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.
Dr. Jessica Parr pops up to talk about the Auckland History Initiative at the University of Auckland. Rachel and Dr. Jessica Parr chat about the importance of our history in Tāmaki Makaurau and how we can endeavour to get more people involved in this research. You can find out more information here.
From the University of Auckland's School of Pyschology, Prof. Niki Harre joins Rachel and Tess in studio to talk about the pyschology of working together and looking after our natural environment. Coming to us ahead of her inaugural lecture at the Science Centre where she will discuss how we can create a shared vision for Aotearoa that inspires people in living well together. Catch Prof. Niki Harre's talk on Wednesday evening at 6pm in the Large Chemistry Lecture Theatre.
Dr. Ivan Leung & Dr. Ghader Bashiri from the University of Auckland who are both senior lecturers, in ChemSci & BioSci respectively, are in the studio for Ready, Steady, Learn this morning. Their research is focused on finding new drugs to tackle mycobacterium tuberculosis, what exactly is that you might ask? Lucky we've got the experts here to tell us.
This mornings guest for Ready, Steady, Learn is the multi-talented, Riley Phillips-Harris. Blues Award winner talks about his life as taekwondo world champion, budding lawyer and stunt man. Featuring in films like Mortal Engines, Avatar 2 and 3, the Shannara Chronicles, Riley chats to Rachel about life in the stunt world and taking out the taekwondo championship.
The Hugo Charitable Trust Research Fellow in the Department of Surgery and the School of Biological Sciences, Dr. Jiwon Hong, joins us in studio to talk to us about her research to help sufferers of pancreatitis. Dr. Jiwon Hong talks us through what pancreatitis is, what drugs are currently available and why it's important to develop more drugs in this field.
Dr. Tamasailau Suaalii-Sauni from the University of Auckland pops into the studio to talk about her ground-breaking research, with Dr. Robert Webb and Dr. Juan Tauri, the Marsden-funded research focuses on how Māori and Samoan peoples describe their experience of youth justice across three different countries. Dr. Tamasailau and Rachel discuss the disproportionate representation in the justice system and the need for more research in these areas.
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