
Meliora: a podcast from the Sustainability & Resilience Institute
Welcome to the Meliora Podcast from the Sustainability and Resilience Institute at the University of Southampton!
This podcast explores the greatest and most wicked problem that is sustainability, whilst looking at how we are collectively addressing this critical global challenge.
Sustainability needs to be addressed by understanding how the economy, society, culture, politics and environment intersect, and this is the focus that informs each episode of the Meliora podcast.
In each episode, host Professor Simon Kemp and guest hosts are joined by a variety of guests, including academics, students, staff, researchers, alumni, community groups and business leaders.
The aim of the podcast is to shine a light on the vast range of topics surrounding sustainability and to allow listeners to learn about the critical challenges we face, as well as how they can be part of the solution. We also ensure our fantastic students have the opportunity to share their brilliant work with the world.
Podcast host: Professor Simon Kemp, Deputy Director of the Sustainability & Resilience Institute, University of Southampton
Podcast editors: Lily Killner, Sophie Green, Libby Kale, Jack Dinham, School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton
Please do get in touch to discuss this podcast and any of the issues we raise by emailing sri@soton.ac.uk
Follow us on instagram and X: @meliorapodcast
Episodes
Society thrives when people plant trees, knowing they may never sit in their shade: a discussion on climate anxiety and the multigenerational challenges of sustainability

A seaweed invasion: Dr Vicky Dominguez Almela and Dr Sien Van Der Plank on how Sargassum is affecting coastal communities in West Africa and the Caribbean

Faith veganism: Dr Ellie Atayee-Bennett on the intersect between religion, veganism and sustainable behaviours

Careers in Sustainability: Caroline Carlin and Cece Liu on the power of sport in leading sustainable change

Careers in Sustainability: Stephanie Todd on seizing opportunities to become a sustainability leader

Earth Mother: Confronting the challenging issues surrounding sustainability through theatre

Climate Change & Health in Ghana: Dr Michael Head and Jessica Boxall

Student Takeover: The Environmental Science Student Society at the University of Southampton

Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research 2024 Assembly - the thoughts and experiences of the Sustainability and Resilience Institute

Careers in Sustainability: Bitsy Pout on her university studies, student leadership roles and life as an Ecology Consultant

Careers in Sustainability: Kate Otto and Samantha James discuss sustainability teaching and engagement at Barton Peveril Sixth Form College

Life as Podcast Co-Creators, Editors, Interns, and University Students - Lily Killner & Sophie Green

Alisha Ashworth & Craig Hutton discuss the work of the Sustainability & Resilience Institute

Francois-Xavier Lecomte: Relationships between top marine predators and oceanographic features in the Southern Ocean

Manisha Mahesh Kumar: Route Optimisation for Space Debris Removal

Hannah Portman: The Rice Industry in the Mekong River Delta in a Changing Climate

Isabelle Horrocks: Exploring the impacts of the cost-of-living crisis on sustainable consumption practices among students

Holly Hoban: Spotting Resilience - Measuring the Effect of Vegetation Turing Patterns in Dryland Ecosystems

Debjyoti Sengupta: VESPER (Venus Specialised Exploration Rover)

Sarah Ait Mouhoub: Exploring Algeria's Offshore Wind Potential for Sustainable Energy Development.

Tazmin Jeffreys: Rural vs Urban Fast Fashion Face-Off

Finola Kirrane: How peckish are penguins? Using animal-borne devices to predict the feeding habits of Chinstrap penguins

Roux Davies: Misrecognition, Repression & Detransition: An Account of Gender as Ideology’

Joe Hattersley - Climate Action: Carbon Dioxide Removal in Mine Waste through Weathering

Sophie Prescott - Examining Biodiversity Net Gain: Investigating Offsetting Opportunity and Site Selection
