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How can we enable us to create social change and effective altruism while addressing the dichotomy of our modern life and values driven by markets.
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The Innocence Project London (IPL) is a pro bono organisation where students work with lawyers and academics to deconstruct claims of innocence from convicted individuals who have exhausted the criminal appeals process, with the aim of submitting applications to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) .
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4/4 The Impact of Innocence Work: The family member of an innocent client
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30:19This is the fourth and final podcast in the series of four special episodes which highlight the impact of innocence work. This episode features the family member of one of our clients. She speaks bravely and honestly about the challenges faced by her partner who is maintaining his innocence. This episode is recorded anonymously, but the story you w…
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3/4 The Impact of Innocence Work: The former IPL student, Calum McCrae
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32:34This is the third of four special episodes which highlight the impact of innocence work. This episode features Calum McCrae, an Innocence Project London alumni, now podcast producer at The Times. Calum talks about how innocence work sparked his interest in telling peoples stories through podcasts. Produced by Janno Media https://jannomedia.com/…
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2/4 The Impact of Innocence Work: The international freedom fighter, Justin Brooks
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33:40This is the second of four special episodes which highlight the impact of innocence work. This episode features Justin Brooks, a criminal defense lawyer, law professor, and the Founding Director of the California Innocence Project, where he has spent decades freeing innocent people from prison. Justin talks about the impact innocence work has had o…
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1/4 The impact of innocence work: The pro bono Director Rob Powell
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20:30This is the first of four special episodes which highlight the impact of innocence work. This episode features the director of pro bono at Weil and Gotshal, Rob Powell who talks about Weil's support for the Innocence Project London, and the impact it has had on the firm. Produced by Janno Media https://jannomedia.com/…
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Ohio Exoneree Dean Gillispie and his partner Pam Sidley
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15:52In this special episode for Wrongful Conviction Day Dean and Pam talk about the impact of Dean's wrongful conviction and how in the process of fighting for his compensation he had to re-live the traumatic trial.By Louise Hewitt
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Lidia Stoica: Working on the Innocence Project London
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Bethany Howell: Why innocence work is so important to me
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Criminology caseworkers: Zara Ruzic and Daniella Georgiou
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IPL student casework: Iida-Lotta Suonenlahti
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This episode hears from the family member of an IPL client, telling of the impact a wrongful conviction has on the family left behind.By Louise Hewitt
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Architecture, Anime & The Depth of Cyberspace
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1:04:12Eric Wong: Instagram Eric is an Architect, illustrator, design tutor and Senior Lecturer in University of Greenwich. He studied Art and Architecture at the Byam Shaw School of Art, Central Saint Martins. He completed his undergraduate degree at Cardiff University and later graduated with a masters from the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. Eric…
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Circular Textiles Greenwich Project - Reflections
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33:11About the Circular Textiles Greenwich Hub Our goal is to create a space in the minds of people in the Greenwich community and beyond by creating a physical space in the University of Greenwich and a virtual platform. A place where sustainable consumption practices and knowledge is shared and promoted with a view to providing solutions which can be …
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Heather White-Complicit. Making an impact and reaching further
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1:03:00By Olga Martin-Ortega and Fakhar Raza
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Our Perfect Society, Artistic Expression and Funding a Documentary
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1:09:49Heather is a founder and former President. www.verite.org - an internationally recognized social auditing and workplace advocacy organization operating in fifty countries annually, monitoring HR policies, chemical safety, and legal compliance with health and safety standards. Sample of investigations of workplace and human rights violations: http:/…
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Mauricio Lazala- Strategising the future of corporate justice
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1:01:07Mauricio Lazala, Deputy Director & Head of Europe Office (based in Frankfurt) of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre Mauricio Lazala, Deputy Director & Head of Europe Office (based in Frankfurt) of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre. Mauricio joined the Resource Centre in 2006. As part of the senior management team, he is invol…
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Salil Tripathi - Power, Accountability and Impact of your Voices
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1:00:42Expertise Salil is a writer and policy adviser with experience in researching corporate activities in diverse environments and applying international human rights standards to identify human rights abuses and and working with all sectors and stakeholders to build accountability and advocate positive change. Current Work Salil works on human rights …
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Innocent Talk: Cardiff, Manchester and London Innocence Projects discuss their work
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Sheung So-Protecting workers' rights in China
