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In Episode 8 of HOPE: for conflict resolution in wars and workspaces, Alyssa and Katya discuss the broad domain of conflict resolution. Touching upon topics such as distributive, punitive, and restorative justice with real world examples, conflict mitigation techniques in war situations, they explore how conflict is effectively resolved in volatile situations. Further they discuss how conflict can be dealt with within teams and between teams in workspaces, analysing the implications of the domain on a micro- scale. 

Do you want to know what methods trained wartime conflict mitigators use to stimulate peace between two opposing communities? How do they get the oppressor and the oppressed in the same room to deliberate with each other? How did the Romans and the Czechs eventually get along? Did South Africa's administration of justice benefit its natives post- apartheid? How do you ensure that your teams are working in coordination? 

Listen in to get answers to these questions and a dose of hope :)

In Episode 7 of HOPE: for collective intelligence, Alyssa interviews Ankitha Cheerakathil , an alumna of Sciences Po, social entrepreneur in deliberative policy making, and researcher in urbanisation and governance at UPenn. She brought her experiences from abroad to India and founded ‘The Foundation for Community Consensus’, the Indian office of the Czech think tank, Institute H21. Ms. Ankitha has worked extensively in the field of collective intelligence, and so in this episode we delve into topics such as the meaning of collective intelligence, the domains it belongs to, the various mechanisms we can use to mobilise collective intelligence, and so on with a special focus on analysing such ideas in the Indian context- something that is rarely discussed. Listen in to get your daily dose of hope (and look out for mentions of Ankitha’s cat) :)

In Episode 6 of HOPE: FOR BUILDING SMART COMMUNITIES, Alyssa interviews Ekaterina Petrikevich, an alumna of Columbia and Sciences Po who brought her extensive knowledge of political science and human rights into participation and civic engagement to emerge as a leader in these fields. Currently the International Director and Founder of Participation Factory and Civic Port, Katya is working on mainstreaming the best practices in participation in policy-making and strategic planning processes. 

This episode explores the mechanisms used to build smart communities such as Participatory Budgeting and Civic Tech with real world examples and anecdotes of Katya’s work with Czech governments, Nigerian Schools, young Western African leaders and so on. Understand complex tools of democracy in simple ways! Listen in to get your daily dose of hope :)



More resources to explore Participatory Budgeting and Civic Tech-

https://www.peoplepowered.org/

https://www.pbatlas.net/index.html

https://civichall.org/civicist/how-civic-tech-has-evolved-over-the-last-25-years/

In episode 5 of HOPE : our team member, Jaanvi Sharma converses with Pradeep Sangwan, founder of Healing Himalayas who thrives to preserve and build a greener planet through cleanliness drives in the himalayas. Healing Himalayas is an initiative to tackle the growing problem of waste present on the trekking paths of the soothing Himalayas. 

Our Prime Minister,  Mr. Modi in his very recent  "Mann Ki Baat " 2020 broadcast recognised and  praised Mr. Sangwan's inspiring deed, reminding the nation to end single use plastic across India and work towards saving the environment.  Mr. Sangwan, in this conversation briefs us on his idea and his journey of healing himalayas since 2016, about the challenges he overcame and the eventually the enormous support he received from his well wishers, the state governments and the neighbouring residents of the himalayas, his motivation to expand his drive to various other locations around the nation.

Listen in to get your daily dose of hope! :)

In Episode 4 of HOPE: for reducing inequalities, we interview Jigyasa Mishra, an independent journalist and PARI (People's Archive of Rural India) fellow who reports on gender, public health and civil liberties. This episode features Ms. Mishra articulating her views with our team member, Jaanvi Sharma on the existence of the multitude of inequalities faced by individuals during the pandemic coupled with first hand anecdotes, and her journey of reporting about the same. 

Jigyasa also makes a direct address to the millennial population while expressing her views on the UN Sustainable Development Goal 10: Reducing Inequalities. She gives insights as to how we as human beings can work to reduce inequalities and hence make this world a better place for all on it.

Listen in to get your daily dose of hope :)

In Episode 3 of HOPE, our team member, Alyssa Nagrath converses with Anirudh Dinesh, fellow at The Governance Lab (NYU) about problem definition. The conversation covers the intricacies of defining public problems, how and why it is important to do so and an insight into some extremely interesting projects that GovLab is working on around the world. 

From the technical aspects of defining a problem to amusing anecdotes about public problems in Indian cities such as New Delhi and Bangalore to the multi city challenge in Africa: we covered it all. Listen in to get your dose of hope :)

Here are some of the links mentioned in the episode-

1) Crisis collective Intelligence course: https://covidcourse.thegovlab.org

2) Collective Intelligence case studies: https://collective-intelligence.thegovlab.org

3) A new free course on solving public problems: https://solvingpublicproblems.org

4) Civis: An organization involved in tracking public consultation by government: https://twitter.com/Civis_Vote?s=20