The RRG podcast series
Our resilience podcast series aims to encourage dialogue around resilience research.
The intention is for the podcasts to be an informal group discussion of resilience and how it relates to society. While we do talk about specific work, it's aimed at the general public to raise awareness of what resilience is and how it can be explored or used
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The podcasts can be found freely available here: https://soundcloud.com/uclsound/sets/resilience-research-group.
If you would like to get involved in our series in the future (everyone is welcome!) then please contact us directly.
Recorded RRG podcasts
Links and transcripts
What is resilience?
This is the first podcast in the Resilience Research Group's series on 'What is Resilience?'. For this podcast we are visited by Jo Boyden (Oxford), Orit Nuttman-Shwartz (Sapir College, Israel), Lora Capobianco (Greater Manchester), Jurie Rossouw (Hello Driven), Heather Prime (York, Toronto), Sue Northrop (East Lothian CIC), Rebecca Graber (Brighton), Rut Erdelyiova (Resilience Advisory Network), Kate Bennett (Liverpool), Jenny Liu (Schulich School of Medicine), Sarah Markham (King's College London).The podcast is hosted by Dr Jennifer McGowan (UCL) and Seonaid Anderson (Neurodiverse.org).
This podcast covers:
1) What differences are there in definitions of resilience?
2) Does resilience need a stressful event in order to develop?
3) Can you teach resilience?
4) What should people know about resilience?
This podcast was recorded in March of 2021, and so references are made to the current Covid crisis.
What resilience is not
This is the second podcast in the Resilience Research Group's series on 'What is Resilience?'. For this podcast we are visited by Jay Mancini (Virginia Tech), Sabina Kleitman (Sydney), Heather Prime (York, Toronto), Jolien van Breen (Leiden, Netherlands), Kenneth Packenham (Brisbane, Australia) Kristen Krause (CHIBPS, New Jersey), Mark Zimmerman (Michegan), Rebecca Graber (Brighton), Alan Jones (Frontier Resilience). The podcast is hosted by Dr Jennifer McGowan (UCL).
This podcast covers:
1) What factors are (and are not) related to resilience?
2) Is resilience a 'state' or a 'trait'?
3) Is resilience an outcome or a process?
4) What is resilience not?
This podcast was recorded in March of 2021, and so references are made to the current Covid crisis.
Resilience & COVID (Part 1)
This is the third podcast in the Resilience Research Group's series on 'What is Resilience?'. For this podcast we are visited by Professor Jo Boyden (Oxford), Professor Shaul Kimhi (Telhai, Israel). The podcast is hosted by Dr Jennifer McGowan (UCL).
This podcast covers:
1. How might resilience affect Covid response?
2. How might Covid have impacted resilience?
3. What evidence do we have that Covid and resilience are related?
4. How can we support people’s resilience over Covid?
Resilience & COVID (Part 2)
This is the fourth podcast in the Resilience Research Group's series on 'What is Resilience?'. For this podcast we are visited by Dr Dayna Fullerton (Sydney), Lisa Zhang (UCL), and Dr Sabina Kleitman (Sydney). The podcast is hosted by Dr Jennifer McGowan (UCL).
This podcast covers:
1. How does resilience relate to Covid?
2. How might Covid have impacted resilience?
3. What evidence do we have that Covid and resilience are related?
4. How can we support people’s resilience over Covid?
Resilience and COVID (Part 3)
This is the fifth podcast in the Resilience Research Group's series on 'What is Resilience?'. For this podcast we are visited by Professor Jo Boyden (Oxford), Professor Jay Mancini (Virgina Tech), Dr Rebecca Graber (Brighton), and Dennis Relojo-Howell (PsychReg). The podcast is hosted by Dr Jennifer McGowan (UCL).
This podcast covers:
1. How might community-level resilience relate to Covid response?
2. How might Covid have impacted resilience?
3. What evidence do we have that Covid and resilience are related?
4. How can we support a communities resilience over Covid?
Resilience in childhood and adolescence (Part 1)
This is the sixth podcast in the Resilience Research Group's series on 'What is Resilience?'. For this podcast we are visited by Dr Gretchen Pianka (Resilience University), Eleanor Parrott (UCL), Lindad Turck (Primary School teacher), Prof Orit Nuttman-Shwartz (Sapir College, Israel). The podcast is hosted by Dr Seonaid Anderson (Neurodiverse).
This podcast covers:
Why is resilience in children and adolescents important?
Can all young people be resilient to adverse circumstances?
What factors might impact a child’s ability to be resilient?
Is resilience in young people measurable? If so, how should this be measured?
This podcast was recorded in July of 2021, and so references are made to the current Covid crisis.
Resilience in childhood and adolescence (Part 2)
This is the seventh podcast in the Resilience Research Group's series on 'What is Resilience?'. For this podcast we are visited by Dr Chris Wekerle (McMaster University), Dr Heather Prime (York University), Prof Jo Boyden (Oxford university), Prof Sherry Hamby (University of the South, Tennessee), Nicole Creasey (University of Amsterdam), Dr Rebecca Graber (Brighton University), Prof Marc Zimmerman (Univeristy of Michigan). The podcast is hosted by Dr Jennifer McGowan (UCL).
This podcast covers:
1.     Why is resilience in children and adolescents important?
2.     Can all young people be resilient to adverse circumstances?
3.     What factors might impact a child’s ability to be resilient?
4.     Is resilience in young people measurable? If so, how should this be measured?
Family resilience
For this podcast we are visited by Nicole Creasey (University of Amsterdam), Professor Jay Mancini (Virgina Tech), and Dr Gretchen Pianka (Resilience University). The podcast is hosted by Nicole Creasey (University of Amsterdam).
This podcast covers:
What is family resilience? How would you define it?
Why is family resilience important?
What challenges due families face in building resilience?
Should family resilience be a public health priority?
Resilience in adulthood and older age
For this podcast we are visited by Noriko Cable (UCL), Kate Bennett (Liverpool), Sherry Hamby (University of the South), and Kristen Krause (Rutgers). The podcast is hosted by Jennifer McGowan (UCL).
This podcast covers:
1. How would you define resilience in adulthood?
2. What are the benefits of resilience in adulthood?
3. What challenges do adults face in building resilience?
4. What resources are required in order for older adults to maintain their resilience?
Measures of resilience
For this podcast we are visited by Kate Bennett (Liverpool), Jenny Liu (University of Western) and Steph Cahill (Manchester) to discuss the topic 'Measures of resilience'. The podcast is hosted by Jennifer McGowan (UCL).
This podcast covers:
1. Why do we aim to measure resilience?
2. Why are there so many measures of resilience?
3. What should be included in a good measure of resilience?
4. What about alternative measures?
5. What resilience measures do you use?
Childhood verbal abuse
Words Matter is a new charity on a mission to improve children’s mental and physical health by ending verbal abuse by adults around them. Our early relationships and experiences lay the foundations of how our brain and body get built, and shape who we become. Verbal abuse can lead to lasting emotional scarring, leaving an enduring impact on the brain and on the body.
Listen here to learn about this issue, or visit their website.
Childhood verbal abuse
For this podcast we are visited by Chris Layne (Nova Southeastern University) to discuss the topic 'Resilience in grief and bereavement'. The podcast is hosted by Shi-Hui Kau (UCL).
This podcast covers:
1. What are the similarities between posttraumatic stress and grief reactions?
2. Does the circumstances or reasons of death affect the way a bereaved person grieves and build resilience?
3. What is multidimensional grief theory?
4. How can the average person help a close friend or loved one who is currently grieving?