Movies can play a big role in shaping people’s perceptions of important topics, such as the protection of personal data. In the podcast « Who is the bad guy? The role of movies in the social construction of data protection », Megan discusses with experts in the field of data protection who share their knowledge on the present layout of the data protection field. Together they explore how movies on data privacy shape perceptions and how this impacts individuals’ security
Today, our host Nynke de Jong and her guest Rabia Turnbull, from the 2021-2023 IMSISS cohort, meet up for a new episode of Sips & Quips and even more interesting insights on national security landscapes. Rabia shares her understanding of pressing issues in her home country, South Africa, and her vision of how to tackle them.
In this new episode of Sips & Quips, Megan Zutt meets up with Maria Patsikouridi, a former primary school teacher who decided to go back to the other side of education to further study the link between political violence and education. First interviewee of the Trento group, Maria is also one of the two student representatives of the 2021-2023 IMSISS cohort.
In this podcast Guus Rotink meets Agha Bayramov, an assistant professor at the University of Groningen. They discuss a significant, but often overlooked impact of the War in Ukraine, namely the changing international relations within the South Caucasus. The war in Ukraine is impacting the region’s power structures and perhaps offers potential other powers than Russia to increase their influence. The podcast looks specifically at reactions to the conflict in Armenia as well as Azerbaijan and at how both countries could operate going forward. Does the current situation provide problems for these two states which have been in conflict with one and another for decades, or does it rather provide a rare opportunity for true positive change?