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1:16:48Sheung so is a labour activist and Chief Executive of Labour Education Services Network in Hong Kong, where she is also the Senior Trainer. Sheung has extensive experience working on labour issues in China. Her expertise includes labor dispute hotlines and support services, empowerment programme design and execution, labour rights and worker repres…
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Dr Annemarie Zijlema is a Lecturer in School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences at University of Greenwich. Her research interests include. User Experience Design Thinking Memory Information Retrieval Information Seeking Behavior Interaction Design Cognitive Psychology Autobiographical Memory Design Research Human-Computer Interaction C0u7hv8JGNr…
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Makmid Kamara-Leading justice and human rights from Africa
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1:03:04Makmid is a human rights campaigner, researcher and development communications practitioner, with almost twenty years experience working with national and international development and human rights organisations in Africa and the United Kingdom. See some of his work: HereBy Olga Martin-Ortega, Seema Joshi, Fakhar Raza
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Adam Elliott-Cooper is a Research Associate at school of humanities in University of Greenwich. He received his PhD from the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, in 2016. He has previously worked as a researcher in the Department of Philosophy at UCL, as a teaching fellow in the Department of Sociology at the University of…
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Olga, Seema & Raza-Reflections on the Path towards the Rights of Others
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50:40In this episode, the final one of Season 1, Olga, Seema & Raza reflect on the journey of the Rights of Others Podcast and what we have learnt during this season. We conclude we need to hear the voices of those on the ground, doing the work that ultimately leads to the protection and promotion of the rights of others. Season 2 is coming very soon!…
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Becca Barclay: Why I am volunteering on the IPL
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31:02Becca is a third year BA Criminology student at the University of Greenwich. Listen to her story from theatre to innocence work and everything inbetween.By Louise Hewitt
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Ceylan Akbas & Dilara Altun-Next Generation and the Future of Fighting for the Rights of Others
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1:01:37Ceylan Akbas and Dilara Altun are graduates of the School of Law and Criminology of the University of Greenwich and have co-lead the Greenwich Amnesty International Society and the Eco-team. They have interned at the Business, Human Rights and the Environment Research Group (www.bhre.org) working with Olga In corporate accountability projects. Dila…
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Talking about joint enterprise with JENGbA
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28:07Join IPL Director Louise Hewitt talking to Gloria Morrison from JENGbA (Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association) to find out more about joint enterprise why its use it unfair. Views expressed in this podcast do not necessarily reflect those of the IPL.By Louise Hewitt
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Dan Leader-Activist Lawyers in the midst of Goliaths
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47:23In this episode we talk to Dan Leader, partner in the British law firm LeighDay. Daniel specialises in international human rights and environmental law, with a particular focus on business and human rights. He has extensive experience of cases against parent companies, complex group actions and mass tort claims, as well as cross-border disputes and…
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Gemma Freedman-Rebalancing relations in the workplace to claim human rights
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1:03:57Gemma works as Assistant International Officer at Unison and she is responsible for Business and Human Rights as well as Unison's relationships with Asian trade unions. This includes coordinating UK civil society UN Binding Treaty Group; working through CORE Coalition on a duty to prevent corporate abuse of human and environmental rights and for re…
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Inspirational new student caseworkers
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1:05:42Be inspired by some of the new student caseworkers who talk about why they want to work on the IPL.By Louise Hewitt
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Vine of Amazon Jungle - Ayahuasca Retreat & Research Center
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1:54:59In this addition I talked to Carlos Tanner who initiated The Ayahuasca Foundation in 2008. Carlos Tanner, an American and student of curanderismo. After living and studying with a curandero for over four years, Carlos worked to provide a safe and effective way for people to not only receive treatment in the healing tradition of the Amazon but also …
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Nature in Lockdown & Grand Forces of Gaia - Full
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1:25:22Transdisciplinary design scientist and complex systems theorist Dr. Melissa Sterry is recognised as a world leading authority on the science, technology and thinking that could help humanity to build a better world. Few of her specialities are as following: Design Scientist, Systems Theorist, Futurologist Founding Director, Bionic City IMG_Credit-M…
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Nature in Lockdown & Grand Forces of Gaia - Part 2
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39:41Transdisciplinary design scientist and complex systems theorist Dr. Melissa Sterry is recognised as a world leading authority on the science, technology and thinking that could help humanity to build a better world. Few of her specialities are as following: Design Scientist, Systems Theorist, Futurologist Founding Director, Bionic City IMG_Credit-M…
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Nature in Lockdown & Grand Forces of Gaia - Part 1
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46:31Transdisciplinary design scientist and complex systems theorist Dr. Melissa Sterry is recognised as a world leading authority on the science, technology and thinking that could help humanity to build a better world. Few of her specialities are as following: Design Scientist, Systems Theorist, Futurologist Founding Director, Bionic City IMG_Credit-M…
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Music - Cold Funk by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3522-cold-funk License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/By Louise Hewitt
