The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is an international research communication competition celebrating the remarkable research being undertaken by PhD candidates.
This competition offers a unique opportunity to sharpen research communication skills, empowering graduate researchers to effectively explain their research to a diverse audience beyond their field of expertise...in just three minutes.
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is an academic research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia.
Great research deserves to be understood.
Imagine a typical PhD thesis - 80,000 words long and taking over nine hours to read.
Adelaide University's Graduate Researchers are rising to the challenge - presenting their research in three minutes using just one slide - to showcase ideas with the potential for a lifetime of impact.
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition highlights bold, creative research from some of our brightest minds. The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition is a global celebration of research, held in over 900 universities across 85+ countries. Join us in-person or stream online to explore the finalists' innovative ideas and vote for the People’s Choice winner.
The 3MT Grand Final is presented by The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre and the Adelaide University Graduate Research School.
Name | College | School | 3MT presentation title |
|---|---|---|---|
Souktik Bhattacherjee | College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities | School of Architecture and Built Environment | Surgery at the edge of human exploration: Designing lunar operating theatres |
Edgar Huk | College of Business and Law | School of Economics | Are you well (connected)? |
Michael Lazarou | College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities | School of Humanities | Explain yourself! Aligning human and AI explanation |
Imogen Lee | College of Business and Law | School of Marketing | Did you get the message? |
Eva Moore | College of Health | School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science | Turning down hand and foot pain through the brain |
Daniel Nyarko | College of Engineering and Information Technology | School of Chemical Engineering | Float more, grind less |
Emily Phipps | College of Health | School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science | Turning on the survival switch |
Renee Romeo | College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences | School of Education | Rethinking the system: Representations and responses to women of migrant and refugee backgrounds in Australia's domestic, family and sexual violence policies |
Jia En Sit | College of Science | School of Agriculture, Food and Wine | ‘If in doubt, throw it out’ – is this saying out of date? |
Han Wu | College of Engineering and Information Technology | School of Civil Engineering and Construction | Listening to batteries age with ultrasound |
Gulsah Yildirim | College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences | School of Education | Connect to nature but please don't touch! |
Yuxuan (George) Zhao | College of Science | School of Biological Sciences | Where the sun never touches time – biological clocks of Australian underground and above-ground diving beetles |
