Visualise Your Thesis Awards 2019

Visualise Your Thesis First Prize winner Danusha Jayawardana (centre), with judge Eva Balan-Vnuk (left) and Third Prize / People's Choice Award winner, Livia Garcez de Oliveira Padilha (right).

Visualise Your Thesis First Prize winner Danusha Jayawardana (centre), with judge Eva Balan-Vnuk (left) and Third Prize / People's Choice Award winner, Livia Garcez de Oliveira Padilha (right).

We are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2019 Visualise Your Thesis Competition at the University of Adelaide is Danusha Jayawardana from the School of Economics for her exceptional presentation: Child labour matters: overlooked adolescent mental health effects of child labour. 

The prize was awarded Monday 26 August at the Barr Smith Library, with Danusha receiving $1000 and the opportunity to participate in the International online showcase later this year.

Watch the winning presentations below, or view all of the fabulous Visualise Your Thesis entries in the online submissions showcase.

Watch the 2019 winners

First Prize: Danusha Jayawardana

Child labour matters: overlooked adolescent mental health effects of child labour by Danusha Jayawardana

Second Prize: Shannon Barnes

Grief in paediatric health professionals by Shannon Barnes

Third Prize & People's Choice Award: Livia Garcez de Oliveira Padilha

Meat the future by Livia Garcez de Oliveira Padilha

Comments from the judges

The 2019 judging panel comprised:

  • Professor Philippa Levy, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Student Learning) at the University of Adelaide
  • Professor Michael Liebelt, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Operations) and Dean of Graduate Studies at the University of Adelaide
  • Dr Eva Balan-Vnuk, Executive Director, ICT and Digital Government at Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Government of South Australia

As identified by Professor Michael Liebelt, the ability to communicate research effectively is a critical skill, and one that is only going to increase in importance. Overall, our judging panel were excited by the standard of entries in the competition.

'I was impressed by the high quality of the visuals used, the creativity of several individuals to create their own artwork, and the ability to simplify the research into "layman’s" terms', commented Dr Eva Balan-Vnuk. Similarly, Professor Levy commented on how much she enjoyed watching the videos, being 'impressed by them all and by the effort made by the students'.

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