Change for Good

Change for Good at UTS means a transdisciplinary, strategic, systems-thinking approach, combining critical, participatory, and multi-level strategies to create practical solutions for addressing complex health and social issues. In this episode of Impact Talks at UTS, the UTS Business School launc…

Wifedom: Exposing the workings of patriarchy

Anna Funder, award-winning writer and author of Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life, unpacks how the patriarchy continues to maintain the status quo – using the extraordinary lives of Eileen O’Shaughnessy and George Orwell, and her thoughts on the 2023 hit movie Barbie. In a patriarchal system, w…

Purpose, Meaning and Value: Driving the Positive Organisation

How do organisations identify and enact purpose? How can we drive connection between personal and organisational purpose, meaning and values? And how important are these issues in navigating an increasingly complex world? Dr Suzy Green and Dr Rosemary Sainty pose these questions and more to Prof…

The Writer in the Public Arena: Implications of a Poet Laureate for Australia

This year, Australia is set to establish the role of a Poet Laureate, as part of the federal government’s Revive national cultural policy. What is the relationship between poetry and the public realm—from bards to court poets to laureates? How will a poet laureateship help shape the reception of …

Waves of Change: Women and surfing in Australia

What does it mean to belong in the water? How can we get more women surfing? How can we create more inclusive line-ups?  What challenges do Australian women surfers still face?  Hear how surfing is changing in Australia - from the rise of women’s participation to equal pay, and find out why barr…

Information integrity, AI and the law: Global Gamechangers 3 of 3

With the advent of generative AI, manipulation of information and data is taking a new turn. Deepfakes and AI generated and propagated misinformation and disinformation are proliferating online. These trends are already undermining the reliability of news, disrupting elections, challenging democra…

The Big Carbon Rethink: Global Gamechangers 2 of 3

How can carbon be remade into stuff that we want and use every day? Imagine a world where all the products we want and interact with become 'carbon sinks' and reduce atmospheric carbon emissions.  in this world, when you buy a product, you'd decarbonise the atmosphere, make sure that the carbon s…

Greening Our Cities: Global Gamechangers 1 of 3

World cities are home to the vast bulk of humanity. Urban environments are also responsible for 75% of global emissions.  In this international discussion, experts explore the transformative power of Green Infrastructure (GI) in urban landscapes and examine innovative ways to make cities smarter,…

Practical Climate Solutions: 6 problems. 6 solutions.

Six problems. Six solutions.  Natural disasters and local communities. Sustainable building on a large scale. A carbon tax and climate economics. Engaging the public on climate change. The potential of algae to replace common materials. Recycling glass in new ways. Hear three minute presentations …

Fintan O'Toole on The Perils of Self-Pity: Democracy and Identity in the Age of Trump

In this extraordinary 'year of elections', voters in many parts of the world are being asked, not just to choose between parties and candidates, but to decide whether they still believe in the democratic system itself? Fintan O'Toole asks why systems and values that had been taken for granted for …