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The QoG Podcast: Making sense of politics and governments all over the world

This is a podcast from the QoG Institute, Quality of Government. Research is conducted there on the causes and consequences of corruption and the quality of government. In this podcast series, we discuss political science issues with well-known experts to try to understand questions related to governance worldwide. The host of this podcast is Victor Lapuente, professor and lecturer at the Department of Political Science.

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In the latest episode, Episode 12, Victor Lapuente talks to Akshay Mangla, Associate Professor in International Business at the University of Oxford. Akshay Mangla has recently published a book that Victor Lapuente thinks everyone should read: Making Bureaucracy Work: Norms, Education and Public Service Delivery in Rural India, Cambridge University Press.

You can find Episode 12, and all previous episodes, on Acast.

Akshay Mangla: Making bureaucracy work in rural India

Governance Uncovered

Governance Uncovered is a podcast from the Institute for Governance and Local Development (GLD). GLD's research focuses on answering a fundamental question: why can some societies provide secure environments, good education, adequate healthcare, and other factors that encourage human development, while others fail to do so? Their monthly podcast invites researchers and professionals from around the world to discuss issues related to governance and local development. The host of this podcast is Ellen Lust, professor at the Department of Political Science.

The latest episode, The Civil War in Sudan: History and Current Political and Humanitarian Crises, and all other episodes are available to listen to on Acast.

You can also access them through GLD's website:

Governance and Local Development Institute