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Bariscope#19: The Final Episode of Bariscope - Our thoughts on International Relations, Academia and a Call to ActionThis is it: After three seasons we wrap up Bariscope with our last episode. In these 15 minutes we look back on how our initial idea turned out, share our thoughts on international relations and academia and call out to all of you listening to launch critical and curious initiatives. And of course we answer our last question: sharing one tip that we would give our 20 year old selves.
But most importantly we want to thank you, our listeners, and everyone else that has supported us during the last two years. Without your ideas, inputs and interactions we...
2022-12-0117 min
Bariscope#18: How to start your own podcast at age 20, with Lukas and LeaHello everyone! In this second last episode of Bariscope we sit down and talk all things creating your own podcast: how the idea crystallised, the questions you need to ask yourself before you embark on the journey of podcasting, why preparation is key, the equipment we used, how to find and reach out to potential guests and of course we share our learnings from these two years of podcasting. This episode is for all of you that are curious about starting their own podcast and all others that are intrigued about a behind-the-scenes-ramble from yours truly ;)
Voilà, t...
2022-11-1520 min
Bariscope#17: Think tanks, navigating your early career in IR and a call for a courageous Swiss foreign policy with Anna-Lina Müller**timestamps below** For the final episode of this three-part series we have the great pleasure to welcome Anna-Lina Müller, Co-Director of foraus (the leading grass root think tank on Swiss foreign policy) since Spring 2022. After starting medicine at the University of Zurich and realising that it simply wasn’t for her, she switched to political science and history. During her bachelor studies Anna-Lina co-founded DiscussIt, an association that organizes political podiums in over 40 partner schools in Switzerland ahead of votations. In 2021 she completed her masters degree in political science and government at the University of Oxford having focused in...
2022-10-1248 min
Bariscope#16 - The situation of female refugees in Greece with Raquel HerzogWe are looking forward to sharing with you this conversation with Raquel Herzog (it's been a long time coming!). Raquel is the founder of SAO association, a Swiss NGO that supports displaced women in Greece since 2015. We actually had the pleasure to welcome Raquel Herzog at the University of Geneva during an event both of us co-organized with foraus (an organization working on swiss foreign policy) back in September 2020. We've received many positive feedbacks on that event and the situation of female refugees continues to be underreported, which is why it made absolute sense to invite her again, this...
2022-09-1447 min
Bariscope#15: War crimes and trauma in Ukraine and the effectiveness of international humanitarian law with Belkis Wille, Senior Researcher at Human Rights Watch*timestamps below*
Bariscope is back with three great episodes! It’s an honour and pleasure to have a very special guest to kick off this third season: Belkis Wille, Senior researcher in the crisis and conflict division at Human Rights Watch. She has been reporting in Ukraine on the killings, torture and enforced disappearances in areas around Kyiv and Chernihiv as well as the siege of Mariupol in March 2022.
We will talk about the horrible first months of the war in Ukraine, how human rights watch operates in such a context and then hear Belkis' tak...
2022-08-3146 min
Bariscope#14: Emotions in IR, the mobilization of hate and collective resilience during the COVID pandemic with Dr. Sandra PenicWelcome to the final episode for this semester with Dr. Sandra Penic, senior researcher at the Departement of Political Science and International Relations as well as the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences at the University of Geneva. In this conversation we’re diving into all things emotions: anger, hope, fear, empathy, hate and solidarity – and how and why we can experience them collectively. Emotions have been underlying many of our conversations here on the podcast, especially when talking about populism and the us vs. them discourse in our western democracies, so we’re really thrilled to have an expert to giv...
2022-01-1957 min
Bariscope#13: Plural Economics with Oliver Braunschweig Part 2 of 2In the second part of our conversation with Oliver Braunschweig we will apply the more general input on Plural Economics from the first episode to concepts of International Relations. We will have a critical discussion on economic growth, trade, climate change and social justice to see how plural economics can offer new input on these concepts that are often used but rarely put into perspective in IR.Economic ideas and considerations are crucial in International relations, however they are often used without a thorough and critical examination. To present new perspectives we invited Oliver Braunschweig, a representative o...
