Milly and Tuva'a talk to Tom a PhD candidate in History at the Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland about all things cold war and space race. In a deeply engaging chat we apply this to today's space politics and Trump's 'Golden Dome' and the laws of space.
Milly and Tuva'a chat to Senior Engineering lecturer Dr Ashkan Hashemi about their research involving timber buildings and their response to earthquakes.
This week's brainbox is recent doctoral graduate and academic at the Business School Dr Farzana Adeel. Dr Adeel phones in to teach us about her thesis and research into the challenges that migrant entrepeneurs face, and how this impacts the ability of the job market in Aotearoa to attract immigrant entrepeneurs and business owners. To learn more, whakarongo mai nei or read more about Dr Adeel's research here.
Get ready to learn all about how rocks can tell us about ancient climate catastrophes from PhD candidate Katie Gilchrist. Katie was part of a team from the School of Environment whose recent Antarctic expedition took samples from sedimentary and igneous rocks in order to better understand the conditions during an extinction event over 183 million years ago. Curious to learn more? Whakarongo mai nei, then head over here to read more about the trip, and Katie's research.
This week's brainbox is Sam Lasham, a doctoral student at the Faculty of Health Sciences. Sam's research focuses on the link between psilocybin variability and consumer saftey, and developing a method for species identification. Whakarongo mai nei and read more about Sam's mahi here.
PhD candidate Nadine Riwai phones in to talk to Jonny and the listeners about her doctorate research into culturally safe screening Māori that are both mana-enhancing and whānau-centric. To learn more about Nadine's research in the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, head over here and whakarongo mai.
Jonny is joined by Daniel Kelly from the Science Faculty to learn all about his doctoral research into ways to grow food without fueling climate change - using syntropic agroforestry techniques!
Dr Theo Portlock from the Liggins Institute speaks to Jonny about his research into alternative approaches to Bowel Cancer detection in Aotearoa. Thanks to the University of Auckland.
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