What's On at UWA

A public lecture by Susana Agusti, Professorial Fellow at the UWA Oceans Institute, and Research Professor, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA).

In this lecture Professor Agusti will describe the current state of the (...)

Oceans Community is a once a year event created for the broader community who want to better understand marine issues in WA and contribute in some way to the marine environment. This year's event has been organised by The Oceans Community and the UWA Oceans Institute with the objective to (...)

A public lecture by Liz Pellicano, Director of the Centre for Research in Autism and Education (CRAE), Institute of Education, University of London.

In this talk, Dr Pellicano will suggest that we not only need greater investment in currently under-researched areas in autism and under-ser (...)

A public lecture by Charitha Pattiaratchi, Winthrop Professor of Coastal Oceanography, The University of Western Australia.

In this lecture, Professor Pattiaratchi will discuss advances in the tsunami science in terms of deep water propagation and inundation with respect to Western (...)

Wesfarmers and The University of Western Australia proudly present the inaugural Wesfarmers Chair in Australian History Oration by Winthrop Professor Jane Lydon.

In 1905 HG Wells wrote that photographs ‘send out a ray of special resemblance and remind one more strongly of this friend (...)

An Inquiring Minds lecture by Professor Peter Quinn, Director of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR).

Mankind’s understanding of Nature is now at a point of crisis. More than 95% of the Universe we live in is composed of mysterious stuff - matter that is (...)

A public lecture by Ann Curthoys, Honorary Professor of History, University of Sydney and 2014 IAS Short-Stay Visiting Fellow.

The years leading up to the passing of the Western Australian constitution in 1889 (effected in 1890) saw several interlocking public debates in WA itself and in (...)

A public lecture by Dr Joseph Ndunguru, Molecular Plant Virologist, Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute (MARI), Tanzania.

Cassava is an important food staple in sub Saharan Africa, however it is under threat from deadly viral diseases, which are decreasing yield and leaving many (...)

The conservation of upper trophic level marine vertebrates presents some unique challenges in that they can migrate over great distances, in some cases covering entire ocean basins. A critical component to their conservation is to assess their home range. However, this is only a first step, as (...)

In this public lecture, Professor Roland Span, Dean, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Ruhr-University Bochum will highlight how models developed for oil and gas applications are deficient for many important Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) applications. He will discuss new models for predicting (...)

This lecture will examine new paradigms for developing cultural heritage as embodied museum experiences inside a series of large-scale immersive and interactive museum display systems.

The lecture will conclude with a focus on two exhibitions currently in production: the 'Atlas of (...)

In this public lecture, Professor Hermann Nicolai, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, will review some recent ideas and approaches towards a more complete theory of quantum gravity unifying the fundamental interactions of general relativity and quantum mechanics.

An On the Edge public lecture by Professor Pat Dudgeon, School of Indigenous Studies, UWA and Director of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Project.

Suicide and mental health conditions among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are double (...)

Twenty years ago Carmen Lawrence took part in the UN Conference on the Status of Women in Beijing. The event seemed like a watershed and the good will was palpable; participants were determined to develop a practical plan which committed governments to specific actions rather than collating lofty (...)

Julian Burnside, winner of the 2014 Sydney Peace Prize, will present a lecture 'We Are Better Than This' on refugee justice (and injustice) in Australia. His talk will be followed by a conversation with Janet Holmes a Court.

This is a not for profit event sponsored by UWA Publishing, Not (...)

In this public lecture, Galen Halverson, T.H. Clark Chair of Sedimentology and Petroleum Geology, McGill University and 2015 UWA Gledden Visiting Fellow, will discuss the flurry of new radiometric ages that confirms the synchronicity in the onset and demise of two global glaciation events in the (...)

This lecture by David Gordon, Director of the Queen's University School of Urban and Regional Planning will present current practice in better design and redevelopment of suburban areas, extensively illustrated with examples from across Canada provided by the Council for Canadian Urbanism.

In this public lecture, Jonathan Rigg, Professor of Geography at the National University of Singapore, will argue that 'liberal resilience' plays into a growth-development-resilience 'trap' where economic growth has become a de facto synonym for development and, often, development a synonym for (...)

In this public lecture, Sarah Murray from the Law School at The University of Western Australia will explore her research into Neighbourhood Justice Courts and the NJCs in Western Australia and the nation more generally. The City of Yarra in Melbourne is the home of Australia's only NJC, however (...)

In this public lecture, Jan Cilliers, Professor of Mineral Processing and Head of Department of Earth Science and Engineering in the Royal School of Mines at Imperial College London, will discuss techniques of industrial flotation, rather than simply laboratory or research curiosities. The talk (...)