2022-01-0549 min
Bariscope#12: Plural Economics with Oliver Braunschweig Part 1 of 2Economics is a crucial component of International Relations. Concepts such as trade, growth and GDP are popular and largely applied without discussions regarding potential shortcomings and how they emerged. In fact, universities almost exclusively teach what is called "neoclassical" economics, a mathematics and market-based theory of economics. This rigid and uniform approach to how economics thaught, defined and looked at is disputed, predominantly by students that want to make room for discussions and publications on alternative takes on economics by redefining the discipline and the concepts it teaches. These new approaches are what is called Plural Economics. T...
2021-12-1740 min
Bariscope#11: Sexual violence in armed conflicts, humanitarianism and finding purpose with Coline RapneauToday we are welcoming the brilliant Coline Rapneau on Bariscope - our first guest from outside academia with extensive experience as a humanitarian worker at the International Committee of the Red Cross. Before joining the ICRC Coline Rapneau completed her Master's Degree in international relations with a major in International Law at the Graduate institute here in Geneva, then worked as a humanitarian officer at the French permanent mission to the UN and spent three years as a legal assistant for the international criminal tribunal for Rwanda and ex-Yugoslavia. At the ICRC she spent 6 years as a protection delegate...
2021-11-1748 min
Bariscope#10: International law and climate change with Dr. Elena Cima*(Timestamps below)*We are welcoming Dr. Elena Cima on Bariscope to finally discuss a climate-related subject on our podcast. Having studied International Law at Yale Law school and Tsinghua University before completing her Ph.D. at the Graduate institute in Geneva and joining the University of Geneva as a research and teaching fellow, Dr. Cima presents an impressive academic record focusing principally on international energy governance as well as on the role international trade, investment and dispute settlement can play in addressing climate change. Tune in to find out how actors and institutions that are not overly...
2021-11-0449 min
Dans Ton CampusDans ton campus - épisode 37Un programme riche et varié pour rentrer dans ce mois de novembre !
Vous connaissez le Bariscope ? C’est un podcast qui permet l’échange entre étudiants et professeurs du BARI sur les sujets de leurs cours en relations internationales. Léa Hatt, co-fondatrice du projet, vient en parler à Célia.
Après leur manifestation d’il y a quelques jours, le mouvement de la grève pour le climat revient sur leur combat à l’approche de la COP26. Elodie répond aux questions d’Hugo sur le sujet.
Autre combat, autres revendications, Teo et Jules de la CUAE...
2021-11-021h 17
Bariscope#09: 9/11, the Arab Spring and "liberal democracies" in crisis with Prof. Mohamed Mahmoud Ould MohamedouSeason two of 'Bariscope - critically curious conversations' is starting off with a stellar guest : Professor Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou, international history scholar and Chair of the 'International History and Politics Department' at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies here in Geneva. An expert in transnational terrorism and democratization in Africa and the Middle East, Prof. Mohamedou has spent many years in the US at Harvard University, the City University of New York, at the International Council on Human Rights Policy, prior to becoming Deputy Director and Academic Dean of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. Between...
2021-10-2058 min
Bariscope#08: Intro SEASON 2 - Bariscope EpisodeWelcome back to season 2 of Bariscope! We are both looking very forward to sharing the upcoming episodes with you, which will be centred around topics which we feel like weren't sufficiently addressed in our lectures, such as terrorism and the post 9/11 world, climate change and international energy governance, plural economics, sexual violence in armed conflicts, the decolonization of humanitarian work and collective resilience and solidarity in the aftermath of crises (e.g. the Covid pandemic).This intro explains all things new and old about our podcast - we hope you'll be back soon for one of our...
2021-10-2002 min
Bariscope#07: Korean Politics with Dr. Youngshik Bong (Bariscope Special)Before Bariscope takes a summer break we conclude our first season with a special episode!We welcome Dr. Youngshik Bong who is currently a research fellow at Yonsei University’s institute for North Korean studies in Seoul. An expert on Korean domestic and international politics, Dr. Bong has been publishing on the interplay between nationalism and globalization in East Asia as well as current security challenges in the region.On Bariscope he will provide first-hand insight on North and South Korean politics and give his opinion on the challenges facing East Asian states, a region th...
