Political Economy in 60 Seconds

To higher-degree research students within the School of Social and Political Sciences,

We are soon commencing a project launching a series of podcasts on Progress in Political Economy (PPE) and would like to have you as participants of this exciting project!

The aim of our project is to produce a series of podcasts by higher-degree research students in the School of Social and Political Sciences (SSPS). This involves two applied podcast training workshops that will be led by Miles Martignoni, Podcast Producer at Guardian Australia. We will then create teams to draft, record and edit a series of 5 podcasts themed around the concept of “space”, with each being 60 seconds long. The podcast series will be published in the Progress in Political Economy Blog.

We will have 10-15 project participants and we will ensure that our cohort is diverse in terms of research progression and domestic/international students, as well as diversity in terms of class, gender, ethnicity, and sexuality. If you are exploring spatial dimensions of political economy in your research and you are keen to learn about podcast production, please send an e-mail to Sirma Altun (sirma.altun@sydney.edu.au) by March 22 introducing yourself and your research.

We will have our first introductory meeting with recruited participants on March 29 (with those recruited participants informed about the time and location of the meeting by email).

Thank you,

Sirma Altun

Author: Sirma Altun

Dr Sirma Altun is a graduate from the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney. Her thesis, ‘The Production of Space in Hong Kong and Taipei: Socio-Spatial Struggles over Global City Formation’ was the recipient of the Institute of Australian Geographers (IAG) Award for Dissertation Excellence (2021) and she was also the recipient of the 2020 Frank Stilwell Award in Political Economy. She is a full-time Lecturer in the Department of Politics and Economics at Ankara University.

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