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Free Thinking: New Generation Thinkers 2022

New Generation Thinkers 2022

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Laurence Scott introduces the ten academics chosen to share their research on radio.

New Generation Thinkers is a scheme run by BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to turn research into radio. There's a playlist featuring insights from the 120.

From Shakespearian writing and Tudor sound to the power of song, ideas about stupidity to sea monsters and the soil - the ten academics working at UK universities who have been chosen to share their research on radio give us insights into a range of subjects. Laurence Scott - one of the first New Generation Thinkers back in 2010 is the host. 

Dr Ellie Chan, University of Manchester
Dr Louise Creechan, University of Durham 
Dr Sabina Dosani, University of East Anglia
Dr Shirin Hirsch, Manchester Metropolitan University and the People’s History Museum
Dr Oskar Jensen, University of East Anglia 
Dr Jade Munslow Ong, University of Salford
Dr Joan Passey, University of Bristol
Dr Jim Scown, University of Cardiff and Food, Farming and Countryside Commission
Dr Clare Siviter, University of Bristol
Dr Emma Whipday, Newcastle University

Producer: Ruth Watts 

New Generation Thinkers is a scheme run by BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to turn research into radio. There's a playlist featuring insights from the 120 academics over the 12 years the scheme has been running  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08zhs35

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