Power and Privilege in Academia

The Power and Privilege in Academia podcast series is organised by the Black and Brown in Bioethics (BBB) organisation, which aims to achieve racial equity within the UK bioethics community. The series is supported by the Ethox Centre (University of Oxford) and funded by the University of Bristol and Research England. The series explores the intersecting dynamics of power and privilege in academic spaces, and engages with a wide spectrum of related themes including anti-racism, disrupting hierarchies, inclusivity in publishing, representation and research culture, gaps within public and community engagement, and the role of legacies, narratives, and identities in shaping academic belonging. Each episode is hosted by one of the BBB co-founders, Harleen Kaur Johal, Matimba Swana, or Kumeri Bandara, and features conversations with one to three academics working on different forms of social justice. Through these dialogues, the series seeks not only to illuminate entrenched structures of power and privilege, but also to imagine more inclusive and equitable futures within academia. The series was produced and audio engineered by Faiq Habash, with original music by Qasim Ashraf (kxtone), and business administration by Nicholas Pitt.