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S4 E4 - Whistleblowers and Carbon Credits
S4 E4 - Whistleblowers and Carbon Credits
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Passing the mic to the Australian National University's brightest undergraduate researchers as they break down their projects into bite-sized, relatable stories. Join us as we explore the innovative ideas and discoveries emerging from the next generation of Australian leaders.
Each 'Season' of episodes follows a specific theme related to the current global landscape: Season 1 - Climate Change and Sustainability, Season 2 - Justice, and Season 3 - Health.
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- S4 E4 - Whistleblowers and Carbon Credits · 27 min · Temporada 4 Episódio 4How do carbon credits actually work — and why hasn’t Australia taken the extra step of incentivising whistleblowing with money? Could doing so strengthen our policy and…
- S4 E3 - Are Australia’s Independent Teal’s Populist? · 22 min · Temporada 4 Episódio 3The “Teals” have shaken up Australian politics — but what defines them, and are they really populists? Benjamin Lloyd-Hurwitz has completed a Bachelor of Politics, Philosophy…
- S4 E2 - Neoclassicism, Antiquity and Women’s Dress · 28 min · Temporada 4 Episódio 2Season 4 - Politics 🏛️ 🎙️ Episode 2 - Neoclassicism, Antiquity, and Women’s Dress 👗🏛️ How did women's dress in the late 18th century affect their agency? How did women assert…
- S4 E1 - Political Party Doctrines · 23 min · Temporada 4 Episódio 1How do the policy documents of political parties change over time? What characteristics affect this change and how important are these documents in different democracies? Justin…
- S3 E6 - Aboriginal Health and Medicine · 25 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 6How does an ideal Indigenous Australian health care system differ from its Western counterpart? What is the Aurora Education Foundation? Mikayla Helms is a Ngiyaampaa woman from…
- S3 E5 - Sociology, Social Media, and Hormone Therapy · 27 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 5How do users of hormone therapy create 'mini-publics' on social media? How have 20th century constructions of gender determined medical attitudes towards non-conforming bodies?…
- S3 E4 - Endometriosis and Anthropology · 25 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 4How can we understand endometriosis anthropologically? How do patients materialise the knowledge of their pain in non-medical objects, and how can researchers learn more from…
- S3 E3 - Degenerative Diseases of the Eye · 26 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 3What is macular degeneration in the eye? How can we treat multifactorial diseases with gene-regulating transcription factors? Noah Budd is a first-year medical student at ANU who…
- S3 E2 - Sleeps Impact on Cognitive Health · 24 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 2How does sleep impact the development of neurodegenerative diseases like dementia? Is it better to be a night owl, or an early riser? Lewis Dobbin is a recent graduate of ANU…
- S3 E1 - Self-recognition of Mental Health Conditions · 24 min · Temporada 3 Episódio 1What is a disability-adjusted life year, and which Australian demographic is most at risk of not recognising their own mental health condition? Sonali Varma recently completed…
- S2 E5 - AI and Explicit Imagery · 23 min · Temporada 2 Episódio 5What risks do diffusion models pose? And what do people view as the most harmful consequences of AI-generated explicit imagery? Jemima Brooker, who recently completed a Bachelor…
- S2 E4 - Indigenous Cultural Safety in Court Rooms · 28 min · Temporada 2 Episódio 4How can lawyers best represent Indigenous Australian defendants in criminal court rooms? Nina Gannon, a recent ANU Law School graduate and associate at the ACT Supreme Court…
- S2 E3 - Technology and Liberal Democracy · 25 min · Temporada 2 Episódio 3How are Australian democratic practices shifting in a new age of technology and social media? What defines truth, and who should be able to make the call on what is and isn't…
- S2 E2 - History and the Law · 26 min · Temporada 2 Episódio 2Why was the Mabo case in the Australian High Court so monumental? How do, and should, historians and lawyers work together? Archie Horneman-Wren is a Law and History student at…
- S2 E1 - Law of Military Occupation · 28 min · Temporada 2 Episódio 1What will the new age of military occupations look like, and what must occupying nations do to justly preserve humanity? Oscar Pearce, a final year Law and Politics student…
- S1 E5 - Tropical Cyclone Intervention · 28 min · Temporada 1 Episódio 5S1 - Climate Change and Sustainability. E5 - Cyclone Intervention Max Etherington evaluates the potential for dispersing aerosols - particles suspended in air - over large…
- S1 E4 - History of Earth's Climate · 26 min · Temporada 1 Episódio 4S1 - Climate Change and Sustainability. E4 - The History of Earth's Climate Seb Bland explores the importance of Paleoclimatology in tackling climate change and how he…
- S1 E3 - Heat and the Human Body · 25 min · Temporada 1 Episódio 3S1 - Climate Change and Sustainability. E3 - Heat and the Human Body. Zoe Crooke breaks down her Honours thesis, exploring the molecular changes in our bodies during passive…
- S1 E2 - Solar Cells and Hydrogen · 24 min · Temporada 1 Episódio 2S1 - Climate Change and Sustainability. E2 - Solar Cells and Hydrogen. How do we capture energy from the sun? Why should we care about hydrogen? What are Perovskites? Isaac…
- S1 E1 - Farmers to Customers · 26 min · Temporada 1 Episódio 1S1 - Climate Change and Sustainability. E1 - Food Security and Supply Chain Resilience. Through her undergraduate research, Kayleigh Sleath developed a start-up company - Ohna…
