Friday 20th January saw the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. A panel of BU academics聽including Shelley Thompson, Dan Weissmann, Yeganeh Morakabati and Pawel Surowiec聽for a Facebook Live discussion on Friday 20 January, 2pm about the legacy of Obama, the US election and what the inauguration of President-elect Trump will bring.
The panel comprised:
- Dr Yeganeh Morakabati, whose research looks into political unrest and its effects on tourism
- Dr Pawel Surowiec, whose research focuses on the interplay between global governance, media and public opinion
- Dr Shelley Thompson, politics programme leader, whose work centres on media framing of social and political issues.
- Dan Weissmann, an associate lecturer from the Faculty of Media and Communication, previously a politics student at BU
Previously BU Live has covered the聽, with questions sourced on the 辫补驳别.听
Conversation touch points in the discussion included:
- Obama鈥檚 Legacy
- Trump controversies
- Britain 鈥榓t front of queue鈥� for Brexit deal
- Economies 鈥� 鈥榬ust belt鈥� America
- Law & Terrorism, Nuclear arsenal
- Climate Change
- America - a divided & disillusioned nation
Several questions came in live via the broadcast. If you have any questions or topics that you鈥檇 like a panel to discuss in the future then please send them to [email protected].听
The livestream is also available聽聽on facebook.听
