People vs Inequality podcast & blog

  After hearing about fighting toxic masculinity, climate obstruction and holding autocratic to account, in this episode we dive into re-imagining democracy altogether . And we wouldn't be the People vs Inequality Podcast if that didn't mean: together with citizens of all kinds whilst addressing power and inequalities. How can researchers and practitioners better collaborate to make democracy better, more participatory, inclusive ánd effective in solving real problems? We go again to Brazil, a country with high inequality and and periods of authoritarianism, but also a powerful history of social movements, citizen education, and participatory democracy experiments. We have the amazing Silvia Cervellini with us, co-founder and director of Delibera, an organization doing so-called mini-publics, and writing about these experiments too. She's very passionate about democratic innovation and learning together with others to make this happen.  So why does she feel thi...

In this season, we dive into the question of how academics and practitioners can come together at a time in which democracy and rights are under attack in many places. What can we learn from those working across these spaces on doing this well?  In this third episode we have a very inspiring guest that brings a unique perspective on these issues and "refuses to box herself in". Marina Slhessarenko Barreto is a political scientist and writer affiliated with the Law and Democracy cluster at CEBRAP, one of Brazil's largest research centers and a PhD student funded by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung. Born into a Ukrainian family with a legacy of pro-democracy activism, it may not be a surprise that she ended up writing a book called The Path of Autocracy, which dives into the challenges that Brazilian democracy faces, ánd proposes ways out of the ongoing autocratic cycle across the globe. Marina is a regular contributor to media, including on geopolitical matters that are so high...