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Episode 84, 22 MIN 08 SEC , MP3 FORMAT
Music masters: improvisation as a research topic
Professional jazz musicians and research students Chris Hale and Paul Williamson pick up their instruments and speak about improvisational music as a focus of academic research. With guest host Katherine Smith.
Christopher Hale - Jazz musician, bassist, composer, educator, and Master's degree candidate with the Faculty of the VCA and Music, University of Melbourne
Paul Williamson - Jazz musician, trumpeter, composer, educator, and alumnus of the Faculty of the VCA and Music, University of Melbourne
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Episode 83, 23 MIN 40 SEC , MP3 FORMAT
Infant sleep interventions, low birth-weight babies
PhD students Anna Price and Liz Westrupp discuss their respective research into interventions for sleep-deprived infants and long-term implications for low-birthweight babies. With science host Dr Shane Huntington.
Anna Price - PhD candidate at the School of Behavioural Science and the Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Liz Westrupp - PhD candidate at the School of Behavioural Science and the Murdoch Children's Research Institute.
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Episode 82, 24 MIN 46 SEC , MP3 FORMAT
Breeding alpacas, starfish seeking refuge
PhD students Kate Naughton and Felicity Jackling discuss their respective research into ocean refuges and applying genetics to the commercial breeding of alpacas. With science host Shane Huntington.
Kate Naughton - PhD candidate, Appleton Lab, Department of Genetics
Felcity Jackling - PhD candidate, Appleton Lab, Department of Genetics
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Episode 81, 19 MIN 27 SEC , MP3 FORMAT
The Last Capitalist
Amidst a global reappraisal of the nature and role of free-market economic systems, Prof R. Edward Freeman argues for a commitment to a more wholistic, stakeholder-driven capitalism. With host Jennifer Cook.
R. Edward Freeman - Gourlay Visiting Professor of Ethics in Business, Trinity College, the University of Melbourne; Elis and Signe Olsson Professor of Business Administration at The Darden School of Business, University of Virginia; Academic Director of the Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics; and co-Director of the Olsson Center for Applied Ethics at Darden
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Episode 80, 19 MIN 36 SEC , MP3 FORMAT
A Flood of Water Scarcity in India
Associate Prof Hector Malano, along with India-based colleague Mr Ashok Jaitly, discuss the interdisciplinary approach to addressing water scarcity in India's "food bowl" region, the Krishna Basin. With science host Dr Shane Huntington.
Assoc Prof Hector Malano - Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the University of Melbourne
Ashok Jaitly - Distinguished Fellow with TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute), New Delhi and is also the Director of its Water Resources Division besides being a faculty member in TERI University
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Episode 79, 22 MIN 09 SEC , MP3 FORMAT
A Hole in the Head: Phineas Gage Revisited
Phineas Gage appears in virtually every introductory Psychology textbook. But very little is known about his life after the horrific accident in which an iron bar was shot through his brain. By painstakingly tracking down and assembling documented evidence, Prof Malcolm Macmillian pieces together Phineas' post-accident life and discusses how the Phineas Gage story informs the treatment of patients suffering frontal lobe injury and the nature of the brain. With host Jennifer Cook.
Prof Malcolm Macmillan - School of Behavioural Science, Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society, and Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science.
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Episode 78, 35 MIN 31 SEC , MP3 FORMAT
Accounting for Imams
In this episode, three conversations on imams and educators in Muslim communities. Host Jacky Angus speaks to author and lawyer Irfan Yusuf about the roles and predicaments of imams in Australia and elsewhere; to researcher Anisa Buckley on imams and their role in marriage and divorce; and to educator Dr Eeqbal Hassim on getting school teachers up to speed on Muslim issues.
Dr Eeqbal Hassim - Director Opus Magnum, and consultant to the National Centre for Excellence for Islamic Studies
Irfan Yusuf - Lawyer, social commentator, blogger and author
Anisa Buckley - PhD candidate at Asia Institute
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Episode 77, 28 MIN 19 SEC , MP3 FORMAT
Searching for Russia's Future in Its Past
Prof Leslie Holmes and former Ambassador Leslie Rowe discuss how Russia's past influences this great nation's future. With host Jennifer Cook.
Prof Leslie Holmes - School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne
Leslie Rowe - Vice President of the Australian Institute for International Affairs and former Australian ambassador to Australian Ambassador to the Russian Federation
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Episode 76, 23 MIN 24 SEC , MP3 FORMAT
A Sea of Sound: Dr Ros Bandt
Sound artist, musician, researcher and educator Dr Ros Bandt discusses aural environments, the sculpting of sound, her recent works and musical inspirations. With host Jacky Angus.
Due to licensing arrangements on some of the music contained in this episode, on-demand streaming is not available for this episode. You may continue to download the mp3 file or subscribe to the podcast.
Dr Ros Bandt - Sound Artist, Researcher and Educator at the Australian Centre and the Victorian College of the Arts, the University of Melbourne
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Episode 75, 25 MIN 44 SEC , MP3 FORMAT
Human Judgement and Investment Manias
From the tulip bulb mania in the 17th century to collateralized
debt obligations more recently, Prof Charles Noussair and Dr Tom Wilkening outline the sometimes questionable human judgement of risk and reward. With host Jennifer Cook.
Charles Noussair - Professor of Economics, Tilburg University, Netherlands, and Adjunct Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne
Dr Tom Wilkening - Lecturer, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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