Rank #1: Introducing 2017 Boyer Lecturer, Prof Genevieve Bell
What does it mean to be human, and Australian, in a digital world?
Sep 04 2017
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Rank #2: Fast, smart and connected: How to build our digital future
Professor Genevieve Bell outlines her proposal for how Australia should build its digital future. This talk was recorded in front of a live audience in Studio 22 at ABC Ultimo on Saturday 21 October, 2017, and features questions from former Boyer lecturer and sociologist Eva Cox and chief commissioner of the Greater Sydney Commission Lucy Turnbull.
Oct 22 2017
59mins
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Rank #3: 04 | Life immortal
In the fields of gene and cell therapies we've already crossed many thresholds — but do we really understand the consequences of what we're doing?
Oct 10 2018
30mins
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Rank #4: 03 | Sins of the flesh
There's a dark side of stem cell research — John Rasko shines a light on the low points and scandals of unproven cell therapies.
Oct 10 2018
28mins
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Rank #5: Give every child the best start
Absence of the nurturing and presence of the harmful are important for the whole of life and are strong contributors to inequalities in adult health. There is much we can do to make things better at both the level of national policy and at the local level supporting families and children.
Sep 10 2016
28mins
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Rank #6: Health inequality and the causes of the causes
There are large inequalities in health within and between countries. To explain this we have to look at the social determinants of health—the conditions in which people are born, grow, live work and age; and inequities in power, money and resources.
Jan 09 2017
28mins
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Rank #7: Social justice and health: making a difference
There are examples from around the world, of community and government actions that make a difference to health inequalities. Creating the conditions for individuals to take control over their lives will enable social flourishing of all members of society.
Sep 24 2016
28mins
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Rank #8: Living and working
Unemployment is bad for health, but work can damage health, too. When work is no longer the way out of poverty, health suffers.
Sep 17 2016
28mins
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Rank #9: Social justice and health: making a difference
There are examples from around the world, of community and government actions that make a difference to health inequalities. Creating the conditions for individuals to take control over their lives will enable social flourishing of all members of society.
Jan 12 2017
28mins
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Rank #10: Fast, smart and connected: Where it all began
Professor Genevieve Bell explains why she’s returned home after decades in Silicon Valley, and explores Australia’s role in building our current digital world.
Oct 02 2017
26mins
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