Radi8 Radio

Dear listeners, today marks the start of the Student Well Being Weeks! Our radio station is happy to announce that we too, will contribute. You can now listen to our first podcast on Spotify and Anchor.  Elena has a conversation with Sawsan, an experienced project manager of UN led projects who has now seeked for asylum in the Netherlands. She shares her experience with and perspective on well-being: as a refugee and as a professional. They touch upon various interesting topics such as empowerment, hardship and choosing your path.  We hope that this conversation might inspire or help you in a way!  Love, Radi8radio

In this brand new podcast series, Ruihan, Thomas, Lingjia, Léna and Elize, will discuss a range of topics that affect them, as young people, in their day-to-day lives. This series aims to challenge the way we look at our societies and the ones around us and open up to all kinds of perspectives.  In this very first episode, they discuss the phenomenon that has been dominating most of our lives for the past year: the Coronavirus. How do they, as first and second year university students cope with the lockdown, and more importantly, how has it affected crucial elements of our lives, such as funerals and weddings? This episode discusses the consequences of COVID-19 on their individual lives, but also the repercussions for the rest of society and how politicians in different countries have dealt with it. To what extent have the policies implemented been effective, how can this crisis be dealt with more effectively, and what alternatives are there? These are just a few questions this episode deals with. Join o

Anne and Romeck continue talking about the different IS areas and try to make things easier for first-year students. In this episode, they each ask different students from every area to share their experience studying their area, what makes theirs different from the others, why they chose it, and the misconceptions they held prior to learning about it. At the end of this week's episode, we’ll introduce our new podcast member Paul! Timestamps: Latin America: 1m 34s SSE Asia: 9m 28s Eurasia: 19m 28s Africa:26m 43s North America: 37m 31s East Asia: 45m 19s Europe: 51m 37s Middle East: 1h Introducing our new podcast Partner: 1h 12m

Anne and Romeck have a new podcast series, where they will interview students and teachers alike. In each episode they ask relevant questions to learn more about the activities you can do, experiences you might have and choices you will make while you study International Studies. In this episode, Romeck interviews Elize, a fellow member of the radio, to talk about different tips and tricks to choose your area. What did Elize do herself to chose her area? What events did she go to? What to do if you have tried it all and are still not sure about which direction to go in the next semester? All these questions and more shall be answered…

Dr. Janine Ubink is a professor of law, governance, and development at Leiden University’s Van Vollenhoven Institute for law, governance, and society. In this episode of iQx, Julia Hernandez and Dr. Janine Ubink sat down to discuss the state of traditional authority across African countries. Join us as we discuss who benefits (and who doesn't) from diverse arrangements of power.

Dr. Nankyung Choi is a lecturer in the Master's program of International Relations at Leiden University. She specializes in social and political change, as well as youth, women and democracy in East Asia. In this episode of iQx, Elize Wolff and Nankyung Choi sat down to talk about women in politics. Join us in our conversation as we try and answer the question "Why are there still relatively few women in positions of political power and what are effective ways to change this?" 

André Gerrits is Professor of International Studies and Global Politics, and Chair of the BA Urban Studies, based in The Hague.

Frans Willem Korsten is a Senior University Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.

We sat down with Leiden University lecturer and Assistant Professor Dr.  Maria Gabriela to talk about processes of economic foreignization in  Latin America. She teaches courses on Economy: Latin America and Practising International Studies at the Bachelor in International Studies and contribute to the course Organisational Theory, Culture and Behaviour. Her courses deal with two consistent streams of literature: political economy and development studies. Both are in evidence in this podcast, as the discussion begins with the consequences and legacies of European colonization in Latin America. Join us as we discuss this, modern iterations of economic and cultural colonization in Latin America, and many more tangents on the subject of foreignization in Latin America. 

Daário Kuteev Moreira interviews Dr. Andrew Gawthorpe on American military strategy relating to China.

Jue Wang is a scholar of  international political economy, with focuses on China’s political  economy , its external economic relationship and its role in regional  and global economic governance. She also has a wide range of research  interests in international economic organizations, international cooperation, and the development of emerging economies. Dr. Wang is also  an associate fellow for Asia Programme at Chatham House: The Royal Institute of International Affairs.  Marin Lucic is a student of International Studies at Leiden University focusing on East Asia.

Join Dr. Duyvesteyn and Marin  Lucic as they discuss the nature of terrorism, its viability, and  whether or not the terrorism and rebellion is an effective way to induce  a change in the status quo. Dr. Duyvesteyn research interests  include the nature of war and peace in the developing world, irregular warfare and strategy, the history of terrorism and counter-terrorism, strategic culture and intelligence and rebel governance.  She is a  member of the national Advisory Council for International Affairs assigned to advise the Netherlands government on issues of peace and security, a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Netherlands Defense Academy and a member of several book and journal editorial boards, notably Small Wars and Insurgencies, Leiden University Press, the Journal of Strategic Studies, and the Routledge series on Insurgency, Counter-insurgency and National Interest.