Meet the Minds is a series of virtual lunchtime lectures designed to feed your curiosity and offer you insights into the topics that are challenging and changing the world.
2021 BRAVE lectures
Brave New (Virtual) World: Gaming and Problem Gaming in the Age of COVID-19
26 October 2021
It’s a Brave New (Virtual) World, and it’s vital we understand it. How has gaming activity changed during the pandemic? Have rates of problem gaming changed? And, how should different stakeholders, including families, schools, health providers, government bodies, and the gaming industry respond? Associate Professor Daniel L. King explored how COVID-19 has affected gaming and problem gaming.
Aged Care Royal Commission: What now?
14 September 2021
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety highlighted the need for reform and transformation of the aged care sector. But what happens next? Together, Professor Julie Ratcliffe, Professor Jennifer Tieman and Professor Sue Gordon explored the post-Commission possibilities and directions for aged care from three very different but critical perspectives.
For the Greater Good (Part 2): Controlling COVID-19 through vaccination:
21 July 2021
In this exclusive follow-up BRAVE event we welcome Flinders experts to provide a framework that enables people to make informed decisions about their own vaccination.
Courageous questions
2 June 2021
Join Senior Research Fellow Dr Annabelle Wilson as she explores key questions about non-Indigenous leadership in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.
First 100 days of the Biden Administration
5 May 2021
From the crisis in the Capitol to the challenges of COVID-19, to climate change and immigration, a discussion on the initial impact of a very different president – Joe Biden.
Don't leave Earth without it!
12 April 2021
What do we need to survive the rigours of life in space? Based on a study of the International Space Station, space archaeologist Alice Gorman looks at ten artefacts you shouldn’t leave Earth without. Some of them are things you may already have in your own home.
For the greater good
4 March 2021
Flinders' Researchers Associate Professor Jill Carr, Professor Jonathan Craig and Professor Paul Ward discuss the behaviour of the COVID-19 virus, findings from the vaccine trials, the compliance issues and logistics of vaccinating our population, and how we understand vaccine hesitancy.
An online BRAVE miniseries of health, wellbeing and general COVID-19 information to help us all better understand the impact of COVID in a rapidly changing environment.
Monday November 23 - 1.00—1.45pm
COVID-19 epidemiology update – global and national trends, vaccines and treatments.
Presenter:
Professor Jonathan Craig
Wednesday November 25 - 1.00—1.45pm
Everything you wanted to know about making it through a pandemic but were afraid to ask...
Presenter:
Professor Mike Kyrios
Tuesday November 24 - 12.00—12.45pm
Improving health and well-being through the science of sleep.
Presenter:
Professor Danny Eckert
Thursday 26 November - 12.00—12.45pm
Climate activism and the COVID moment: securing the green new deal and climate justice.
Presenter:
Assoc. Prof. Cassandra Star
2020 BRAVE lectures
Could an avatar save your life?
10 November 2020
Professor Robyn Clark and guest panellists discuss how digital technologies can assist to help patients manage their conditions more easily.
Mind games
20 October 2020
Professor Mike Kyrios talked mental health, wellbeing and resilience building, and the importance of access to trusted information.
Thinking outside the (lunch)box
29 September 2020
Prof Rebecca Golley discussed childhood obesity prevention, nutrition, and how to getter better nutrition onto kids’ plates.
The state of the States
31 August 2020
Professor Don DeBats discussed the multiple factors that may influence the US elections in November 2020.
Nowhere to call home
5 August 2020
Professor Sarah Wendt and Associate Professor Kristin Natalier discussed women and children's experience of homelessness.
Righting the wrongs
2 July 2020
Professor Sally Robinson, and Mikaila Crotty from Purple Orange discussed how we can build safer lives for people with disability.
Beyond COVID-19: The workplace
21 May 2020
Professor John Spoehr discussed COVID-19 and the world's largest 'work from home' experiment.
Rewriting evolution
10 March 2020
Professor John Long discussed his thesis that big steps in human evolution took place well before fishes left the water to invade land.
2019 BRAVE lectures
Handle With Care
12 November 2019
Professor Alison Kitson presented on the fundamentals of care and other important care-related aged care issues.
Liquid Assets
22 October 2019
Professor Craig Simmons discussed the drivers for future water quality and quantity globally, and how we can address these challenges.
Sleep Well, for Goodness' Sake!
2 September 2019
Professor Danny Eckert presented on strategies to improve health through the science of sleep.
The Un-Making of a 'Murder'
25 July 2019
Our panel of researchers discussed why it took 14 years for Henry Keogh's murder conviction to be overturned.
Settling Well
18 June 2019
Associate Professor Anna Ziersch discussed research on health and wellbeing for people from refugee or asylum-seeking backgrounds.
Dying Matters
22 May 2019
Associate Professor Kim Devery discussed how clinicians can improve the quality of end-of-life care to benefit patients and their families.
There's No Plan(et) B
16 April 2019
Professor Corey Bradshaw discussed the climate-change and extinction crisis we find ourselves facing, and what we can do to help.
I don't like Mondays, Mum
13 March 2019
Professor Phillip Slee presented insights into the effective implementation of anti-bullying programs in schools.
C Change
4 February 2019
Leading researcher, Professor Bogda Koczwara, discussed the research behind a healthy lifestyle to avoid cancer.
2018 BRAVE lectures
Beyond the Bruise
28 November 2018
Professor Sarah Wendt explored domestic and family violence, raising questions about the future of the workforce involved.
Breathing Bad
31 October 2018
Dr Jackie Wright showcased research into the ill-health caused by living in a home previously contaminated by methamphetamine.
Laying Waste to Pollution
18 September 2018
Award-winning researcher, Dr Justin Chalker, presented how he has converted waste into new polymers that benefit the environment.
AI and Health - Who's at the Wheel?
14 July 2018
Flinders University Professor Alison Kitson presented an update on AI applications in the health sector.
Which Body Fits
5 June 2018
A discussion on the mental and physical effects of perfect body aspirations and the ‘fitspiration’ movement.
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