Scott Claessens, from the University of Auckland's pyschology department, pops into the studio to chat to Rachel and Tess about his research involving dogs, yawning and empathy. Wholesome.
Neera Jain, from the University of Auckland's Faculty of Education and Social Work, to talk about her research into inclusivity for disabled medical students in the US. Neera talks to Rachel about the importance of ensuring schools and health practices are inclusive and create positive experiences for people with disabilities. Bringing it closer to home, the pair discuss what this might look like for New Zealand.
Joanna Chu from the School of Population Health joins us in studio this morning for Ready Steady Learn, to teach Rachel and Tess some texting tips for parenting. Joanna's research focus's on supporting parents through raising teenagers, a challenge that could do with a little help.
The University of Auckland's Duncan Bakke from the Bioengineering Institute pops into the studio to chat about the biomechanics of how we walk. Specialising in the rehabilitation of stroke patients, Duncan talks to Tess and Oscar about what this looks like.
Faculty of Science, Honours student, Chris Bainbridge, joins Rachel and Tess to chat about 3D printing and self-repairing plastics. Could this be the future?
The University of Auckland's Head of the Audiology Section, Dr. David Welch, joins us in studio to teach us a little bit about why loud music feels so good, and what potential damage we might be doing to our hearing. Yikes.
The University of Auckland's Alex Bonham, from Dance Studies Programme, is writing her thesis on “How May a Playful Practice Co-produce the Playful City”. On top of that, she a result was elected to the Waitematā Local Board, after campaigning on the need for a more playful city this year. Alex chats to Rachel about what a playcity city might look like and why it's important to consider in our communities.
Dr. Bryan Ruddy from the University of Auckland's Bioengineering Institute chats to Rachel and Tess about how the biological muscle system is being used as an inspiration for the design of a motor, that could enable robots to move more like us. We're not talking scary robots from films, we're talking about the kind that can assist those recovering from strokes or injuries. Interesting stuff!
Kate Hannah is a Research Fellow at the Department of Physics in the Faculty of Science at the University of Auckland. She pops into the studio to chat about her research, Uncovering historic ‘whisper’ networks: women’s friendships in mid twentieth century New Zealand science. Rachel and Kate chat about women's 'whisper' networks and how we're all in one somewhere. Get yourself along to Spring Week to hear more.
Professor Andreas Neef from the Faulty of Arts at the University of Auckland is in the studio and chatting to Rachel and Tess about the dark side of tourism. Talking about some of the negative effects this industry can have on post-colonial, post-warzone, and post-disaster cities. Professor Andreas talks about the relationship between tourism and land grabbing and displacement in developing countries. You can find out more here.
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