Some of the LDE centres have their own podcasts in which their researchers and collaborative partners discuss topics they are working on in their research. Below is an overview of all podcasts.
International Centre for Frugal Innovation
In the Urban Uncovered podcast, the your host Mandipa Ndlovu (African Studies Centre Leiden), takes you on a journey through the heart of urban transformation and digs deep into the big issues shaping our cities today. She talks to experts, uncovers innovative solutions, and explores the path to greener, smarter, and fairer urban living.
Centre for BOLD Cities
BOLDcast is the podcast of the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for BOLD Cities. This research centre, a collaboration of Leiden University, TU Delft and Erasmus University Rotterdam, researches the possible use of data for urban issues, and the questions and ethical issues involved. In BOLDcast, journalist Inge Janse discusses these issues and the role data can play in them with BOLD Cities researchers and their collaboration partners.
Listen to the podcast (in Dutch)
Centre for Sustainability
Meer doen met Minder
In this podcast, experts explore innovative solutions and ideas to the pressures on our planetary boundaries. From frugal innovation to circular economy, scientists, designers and entrepreneurs share their insights on living more sustainably by doing more with fewer resources. The podcast highlights the crucial role of interdisciplinary collaboration in developing breakthrough ideas that contribute to systemic change. Discover how innovations are making a difference worldwide and how together we can move towards a future where we stay within the limits of our planet.
Listen to the podcast (in Dutch)
Uit de Ivoren Toren
What choices do we have in the energy transition? Is the circular economy a solution to all sustainability problems? How can we prepare for climate change? What will our agriculture look like in a hundred years? And why do we still use so much pesticide? Scientists from Leiden, Delft and Rotterdam talk about these and many other topics.