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  • Conversations for Good: Across political philosophies

    July 20, 2026 · 58 min

    [Content warning: Please note there is mild coarse language] What can we say about the common good in a world marked by deep moral, philosophical, and religious disagreement? Join University of Sydney political philosophers Luara…

  • What Country could be: Indigenous knowledge to take Australia forward

    June 17, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

    What happens when Indigenous knowledge systems are elevated? Leading thinkers from the University of Sydney, Professor Reuben Bolt and Associate Professor Michael Mossman, discuss the creative potential and ways this can be realised in…

  • A matter of life and tech

    June 1, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min

    Does the rise of AI mean the death of the humanities? Hear from University of Sydney star academics Sophie Gee, Sandra Peter and Kai Riemer; with music from Titus Grenyer. For centuries, the humanities and technology have existed…

  • Conversations for Good: Across platforms

    April 24, 2026 · 55 min

    Dr Joanne Gray and Dr Rebecca Huntley discuss public discourse, digital platforms and democracy. Hosted by Fenella Kernebone. Is big tech skewing our views and undoing our capacity for tolerance? What actually divides Australians and more…

  • Ocean imaginaries

    March 27, 2026 · 60 min

    What stories have taken hold in the public imagination about sharks and marine animals? How does this shape attitudes and policy responses to ocean conservation? Hear political scientist Christopher Pepin-Neff and Australian wildlife…

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  • An optimised life, examined

    January 6, 2026 · 55 min

    How, and for what, should life be optimised? Is the growing culture of optimisation leading us towards the homogenisation of culture? These days we're using technology to help us write, make decisions, as well as augment, biohack, sculpt…

  • The social life of food - Part 2

    December 4, 2025 · 40 min

    How can we eat well to live longer, feed future populations, and sustain planetary health? What's the science behind creating the world's most resilient hybrid wheat? Food makes us who we are. The ways we eat together change lives and…

  • The social life of food - Part 1

    November 22, 2025 · 47 min

    How can we eat well to live longer, feed future populations, and sustain planetary health? What's the science behind creating the world's most resilient hybrid wheat? Food makes us who we are. The ways we eat together change lives and…

  • Slow ageing

    October 8, 2025 · 1 hr 0 min

    Join University of Sydney experts for fresh insights and evidence unlocking our understanding of healthy brain ageing. How might we all live – and stay – well, for longer, at any stage of life? Leading researchers at the Brain and Mind…

  • The Ideas Roundtable: Is Australia alright?

    August 8, 2025 · 1 hr 3 min

    Is Australia still the Lucky Country? In public opinion polling, more and more Australians believe things are, on the whole, getting worse than better. Various data such as the longstanding Scanlon Social Cohesion Report point to society…

  • Katie Mack: The end of everything

    July 16, 2025 · 49 min

    Science has shown us the universe began with a Big Bang but what about its endgame? Will everything burn out and freeze over, or collapse in on itself, or rip into shreds? How far away are we from this happening? Embark on a cosmic…

  • Critical minerals: The global race for resources

    May 28, 2025 · 55 min

    Why are nations around the world racing to secure critical minerals? What’s at stake, and what does it mean for you? In this conversation, our expert panel will break down what you need to know about critical minerals – their role in the…

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Sydney Ideas is the University of Sydney's premier public lecture series program, bringing the world's leading thinkers and the latest research to the wider Sydney community.