UNSW Centre for Ideas
Episodes
The role of fossil fuels in our renewable energy future
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As our climate continues to change, reducing our carbon emissions and environmental footprint has become the moral imperative of our generation. To ac...
Andrew Ng In Conversation with Toby Walsh
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hear renowned globally recognised leader in AI and Co-Founder of Coursera, Andrew Ng, in a thought-provoking dialogue with UNSW AI Institute’s Chief...
Creative Conversations: Disruptions
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this first conversation, Creative Disruptions, Vince Frost of Frost*collective is joined by neuroscientist and founder of Future Minds Lab Professo...
UTZON Lecture 2023
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 2023 the Judith Neilson lecture was given by Professor Briony Rogers. Australia is at a time of reckoning. Fires, floods, droughts, heat, cyclone...
Sean Turnell: An Unlikely Prisoner
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the wake of the 2021 military coup in Myanmar, Sean Turnell was held for 650 days in Myanmar’s terrifying Insein Prison on the trumped-up charge ...
ENCORE 2023: An Evening with David Hare
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Good theatre holds a mirror up to society, forcing audiences to shine a light on the darkest corners and recesses of society. In these tumultuous time...
The Art of Scepticism in a Data-Driven World
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a world inundated with deep fakes, fake news and misinformation, is it possible to see beyond the tall tales and reach the truth? Evolutionary b...
Shooting for the moon: in-conversation with BioNTech
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
BioNTech founders Professor Uğur Şahin, M.D. and Professor Özlem Türeci, M.D., in an exclusive conversation with UNSW Provost, Professor Vlado Per...
The Theatre of Law: Suzie Miller and Heather Mitchell on Ruth Bader Ginsburg
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From being the second woman appointed to the US Supreme Court until her passing, Ruth Bader Ginsburg's inspiring journey through the legal realm was c...
Navigating Two Worlds
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 2018 Egyptian-Australian writer Lamisse Hamouda had moved to Egypt to study when her life was turned upside down. Her father Hazem, on his way to v...
The Next Generation of News
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The way we consume news is changing and traditional media is struggling to keep up with our forever online lifestyles. The Daily Aus is changing tha...
The Truth Defence: Ben Roberts-Smith and the Media
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From the treacherous battlegrounds of Afghanistan to the frontlines of the Federal Court, the 110-day defamation trial of Ben Roberts-Smith emerged as...