The TWP Community Podcast
Tune in to hear Alina Rocha Menocal, Director of the Thinking and Working Politically Community of Practice (TWP CoP), speak to experts on a variety of topics from a thinking and working politically perspective.
Episodes
Episode 18: Interview with Liam O'Shea on the Politics of Security Sector Reform
In this conversation, Dr Liam O’Shea examines one of the most overlooked challenges in security sector reform: the collusion between security forces, organised crime, and political elites. Drawing on research from Colombia, Georgia, and South Africa, the discussion explores why these dynamics persist, what has enabled reform in some contexts, and what this means for international support. The conv
Episode 17: Winning with Women Project_Global Partners Governance
We speak to Moataz Ghaddar and Hannah Johnson from Global Partners Governance about their research and the Winning with Women project which supports women candidates in Lebanon. The conversation explores how the project combines monitoring and capacity-building for women with deliberate engagement of male allies i.e. influential family, community and political figures who can help open doors, mobi
Episode 16: Interview with Rachel Beatty Riedl
Rachel shares her thoughts on the current state of democratic politics around the world and shares ideas about how to respond to democratic backsliding in different contexts
Episode 15: Interview with Micol Martini - Senior Expert and Technical Lead on Governance at WWF International
Drawing on over a decade of work as an adviser working on conflict and governance with FCDO and her current role as the Senior Expert and Technical Lead on Environmental Governance and Conflict with WWF International, Micol Martini shares her trajectory on using TWP in her work, including some of the opportunities and challenges of instilling a politically aware lens in conservation work and confl
Episode 14: Interview with Ronnie Ojwang, Country Director - NIMD Kenya
In our featured interview, we speak with Ronnie Ojwang, Country Director of the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD) in Kenya, who shares with us some of the work that NIMD and partners are doing to encourage young people to participate more fully in the Kenyan political system, especially at a time of heightened tensions and growing disillusionment with how democracy is working.
Episode 13: Interview with Marta Ruedas - UN
In our featured interview, we speak to Marta Ruedas, who served over 30 years in the United Nations, gaining extensive experience in coordinating United Nations development and humanitarian work in conflict and post-conflict countries, as well as supporting peacebuilding transitions. Marta shares her experiences in thinking and working politically over the years.
Episode 13: Interview with Marta Ruedas
In our featured interview, we speak to Marta Ruedas, who served over 30 years in the United Nations, gaining extensive experience in coordinating United Nations development and humanitarian work in conflict and post-conflict countries, as well as supporting peacebuilding transitions. Marta shares her experiences in thinking and working politically over the years.
Episode 12: A conversation with Judith Kent and Kate Whyte
Judith Kent and Kate Whyte, who were both at FCDO until very recently, share their insights and wisdom as fellow travellers in the TWP journey, drawing on their 5+ decades of collective experience working on foreign affairs, conflict and international development.
Episode 11: A conversation with Dr Ashely Jackson from the Centre on Armed Groups
Ashley is the co-founder and co-director of the Centre on Armed Groups, an organisation that supports research on and engagement with armed groups. In this conversation, she tells us about her experiences and challenges in working in contexts under the control of armed groups. Ashley highlights how the Centre finds politically smart pathways to engagement in order to understand the perspectives th
Episode 10: Interview with Greg Power on his new book, Inside The Political Mind: The Human Side of Politics and How it Shapes Development
In this conversation, Alina chats to Greg Power’s about his recent book, Inside the Political Mind: The Human side of Politics, and How it Shapes Development which explores how social norms, public expectations and the personal interests of Members of Parliament influence the path of political development. The book draws on Greg’s experience of working with political leaders in more than sixty cou
Episode 9: A conversation with Martha Maya and Maria José Daza Bohórquez from the Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT), Colombia.
Alina Rocha Menocal has a conversation with Martha Maya and Maria José Daza Bohórquez from the Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT), about their work on encouraging dialogue and collaboration in the Colombian Congress across party lines within a highly polarised political context.
Episode 8: Interview with Dr Nicola Nixon, Sumaya Saluja and Mohammad Sadat Sadruddin Shibli, The Asia Foundation
Alina Rocha Menocal interviews Dr Nicola Nixon, Sumaya Saluja and Sadat Shibli on The Asia Foundation’s experience fostering coalition-building, featuring examples from Bangladesh, Nepal, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Timor-Leste
Episode 7: Gareth Williams interviews Dr. Suwaiba Ahmad and Sunny Kulutuye on their experience of applying a TWP approach to policy and programming in Nigeria
This interview recorded on the eve of Nigeria’s Presidential election in February 2023 discusses the importance of a TWP approach for understanding Nigeria’s political economy context and designing/implementing effective development projects. The interview with two Associates of The Policy Practice, Dr Suwaiba Ahmad and Sunny Kulutuye, reflects on the two speakers’ professional experience of apply
Episode 6: Conversation with CAFOD’s Dadirai Chikwengo on her TWP journey
Dadirai is the Lead Governance Advisor for CAFOD. In the last 7 years Dadirai has been at the forefront of advocating for robust context analysis (PEA) to anchor programming decisions - developing an internal guidance and providing ongoing accompaniment of staff through the analysis. In this podcast, she tells us how she arrived to TWP, how she developed her context analysis guidance, and her expe
Episode 5: Heather Marquette on TWP and findings from the Serious Organised Crime & Anti-Corruption Evidence Programme
In this interview, Professor Heather Marquette tells us what lessons are emerging for 'Thinking and Working Politically' from research from the SOCACE programme. She talks about how SOCACE research offers new insights on what it means to TWP, how we can find different ways to work on SOC, illicit finance and corruption that are better able to meet the needs that emerge when working in different co
Episode 4: Interview with Duncan Green on the GELI programme ’Influencing for Senior Leaders’
In this episode, Alina Rocha Menocal interviews Duncan Green who tells us about the Global Executive Leadership Initiative (or GELI) training programme on influencing for senior leaders, and why it is all about TWP.
Episode 3: Lessons learned from the MUVA programme in Mozambique
In this interview, Kerry Selvester and Sam Sharp tell us about what is innovative in MUVA's approach to adaptive programming, and the factors which enabled and constrained this approach.
Episode 2: Interview with Idayat Hassan on what is needed for greater democracy support.
Alina Rocha Menocal interviews Idayat Hassan, Director of the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) in Abuja, Nigeria, on what is needed for greater democracy support.
Episode 1: Interview with Wilfred Mwamba on his thinking and working politically journey
TWP specialist Wilfred Mwamba gives great insights into how he uses TWP in practice.
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