• Weaving Genetics with Silk in Japan – Lisa Onaga

    Michael Spence Building F23,Level 5, Room 501, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Abstract When the history of raw silk is traced by following the thread of commodity formation and trade, our capacity to fully grasp the interactions among the insects, plants, and […]

  • If peer review is broken, what can fix it? Some suggestions from the repliCATS project (Collaborative Assessments for Trustworthy Science) – Prof Fiona Fidler

    Michael Spence Building F23,Level 5, Room 501, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Abstract In many scientific fields, post-publication surveys of the literature find that peer reviewers routinely overlook methodological flaws and statistical errors, avoid reporting suspected instances of fraud, and commonly reach […]

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  • Quantifying the Human? – Dr Cristian Larroulet Philippi – The University of Melbourne

    Michael Spence Building F23,Level 5, Room 501, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Abstract: Quantitative measurement in the human sciences remains both widespread and controversial. Are depression scales, intelligence tests, etc. valid measurement instruments? Do they deliver quantitative or merely ordinal information? I […]

  • GenAI and mental health – Elena Walsh – University of Wollongong

    Michael Spence Building F23, Ground Floor, Auditorium 1, The University of Sydney, Australia

    Human beings are social and dependent creatures. We rely on friends, romantic partners, family, communities, therapists, and other confidantes for support, insight, and understanding. And yet, we have recently entered […]

  • The Ian Langham Memorial Lecture – Uncle Rob Cooley, Gamay Rangers

    Michael Spence Building F23,Level 5, Room 501, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Bio: Uncle Rob Cooley is a saltwater man with connections to Gamay-Botany Bay and the NSW South Coast. Currently, Uncle Rob is Senior Ranger and Leader of the Gamay Rangers, a […]

  • Planetary Health beyond Spaceship Earth? – Warwick Anderson

    Carslaw Building Lecture Theatre 275 Carslaw Building (F07), Level 2, Room 275, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Abstract For more than ten years, concern about the impacts on human health of degradation of the earth’s life-support systems has been expressed in terms of ‘planetary health’. The current […]

  • Jim Crow in the Asylum: Psychiatry and Civil Rights in the American South

    Carslaw Building 450 Carslaw Building (F07), Level 4, Room 450, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Abstract: “Jim Crow in the Asylum: Psychiatry and Civil Rights in the American South” documents the impact of racial segregation and the fight for medical civil rights in the state […]