How we hope
A look at the psychology of hope from the Northern Ireland Science Festival, where Claudia Hammond is joined by Dr Karen Kirby, Dr Kevin Mitchell, and Sinéad Moriarty.
Claudia Hammond presents a special edition of Health Check from the Northern Ireland Science Festival, where she’s joined by a panel of experts to discuss the psychology of hope.
With a live audience in Belfast’s Metropolitan Arts Centre, Claudia speaks to Dr Karen Kirby, senior lecturer in psychology at the University of Ulster; Dr Kevin Mitchell, associate professor of genetics and neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin; and author Sinéad Moriarty.
Topics include the role of hope in medical scenarios, if we can learn to be hopeful, and how we can hold onto hope in the modern world. We also hear questions from our audience, including whether or not we should all just lower our expectations.
Presenter: Claudia Hammond
Producer: Dan Welsh
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- Wed 10 Apr 202419:32GMTBBC World Service
- Thu 11 Apr 202404:32GMTBBC World Service Australasia, Americas and the Caribbean, South Asia & East Asia only
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