The Social Science for Public Good podcast is a new project of the Institute for Policy and Governance and VT Publishing intended to make social science theories accessible and available to individuals and organizations seeking to promote social change. Two PhD students in the Planning, Governance, and Globalization program, Brad Stephens and Yugasha Bakshi, serve as co-hosts for the podcast.

The first arc introduces and defines Trust in conversation with leading scholars in the field, while the second arc focuses on Power. Listen here or wherever you stream podcasts.

We'll be releasing podcasts weekly. Stay tuned!

Best wishes,

Billy Parvatam (IPG Communications Coordinator) and Brad Stephens

In this episode, we begin our examination of power as a concept and how it interacts with social change. We seek to introduce the concept and begin to frame how individuals might start to think about power in their work to build a better world. To begin this exploration, we pay special attention to how revolutionary movements of the past have both confronted and utilized power. Our guest scholar for this conversation is Dr. Michael Hardt, Professor of Literature at Duke University.

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2nmHDSB0uEsBA6j0mjJcto

Apple Podcasts Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/social-science-for-public-good/id1695591690?i=1000633590555

We begin our exploration of trust theory in this episode with a conversation about how that construct might be defined and operationalized. We also start to explore trust as a leap of faith and how it might be connected to ideas of reason, routine, and reflexivity. Our guest scholar is Dr. Guido Möllering, the Director of the Reinhard Mohn Institute of Management at Witten/Herdecke University, Germany, where he holds the Reinhard Mohn Endowed Chair of Management.

Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4V9tUWwpEXlI3wBPLCUxAR

Apple Podcasts Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/social-science-for-public-good/id1695591690?i=1000623059336