2021-07-1943 min
Bariscope#06: Foreign aid, domestic politics and re-entering academia with Prof. Simone DietrichIt is an honour and pleasure to welcome for today’s episode professor Simone Dietrich! Since 2017 she is an associate professor at the faculty of sciences de la société at the University of Geneva, specialised in foreign aid and international development. We will be talking to her about how domestic politics and civil society shape foreign aid allocation, the differences between the different development actors (NGOs, International Organisations, Public Private Partnerships), what effect a left-leaning government compared to a right-leaning government has on development spendings, what interests states pursue when allocating foreign aid and the geostrategic tensions in inte...
2021-07-1259 min
Bariscope#05: Conflict and peacebuilding in Sub-Saharan Africa with Prof. Didier PéclardThis week we welcome Professor Didier Péclard on Bariscope. He directs the Master in African Studies and holds several lectures on the topic of African politics for both Bachelor and Master students at the University of Geneva. Primarily focusing on Africa, Professor Péclard is an expert on Angola with his research revolving around questions of religion and politics, conflict and state-formation as well as peacebuilding and development.Tune in to hear professor Péclard’s take on the role of Western academia in the study of African politics, Ethiopia’s struggle as an example for the cha...
2021-07-0554 min
Bariscope#04: EU, human rights and the complexities of global governance with Prof. Sandra LavenexIt is a pleasure to welcome Professor Sandra Lavenex on the fourth episode of Bariscope! She is the director of the department of political science and international relations at the University of Geneva as well as a board member of the GSI. Her award-winning research focuses on European and International politics, with special regards on migration, European integration, global governance and power transitions. All of these issues will be treated in today’s conversation so tune in to find out why the EU is not anchored in human rights, which models of international governance are promising to tackle future ch...
2021-06-2854 min
Bariscope#03: Mouvements féministes et anti-racistes dans le passé et présent avec Doctorante Pamela Ohene-Nyako*en français* On se réjouit beaucoup de vous présenter notre troisième invitée : Pamela Ohene-Nyako, assistante-doctorante dans l’Unité d’histoire contemporaine à l’Université de Genève, alumna du BARI, qui enseigne entre autres le séminaire "Multilatéralisme et organisations internationales". Aujourd’hui, on va parler du féminisme intersectionnel, du racisme comme force structurante dans les relations internationales, de mouvements transnationaux féministes et anti-racistes entre autre Black Lives Matter, mais aussi de questions d’identité, en quoi l’art, la littérature et la musique peuvent nourrir le travail académique et enfin notre invité va partag...
2021-05-3153 min
Bariscope#02: The decline of the Left, populism and inequality in Western social democracies with Prof. Jonas PontussonIt is a great honour and pleasure to welcome for this second episode Prof. Jonas Pontusson who is since 2010 professor of comparative politics at the faculty of Sciences de la Société here at the University of Geneva. He has written extensively on Swedish social democracy, inequality, redistribution, capitalism, trade unions and is currently directing a five year research project on unequal democracies. Alongside Unequal Democracies, Jonas Pontusson is engaged in a project on post-Fordist growth models supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation. In today’s conversation we are looking forward to learn more about the just mentioned rese...
2021-05-2454 min
Bariscope#01: Villes et Mondialisation dans les Suds avec Prof. Armelle Choplin*en français* Pour notre première épisode nous avons le grand plaisir et honneur d'accueillir la professeure Armelle Choplin, qui est depuis 2019 directrice de l’Institut GEDT (gouvernance de l'environnement et développement territorial) à l’Université de Genève ! Cette conversation est dédiée à des questions liées à l'urbanisation, l'effet de la pandémie sur notre mobilité, en quoi les villes sont les nouveaux acteurs internationaux, en quoi tout est lié (relations entre local et global) et nous avons aussi la chance d'apprendre plus sur les motivations de notre invitée de consacrer sa carrière à l'académie, ses expéri...
2021-05-1751 min
Bariscope#00 Intro SEASON 1 - Bariscope EpisodeWelcome to Bariscope! Tune in if you are interested by critical and curious questions related to world politics and academia. This intro explains what our podcast is all about, as well as who we are and what our motivation is to launch Bariscope.We hope you'll be back soon for one of our episodes!Lea & Lukas
2021-05-0803 min