Coastal Vulnerability to Sea Level Rise
Assoc Professor Abbas El-Zein, School of Civil Engineering, University of Sydney and Tayanah O’Donnell, University of Canberra discuss the complexities associated with rising sea levels and the decisi...
23 Mars 20161h 24min
Beyond the “Clash of Civilisations”: Arab diasporas and transnational identities
The idea of “East” and “West” as immutable and irreconcilable cultures, geographies and civilisations has been around for a long while. It has been used in various guises to imagine a “Middle East” th...
21 Mars 20161h 21min
A Scientific Approach to Teaching Science and Engineering
Guided by experimental tests of theory and practice, science and engineering have advanced rapidly in the past 500 years. Guided primarily by tradition and dogma, science education meanwhile has remai...
11 Mars 20161h 30min
The 2015 Charles Perkins Centre Annual Oration: The Deep Evolutionary Roots of Cancer
Cancer is the most studied phenomenon in biology, with over a million published papers, yet it remains poorly understood. In the USA alone, more than a trillion dollars has been spent on cancer resear...
4 Dec 20151h 24min
The Dismissal: 40 years later
On 11 November 1975 the Prime Minister of Australia, Gough Whitlam was dismissed from office by the Queens Representative in Australia, Governor-General Sir John Kerr. Three scholars share their res...
11 Nov 20151h 32min
Melanoma up Close
Melanoma is known throughout Australia, however, it is only when our family or ourselves are directly impacted that we realise the seriousness of this type of skin cancer. Professor Graham Mann and A...
10 Nov 20151h 8min
The Chaser at USyd 2015 : Bassem Youssef on The Perils of Power and Political Satire
Bassem Youssef - credited as a key figure in the Arab Spring - is a global icon of freedom of expression and political satire. Despite its immense popularity, in June 2014 Youssef had to end his TV sa...
4 Nov 201537min
Liu Cixin - The Future of China Through Chinese Science Fiction
Sydney Ideas partnered with the Confucius Institute to present Liu Cixin, leading contemporary Chinese science fiction writer, and recent winner of the 2015 Hugo Award for Best Novel. In an exclusive ...
3 Nov 201550min
