Podcasts

What does it mean to do development in India today — and who gets to define it? In this episode, Aaswash Mahanta sits down with Anmol Somanchi — PhD researcher at the Paris School of Economics and Global Justice Coordinator at the World Inequality Lab — to talk about inequality, policy, and the politics of knowledge. We unpack his landmark report "Income and Wealth Inequality in India, 1922–2023: The Rise of the Billionaire Raj", co-authored with Thomas Piketty, Lucas Chancel, and Nitin Bharti — and explore the broader landscape of research, caste, access to higher education, and rethinking economics from the margins.

New Episode of Shaping Tomorrow by The Governance Post: Justice Across Time: A Conversation with Luis Moreno Ocampo! This week on Shaping Tomorrow, Danielle Gottlieb sits down with someone whose work has shaped the very… [Read more]

Welcome to the Governance Post Podcast, Lived Experiences Series, where we dive into how history and policy shape daily life in Berlin. Bringing together perspectives from Hertie students and people in the field, we explore the context that has led to today’s student-related issues. In this episode, we turn our focus to housing, one of Berlin’s most urgent, personal, and politically charged issues. From high rents to Anmeldung barriers, housing affects everyone.