Your Smartphone and You: how technology can impact our mental health
Are you addicted to social media? Is this such a big deal? Or can you improve your mental health with technology? Our panel of experts from the Brain and Mind Centre join special international guest...
16 Okt 20171h 23min
Authoritarianism
Historians these days probably get less sleep than anyone else – kept up by the echoes of the past in the radically shifting world political landscape. The historical allusions of contemporary governm...
11 Okt 20171h 35min
Fighting Corruption in Indonesia: current issues, challenges and prospects
Indonesia’s anti-corruption commission has investigated and prosecuted many big-fish corruption cases, and has secured many dozens of convictions, including very senior judges and politicians. This re...
10 Okt 20171h 55min
Future Imperfect: integration in the time of change
A Sydney Ideas talk by Dr Mark Stafford Smith, Chief Coordinating Scientist – Adaptation, CSIRO. Co-presented with the Planetary Health Initiative at the University of Sydney. Mark Stafford Smith fro...
10 Okt 20171h 14min
Dr Keith Devlin - Finding Fibonacci
In 2001, Stanford mathematician Dr Keith Devlin, also known as ‘The Math Guy’ on NPR’s Weekend Edition, set out to research the life and legacy of the thirteenth century mathematician Leonardo of Pisa...
3 Okt 20171h 24min
Dean's Lecture Series: Consumer Directed Care: myths and mysteries
There are many accounts of consumer directed care (CDC )in England. Some focus on its ambitions, some on its achievements, some on its problems and some on its experiences. A series of 'myths' is bein...
28 Sep 20171h 11min
Reimagining Home in 21st Century
Is home a closed-off and self-sufficient place, or can it be reimagined to be where we find our connections to others and the world? By exploring home in relation to the figure of the stranger and pu...
28 Sep 20171h 15min
Alzheimer's: Where we've come from and where we're going
As part of World Alzheimer’s Day, four dementia experts from the University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Centre share the latest research breakthroughs on Alzheimer’s disease. Speakers: Dr Rebekah Ahme...
22 Sep 20171h 20min
