Megan talks with Dr Luca Trenta, an Associate Professor at Swansea University specialising in and researching US involvement in the assassinations of foreign officials from the Cold War to present day. He has also won many academic awards, among which is the 2017 British Academy Rising Star Engagement Award for his project: ‘Out of the Shadows: understanding, researching and teaching covert action. Megan asks about how he got into his area of research and how he thinks it can help is in the future of International Relations. We hope you enjoy the conversation! <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

On the move - but to where?

TSC, Swansea's social sciences podcast!In Swansea University's School of Social Sciences, we have a wealth of research going on that can help us to better understand our current world and its future challenges.&nbsp;The aim of this series of conversations with academics working across the fields of economics, criminology, politics, education, social policy, childhood studies, philosophy, sociology and international relations is to shine a light on that work, and the contributions that social sciences research can make.Episodes in this first round are hosted by Dr Gideon Calder and Megan Salter, a student on the BA Politics and International Relations.We hope you enjoy!FacebookTwitterInstagramTSC, podlediad gwyddorau cymdeithasol Abertawe!Wedi’n lleoli o Ysgol Gwyddorau Cymdeithas Prifysgol Abertawe, mae gennym gyfoeth o ymchwil a gwybodaeth a all ein helpu i ddeall ein byd presennol a’i ddyfodol yn well. Trwy gael sgwrs ag academyddion sy'n gweithio ym meysydd economeg, troseddeg, gwleidyddiaeth, addysg, athroniaeth, cymdeithaseg a chysylltiadau rhyngwladol rydym yn gobeithio helpu i addysgu ac ymgysylltu eraill â'r pynciau rydyn ni'n siarad amdanyn nhw bob dydd yn ein cyfadran.Cynhelir gan yr Athro Dr Gideon Calder a'r myfyriwr israddedig Megan Salter.Gobeithio y gwnewch chi fwynhau!TSC theme:The Beauty of Maths by Meydän | https://linktr.ee/meydanMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.