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Power and Privilege in AcademiaActivism and advocacy as a postgraduateProf Patricia Kingori, Dr Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra, and Dr Ayesha Ahmad join Kumeri Bandara to explore the opportunities, challenges, and complexities of postgraduate-led activism and advocacy in academia. Recorded on 12 June 2023. This episode is a little different from our usual format—it's a recording of a live panel discussion, shared here with the speakers' prior consent. The event took place at the 2023 Postgraduate Bioethics Conference, held in June at the University of Edinburgh. In this panel discussion hosted by Kumeri Bandara, we hear from senior academics Prof Patricia Kingori, Dr Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra, and Dr Ayesha Ahmad, as they explore what it me...2025-05-2835 minPower and Privilege in AcademiaActivism and advocacy as a postgraduate (Transcript)Prof Patricia Kingori, Dr Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra, and Dr Ayesha Ahmad join Kumeri Bandara to explore the opportunities, challenges, and complexities of postgraduate-led activism and advocacy in academia. Recorded on 12 June 2023. This episode is a little different from our usual format—it's a recording of a live panel discussion, shared here with the speakers' prior consent. The event took place at the 2023 Postgraduate Bioethics Conference, held in June at the University of Edinburgh. In this panel discussion hosted by Kumeri Bandara, we hear from senior academics Prof Patricia Kingori, Dr Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra, and Dr Ayesha Ahmad, as they explore what it me...2025-05-2800 minPower and Privilege in AcademiaInclusivity in PublishingDr Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra and Dr Sabrina Germain discuss the injustices, barriers, and challenges faced by minoritised academics in the publishing world, and the changes needed. Recorded on 6 June 2023. In this episode, we speak with Dr Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra and Dr Sabrina Germain about structural inequities in academic publishing, asking who gets to produce and share knowledge, and what systemic barriers shape the field. Agomoni is a senior lecturer in Bioethics and Global Health Ethics and Deputy Director of the Mason Institute at the University of Edinburgh, whose work addresses power, exploitation, justice, and vulnerability in global health. Sabrina is a Reader...2025-04-2351 minPower and Privilege in AcademiaInclusivity in Publishing (Transcript)Dr Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra and Dr Sabrina Germain discuss the injustices, barriers, and challenges faced by minoritised academics in the publishing world, and the changes needed. Recorded on 6 June 2023. In this episode, we speak with Dr Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra and Dr Sabrina Germain about structural inequities in academic publishing, asking who gets to produce and share knowledge, and what systemic barriers shape the field. Agomoni is a senior lecturer in Bioethics and Global Health Ethics and Deputy Director of the Mason Institute at the University of Edinburgh, whose work addresses power, exploitation, justice, and vulnerability in global health. Sabrina is a Reader...2025-04-2300 min
Mason Institute InvestigatesCelebrating 40 years of Mason and McCall Smith's Law and Medical EthicsOn this very special episode of the Mason Institute podcast series we celebrate the seminal textbook, Mason and McCall Smith's Law and Medical Ethics, which was born and nurtured here at Edinburgh Law School.Forty years ago Professor Ken Mason and Dr Alexander McCall Smith developed the idea for a textbook that would combine their disciplines in medicine and law, and offer guidance where none had been before. It broke new ground and continues to do so today. Now in its 12th edition, we wanted to look back at how far the textbook has come and understand what th...2023-10-2551 min
Philosophy Casting CallA Critique of Distributive Global Health Justice w/Agomoni Ganguli-MitraWhat does interdisciplinarity mean when your discipline is interdisciplinary? In this episode, bioethicist and global health ethicist Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra talks about using philosophical theories alongside scientific epistemologies and feminist approaches to shape our understanding of ‘global health ethics’. Specifically, she gets into her critique of the popular model of distributive justice.
How to reach Agomoni
Website: https://www.law.ed.ac.uk/people/dr-agomoni-ganguli-mitra
Twitter: @GanguliMitra
Texts mentioned in the episode (All links are affiliated to Bookshop.org UK and any purchases made through them will generate a small commission that help...2023-03-0242 min
Thinking Out Loud: leading philosophers discuss topical global issuesIs the coronavirus pandemic worse for women?An interview with Dr Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra. Dr Ganguli Mitra talks with Katrien Devolder about how pandemics increase existing inequalities in societies, and how this may result in even more victims than those from the disease itself. She urges governments and others to take social justice considerations much more into account when preparing for, and tackling, pandemics.2020-04-2109 minThinking Out Loud: leading philosophers discuss topical global issuesHow the Coronavirus Pandemic Exacerbates Existing InequalitiesAn interview with Dr Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra. Dr Ganguli Mitra talks with Katrien Devolder about how pandemics increase existing inequalities in societies, and how this may result in even more victims than those from the disease itself. She urges governments and others to take social justice considerations much more into account when preparing for, and tackling, pandemics.2020-04-2109 minThinking Out Loud: leading philosophers discuss topical global issuesHow the Coronavirus Pandemic Exacerbates Existing InequalitiesAn interview with Dr Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra. Dr Ganguli Mitra talks with Katrien Devolder about how pandemics increase existing inequalities in societies, and how this may result in even more victims than those from the disease itself. She urges governments and others to take social justice considerations much more into account when preparing for, and tackling, pandemics.2020-04-2109 min