In this episode of The Good Leader podcast, Former Laidlaw Scholar at the University of York, Elif, discusses her research into the importance of the way we talk about poverty in the UK, the power of being angry in this world, and her podcast Deprivation Discourse.

This week Nikol talks to Elif Emma True, a former Laidlaw Scholar at the University of York. Elif talks about her Laidlaw research into the importance of the way we talk about poverty in the UK, the power of being angry in this world, and her amazing podcast called Deprivation Discourse, which you can find on her website or on Spotify.

Elif interviewing Professor Greta Defeyter for her podcast 'Deprivation Discourse'
Elif interviewing Professor Greta Defeyter for her podcast ‘Deprivation Discourse’

Elif has been campaigning against poverty since she was 15. She went on to represent the UK in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, and at the end of 2019 she travelled to the International Conference on Poverty and Sustainable Development in Sri Lanka to present her Laidlaw Scholarship research into poverty discourse in the UK. 

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For more information, transcript, and further reading, visit the Laidlaw Scholars Network.

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