage and well-being for survivors of conflict in Iraq, which has one psychiatric hospital for

Tax Taylor Swift! Exploring the sustainability issues surrounding the music industry.

Jan 12 2024 62 mins  
In this episode of the Meliora podcast our host Professor Simon Kemp is joined by Professor Tom Irvine, the Head of Music at the University of Southampton who has a growing interest in all aspects of sustainability in music. During this conversation we address all the sustainability dimensions of the music industry - cultural, social, economic, and environmental. We discuss the top

Good COP, Bad COP?

Dec 16 2023 60 mins  
In this special episode of the Meliora podcast from the Sustainability & Resilience Institute (SRI) at the University of Southampton we are looking at some of the main outcomes from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP)28. Recorded on the afternoon the gavel came down on COP28, we are joined by Grace Compton SRI Specialist Policy