The World in Question

In the first episode in our new format we speak to Professor Martin Wooster about the importance of mapping wildfires, why not all wildfires are bad, and unique threat posed by fires in the tropics. Professor Martin Wooster is an expert on satellite Earth observation and the quantification of landscape fire. He was appointed Professor of Earth Observation Science at King's in 2005. He is currently working on the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society, in partnership with Imperial College London, Royal Holloway and the University of Reading.Episode Research and Reading: kcl.ac.uk/global-affairs/podcast

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We look back on our first season, exploring the global response to COVID-19. From testing to mental health we speak with the experts who have been responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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In this special event with the Centre for Society and Mental Health and Department of Geography we discuss how nature and our environment is critical to our mental and physical wellbeing. Why this crisis has given us an opportunity to reflect on the importance of our green space and environment to our wellbeing. And why this crisis has further demonstrated inequalities of access to space.We are joined by special guest Dr Sue Stuart-Smith whose recent book The Well Gardened Mind explores how gardening can help us heal. She is joined by King’s College London expert panelists Dr Helen Fisher from the Centre for Society and Mental Health and Dr Margaret Kadiri from the Department of Geography.

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In a special episode in partnership with the African Leadership Centre we put Africa In focus. We discuss the initial responses to the COVID-19; why representations of African leadership matter, the innovative approaches being taken to public health and the possible long-term impacts of COVID-19 on the political, economic, and cultural life of Africa.Our expert panel is chaired by Neil Munshi. He is joined by Professor Funmi Olonisakin, Dr Olawale Ismail and Dr. Moses Tofa.

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We speak with Mohamed Ali and Beauty Dhlamini, alumni of Global Health & Social Medicine, about the UK, and how COVID-19 has further highlighted how racism continues to be a health risk. They discuss their work to push for change in how global health is talked about and who gets to participate in the discussion. We also go on to speak about their podcast 'Mind The Health Gap', which acts as a source for accessible, reliable and uncensored global health discussions and debates affecting the general public, particularly marginalised communities.

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We speak with Professor Anne Pollock (King’s College London) and Dr Melissa Creary (University of Michigan) about why racism is a health risk. And we ask whether COVID-19 and the protests led by the Black Lives Matter movement may have created a unique moment in which to tackle racial injustice in both health and wider society. In part two we will discuss the UK and why this COVID-19 crisis has once again laid bare the health inequalities within society.Find the reading list at www.kcl.ac.uk/worldwegotthis

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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the world, one region stands out for its comparatively effective prevention and management response: East Asia. As of late May, the number of reported deaths per capita from COVID-19 across East Asia is lower than in other regions – most notably Western Europe and the United States. In addition, with the exception of the city of Wuhan where the pandemic originated, no other East Asian country saw its entire healthcare system overwhelmed as a result of COVID-19. Furthermore, East Asian countries, other than partially in China, avoided the widespread full lockdowns prevalent across Europe and most of the United States.We sit down to hear from two experts from King’s College London about their research outlining what lessons can East Asia offer to prevent and manage the next pandemic – starting with a potential second wave of COVID-19?

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As cases continue to rise, an economy in decline and Bolsonaro's position looking fragile, we speak with our guests about how COVID-19 rocked Brazil. We discuss the initial response, the factors that led to the current crisis and what might happen next in South America's biggest economy.Chaired by Tom Phillips, Latin America Correspondent for The Guardian. With academic panel: Professor Anthony Pereira (Director, King’s Brazil Institute), Dr Mahrukh Doctor (University of Hull), Dr Andreza A. De Souza Santos (University of Oxford) and Dr Vinicius de Carvalho (King's College London).

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How does a doctor know which patient to save during a pandemic, when resources can be limited? And how ethical is it to put everyone under lockdown? Does trust in our government predict whether we will socially distance ourselves? In this in conversation episode of WORLD: we got this, we speak with Dr Silvia Camporesi, Senior Lecturer in Bioethics and Society, and Caitlin Gardiner, an A&E doctor in London and a King's master's student. We explore our personal experiences living and working in the UK, Italy and South Africa during this strange time and how bioethics comes into practice.

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We discuss the critical role social care is playing during COVID-19, particularly with the elderly. Our experts reflect on the current models of social care and their impact on care workers, as well as the unique challenges posed by COVID-19 and why we are seeing increased levels of mortality in care homes. Critically, we discuss we can do to improve our response and discuss what long-term changes governments could make to help improve social care policies. Our guests include Professor Karen Glaser, Head of Global Health & Social Medicine, Dr Ludovico Carrino, Researcher at Global Health & Social Medicine, and Professor Mauricio Avendano Pabon, Director of the Institute for Gerontology at King’s College London.

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