The Governance Podcast

Podcast - Scientific Expertise and Decision-Making Under Uncertainty

About the Talk How do we make reliable decisions when our scientific models cannot predict outcomes with absolute certainty? In this episode, Our Associate Director, Dr R

Podcast - Knowledge and Expertise in Democratic Politics.

About the Talk In this episode of the Governance Podcast Associate Director Sam DeCanio, Dr. Jonny Benson, and Professor Jason Brennan discusses the relationship between

Podcast - False Prophets of Economics Imperialism: a discussion with Matthew Watson

About the Talk In this episode of The Governance Podcast, CSGS Director Mark Pennington discusses with Matthew Watson some key themes in Matthew’s new book False Prophets

Podcast - Liberal Democracy and the Challenge of Anti-Democratic Viewpoints

About the Talk In this episode of the Governance Podcast Mark Pennington discusses with Alasia Nuti the contribution of her new book Politicising Political Liberalism (Ox

Podcast - The Dispersion of Power: A Critical Realist Theory of Democracy

About the Talk In this episode of the Governance Podcast, CSGS Director Mark Pennington speaks with Dr Samuel Bagg about his recent book - The Dispersal of Power: A Criti

Podcast: Liberal vs Paternalist Approaches to Economic Development Policy with Prof William Easterly

About the Talk In this episode of the Governance podcast, our Director Mark Pennington speaks to Prof. William Easterly from New York University on liberal vs paternalist

Podcast - Estonia and Socialist Reality with Matthew D. Mitchell

About the Talk In this episode of the Governance podcast, our Director Mark Pennington interviews Dr. Matthew Mitchell on the socialist reality in Estonia’s history. This

From Panmure House to State Capitalism: Adam Dixon on the relevance of Adam Smith

About the Talk In this episode of the podcast, Prof. Mark Pennington interviews Prof. Adam Dixon on the contemporary relevance of the Scottish philosopher and political e

The Life and Times of F.A. Hayek: A Conversation with Bruce Caldwell

About the Talk In this episode of the podcast, Prof. Mark Pennington interviews Prof. Bruce Caldwell, one of the co-authors of this recently published book Hayek: A Life.

Podcast: Liberty and Complexity in Liberalism and Conservatism with Dr. Greg Collins

About the Talk Can a moral or divine law independent of contingency accommodate the social and economic complexities of circumstance? Does a defense of custom necessarily

Podcast: When Law sends the Wrong Message: Understanding What Laws Communicate About ‘Socially Acceptable Behavior’ with Shubhangi Roy

About the Talk Lawmakers, activists, and academics, often, presume that enacting a law sends a (powerful) message about what is socially desirable and acceptable. At wor

Complexity and the Politics of Regulation: A Discussion with Andrew Haldane

On this week’s episode of the Governance Podcast, Mark Pennington, the Director at the Study of Governance and Society here at King College London, interviews Andy Haldan

‘Too much’ and ‘too little’ content moderation: Internet governance as a case study in advanced liberal modes of government: In Conversation with Terry Flew

On this week’s episode of the Governance Podcast, Mark Pennington, the Director at the Study of Governance and Society here at King College London, interviews Professor T

The data that is and that data the isn’t: the pitfalls of using big data: In conversation with Diane Coyle

On this week’s episode of the Governance Podcast, Mark Pennington, the Director at the Study of Governance and Society here at King College London, interviews Professor D

Politics and Expertise: In Conversation with Zeynep Pamuk

Our ability to act on some of the most pressing issues of our time, from pandemics and climate change to artificial intelligence and nuclear weapons, depends on knowledge

Use of Algorithms in Society: In Conversation with Cass Sunstein

On this week’s episode of the Governance Podcast, Mark Pennington, the Director at the Study of Governance and Society here at King College London, interviews Professor C

UK Pensions Crisis and Central Banking: Dr. Steven Klein interviews Prof. Martin Weale

On this week’s episode of the Governance Podcast, Dr. Steven Klein interviews Prof. Martin Weale from the Department of Political Economy at King's College London. This e

Bettering Humanomics: A Conversation with Deirdre McCloskey

This episode explores Prof McCloskey’s criticism of the way the discipline of economics has unfortunately been separated from matters of ethics, the importance of liberal

Cultures of Expertise in Economics: In Conversation with Dr. Danielle Guizzo

On this week’s episode of the Governance Podcast, our Director Mark Pennington interviews Dr. Danielle Guizzo from University of Bristol. This episode is titled “Cultures

Governing Markets as Knowledge Commons with Dr. Erwin Dekker

On this week’s episode of the Governance Podcast, our Director Prof. Mark Pennington interviews Dr. Erwin Dekker from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Thi