Past events
Understanding the impact of late-life social integration on cognitive health by using longitudinal datasets
Seminar
Cognitive health is a critical and growing global issue, driven by population ageing and evidenced by the growing burden of dementia. Both normal ageing and neurodegenerative disease contribute to memory decline, yet longitudinal studies reveal substantial heterogeneity in these trajectories.…
Seminar Series | Robert Tulip
Seminar
Leonardo, The Last Supper and the Stars Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper is perhaps the most renowned and enigmatic artwork in the world. My research shows that Leonardo constructed the painting by observing the star patterns of the zodiac constellations and using them — in order — to shape…
How Family Helps: Extended family engagement in raising First Nations children and its associations with health and wellbeing
Seminar
Presented in person and online, details below.It is widely accepted in anthropology that humans evolved as co-operative breeders, requiring help from an extended, flexible network of people to raise children. However, few studies are designed around understanding the importance of extended family,…
Symposium on Gender and Population
Symposium
Gender gaps in Australia’s population are evident across many dimensions — from life expectancy and health outcomes to education, work, income, and family life. These differences affect the nation’s demographic trends, social equity, and economic development. Moreover, gender identities themselves…
Babies, Bots and the Birth of Consciousness
Lecture/seminar
When does consciousness first emerge in human development? Professor Tim Bayne develops one answer to this question, and suggests that this answer has interesting implications for the question of artificial consciousness. Tim Bayne is a philosopher of mind and cognitive science, with a…
2025 Symposium of the International Consortium for Communication in Health Care Lancaster University, UK
Symposium
Lancaster University invites you to attend the next IC4CH International Symposium for Communication in Health Care on Thursday 11th and Friday 12th September 2025. Researchers, health professionals and other stakeholders from across the world will come together to discuss contemporary research on…
Natureculture: rethinking socio-ecological relations
Lecture/seminar
This Social Sciences Week public panel brings together a group of scholars and landscape practitioners whose work challenges the artificial distinctions often made between ‘nature’ and ‘culture’. Looking at a diversity of actors, from estrogens and wild animals to carbon credits and urban…