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Environmental Histories and Potential Futures – Episode 60 – The Oxford Comment

April 27, 2021The Oxford Comment, The Oxford Commentclimate change, environmental future, environmental history, environmentalism, erin mauldin, future studies, jennifer gidley, The Oxford Commentoxfordacademic

The academic fields of both environmental history and future studies originated in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s during the rise of the mainstream environmental movement. On today’s episode of The Oxford Comment, we are joined by environmental historian Erin Stewart Mauldin, author Unredeemed Land: An Environmental History of Civil War and Emancipation in the Cotton South, and Jennifer Gidley, the past president of the World Futures Studies and author of The Future: A Very Short Introduction, to learn more about how these two areas of study look at our relationship with the environment and how these valuable perspectives can engage, and inform, our environmental understanding.

Learn more about Unredeemed Land: An Environmental History of Civil War and Emancipation in the Cotton South and Erin Stewart Mauldin here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/unredeemed-land-9780190865177
Learn more about The Future: A Very Short Introduction and Jennifer Gidley here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-future-a-very-short-introduction-9780198735281

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Government Transparency and the Freedom of Information – Episode 59 – The Oxford Comment

March 30, 2021The Oxford Comment, The Oxford Commenteurozone crisis, foia, freedom of information, freedom of information eu, government transparency, himanshu jha, right to information, right to information india, The Oxford Comment, vivien schmidtoxfordacademic

Last episode of The Oxford Comment, we talked about Open Access and the importance of the accessibility of academic research for the betterment of society. This episode, we are joined by Himanshu Jha, the author of Capturing Institutional Change: The Case of the Right to Information Act in India, and Vivien A. Schmidt, the author of Europe’s Crisis of Legitimacy: Governing by Rules and Ruling by Numbers in the Eurozone, to discuss government transparency and the flow of information from those in power to the citizens who ultimately give them power.

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Open Access – Episode 58 – The Oxford Comment

January 26, 2021The Oxford Comment, The Oxford Commentdanny altmann, oa journals, open access, open access journals, open access oup, oxford open immunologyoxfordacademic

On this episode of The Oxford Comment, Rhiannon Meaden, a Senior Publisher for Journals at OUP, and Danny Altmann, editor-in-chief of Oxford Open Immunology, cover the basics of Open Access, OUP’s drive to disseminate academic research as widely as possible, and how easily-accessible research has impacted various academic fields around the world. This last fact is especially important as the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Voter Fraud and Election Meddling – Episode 57 – The Oxford Comment

October 27, 2020The Oxford Comment, The Oxford Comment2016 election, 2020 election, accessible elections, caroline tolbert, dov levin, election meddling, election safety, election security, mail in voting, meddling in the ballot box, michael ritter, podcast, The Oxford Comment, vote by mail, voter suppressionoxfordacademic

On this episode of The Oxford Comment, we spoke with three scholars who specialize in electoral intervention, voter turnout, and voting laws. Caroline Tolbert and Michael Ritter, co-authors of Accessible Elections: How the States Can Help Americans Vote, and Dov Levin, author of Meddling in the Ballot Box: The Causes and Effects of Partisan Electoral Interventions, answered our questions about voting and offered solutions for the safety and security of the 2020 US presidential election and elections in the future.

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Urban Studies, City Life, and COVID-19 – Episode 56 – The Oxford Comment

August 24, 2020The Oxford Comment, The Oxford Commentcities, city life, covid-19, james mansell, obo, oxford bibliographies, pandemic, richard dilworth, toronto, urban soundscapes, urban studies, zack tayloroxfordacademic

On this episode of The Oxford Comment, we spoke with three scholars involved in the launch of the upcoming Oxford Bibliographies in Urban Studies. Editor-in-Chief Richard Dilworth and authors Zack Taylor (“Toronto”) and James Mansell (“Urban Soundscapes”) discussed the new OBO subject at large, their individual contributions, and attempted to answer for us the question on everyone’s mind: what is the future of cities in a post-COVID world?

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