The Disobedient Buildings podcast explores everyday lived experiences of inhabitants of ageing blocks of flats in three different European welfare states: the UK, Romania and Norway. It is conceived and presented by Inge Daniels, the principal investigator, and the project’s two postdoctoral researchers: Gabriela Nicolescu and Anna Ulrikke Andersen.  

NEW SEASON: In Season Two the research packs that participants used to study their own home and collect samples take centre stage. By drawing on pack materials, in particular dust samples, we discuss our key research themes including loneliness and companionship (EP1), inequality and precarity (EP2), ageing and health (EP3) and safety and trust (EP4). By taking seriously even the smallest speck of dust, we focus on issues that really mattered to our participants on the ground. 

SEASON 1:  In Season One, we scrutinised the key themes guiding our research on Disobedient Buildings such as disobedience, inequality, urban development, welfare and health. Across 10 episodes, we interviewed local experts and highlighted commonalities and differences experienced by residents in our field sites in London, Bucharest and Oslo. We asked, what is a disobedient building, why is home ownership promoted, and will the State look after you?