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Amol Mehra-Philanthropy: Deciding who gets to sit at the table
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44:18Amol Mehra, Esq. is the Director of Industry Transformation at the Laudes Foundation where he oversees programmes relating to transformation of the fashion and built environment sectors to address the dual crises of inequality and climate change. Previously, Amol served as Managing Director of the Freedom Fund, a leader in the global movement to en…
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Lost Voices of our Realities - Full Episode
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1:00:49Alex Pheby is a British author and academic. His second novel, Playthings, was described as “the best neuro-novel ever written" in Literary Review. We talked about the importance of fiction and its impact in world. The variable subjective realities and what are some ways we can have enriching experience of self. Books: Mordew Playthings Lucia…
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Lost Voices of our Realities - Part Two - GBF
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24:16Alex Pheby is a British author and academic. His second novel, Playthings, was described as “the best neuro-novel ever written" in Literary Review. We talked about the importance of fiction and its impact in world. The variable subjective realities and what are some ways we can have enriching experience of self. Books: Mordew Playthings Lucia…
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Lost Voices of our Realities - Part One - GBF
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32:42Alex Pheby is a British author and academic. His second novel, Playthings, was described as “the best neuro-novel ever written" in Literary Review. We talked about the importance of fiction and its impact in world. The variable subjective realities and what are some ways we can have enriching experience of self. Books: Mordew Playthings Lucia…
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Meghna Abraham-Covid-19, global inequalities and companies
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43:46Meghna Abraham is a lawyer who worked on human rights issues for close to two decades. She is an accomplished investigator, policy expert, advocate, campaigner, and trainer. She currently works as an international human rights consultant and as an Interim Asia-Pacific Director at the Natural Resource Governance Institute. Meghna Abraham is a lawyer…
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Working on the IPL: What the students say
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This is the pilot episode of a podcast about the work of the Innocence Project London, part of the global innocence movement. It aims to provide an honest account of how difficult this work is and why it matters, both to reform of the Criminal Justice System as well as in providing experiential learning to law and criminology students at the UoG.…
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In this podcast Seb Alex shared his views on what he has found useful to be a way of living when it comes to eating food and his journey into being a Vegan. We also talked about industrialisation of life forms as lifeless products. Img credit: markhensonart.comBy Fakhar Raza
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Marilyn Croser-Putting People and Planet at the Core of Business
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45:33Marilyn had served as Director of CORE, She led the UK Refugee Council’s parliamentary advocacy and campaigning prior to joining CORE, and worked for Oxfam GB on the Make Poverty History and Control Arms campaigns firstly as a campaigner and then as policy advisor.By Olga Martin-Ortega, Seema Joshi, Fakhar Raza
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Simon Ruffell graduated with a degree in medicine from the University of Sheffield before specialising in psychiatry. He has an interest in transcultural psychiatry, working overseas in Northern Uganda. He has a special interest in psychedelic research, namely ayahuasca and has spent the last three years conducting research into the use of ayahuasc…
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- Centre for Sports and Human Rights - William’s experience includes leading initiatives to promote responsible business practices and human rights in emerging sectors and geographies. William established IHRB’s presence in the Middle East in 2015, liaising closely with governments, embassies, state entities and major companies across the region, f…
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Olga, Seema & Raza-Mirror of Our Clean Energy Revolution
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39:26Seema have 20 years of professional experience working globally in law, policy and human rights. Most recently, she was Programme Director of Global Thematic Issues at Amnesty international. For many years, as Head of Business and Human Rights, she has led the organisation's investigative and advocacy work on corporate accountability. She is specia…
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Michael's work examines a number of topics in Ottoman history from the late seventeenth to the early twentieth century, with a general interest in Ottoman relations and interactions with the wider world. Photo Credit: Leslie MacDonald Gill, Cable & Wireless Great Circle Map, 1946By Fakhar Raza
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Pilot - Discovering a Pathway to Human Rights
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49:34Exploring the motivations which lead to care about human rights and then what kind of compassionate paths these individuals took in their life.By Olga Martin-Ortega, Seema Joshi, Fakhar Raza
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Solving Inequality in UK - On Creating Systems Based on Intentions of Equality and Growth
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40:21Özlem has shared with us the research project showing the effects of gender inequality, wages, wealth concentration and fiscal policy on macroeconomic performance in the UK. We talked about the important of including ecological aspects of our planet in policy making and how to rethink of investing in social infrastructural so that topics of sensiti…
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Greenwich - The Story of Voyage and Discovery
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56:27Book: Mathematics at the Meridian: The History of Mathematics at Greenwich We talked about the time itself and the rich heritage of greenwich and its connection with the stars through royal observatory. Historical realities of gender and race in past at our institutes in the era of great expanse. Using Math as an industrialised tool to homogenize p…
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