Sydney Ideas

Sydney Ideas is the University of Sydney's premier public lecture series program, bringing the world

Episodes

Total: 506

Is a language owned by its speakers or is it a public good? 'Who' gets to have a say, lay claim to,

Hear Simon Schama, acclaimed historian, writer and Professor of Art History and History at Columbia

If we can define the elements of a breakthrough, can we engineer the next great discovery in busines

Battlers and Billionaires

2024/11/5

Economist and parliamentarian Andrew Leigh is in conversation with technology entrepreneur and phila

Trust and error

2024/11/4

Fake research papers are on the rise. Explore what's fuelling this, why it's concerning, and how we

Mental wealth forecast

2024/10/30

Join epidemiologist and complex systems scientist Jo-An Occhipinti, labour market expert John Buchan

Can liberalism be the basis of a meaningful and fun way of life? Philosopher Alexandre Lefebvre delv

Medical moonshots

2024/8/30

Can we fast-track cures for diseases? Hear about exciting discoveries in novel therapeutics, nanomed

Music on your mind

2024/6/26

Psychologist Lee-Fay Low, and music scholars Neal Peres Da Costa and Helen Mitchell and host Anghara

Delve into the history, science, and beauty of the natural world with Australian author James Bradle

Explore how the arts are transforming health and education to improve care and wellbeing with acclai

How do we move the needle on mental health outcomes? Alastair Campbell and leading experts discuss w

A public conversation about intergenerational perspectives on allyship for gender equality – its imp

What art ought to be

2023/11/13

Yorta Yorta woman, composer and soprano Deborah Cheetham Fraillon was joined by some of the country’

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Hear from two pioneering University of Sydney alumni changing the game in news and media: Zara Seidl

In this conversation, hear academic experts discuss disinformation – what makes it so influential an

Greening healthcare

2023/8/29

Can we save lives and save the planet? Hear how the healthcare sector is tracking, finding solutions

Why taking a moral and philosophical lens to understanding housing can help us get out of the crisis

A keynote address by prominent anthropologist and geographer Professor Marcia Langton AO, on the Ind