Five PhD candidates participated in this year's Faculty of Arts 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) heat which was held on Thursday, 13 August 2015 at the Campus Hub (C10A).
Competitors had just three minutes to effectively explain their research in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. The results are as follows:
Winner: Sacha Molitorisz (Department of Philosophy)
Topic: Morality bytes: threats to privacy and truth, agency and autonomy in a new media world.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kts8Vzkb3Y
Runner up: Uchechukwu Ngwaba (Law School)
Topic: The "right to health" as the basis for transforming the health care system of Nigeria.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_7lRZBnGWc
People's Choice Award: Sunita Chaudhary (Department of Geography and Planning)
Topic: Valuing ecosystem services and reconciling with sustainable development.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om3iO2xsZtA
Come support our finalists in the Macquarie University 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) final on Thursday 17 September 2015, Macquarie Theatre, 11.30am - 1.00pm
The competition will be followed by the Learning and Teaching Week poster session and after-party lunch in the MQ Theatre foyer.
Watch the Faculty of Arts 3MT videos:
Nikos Koutras
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFC59HsWbjI
Kate Maguire-Rosier
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi9yGD_9dK0
Faculty of Arts 3MT competition
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dxusAJ9MYQ