UC EVENTS

UC Research Festival 2023 aims to showcase the University’s connection to Canberra and celebrate the impact of some of our successful university-industry partnerships within Canberra and the region. Presenting with our collaborators, we hope to demonstrate the benefits of research partnerships with UC beyond the tangible outputs.Held over four days, the festival will include research presentations and pitch competitions, public lectures, tours and workshops, and networking and social activities. This year, Research Festival will also include the HDR Bazaar, a conference-style event showcasing the diversity of UC’s Higher Degree by Research candidates and projects.We invite the Canberra community to join us on campus for this exciting showcase and to meet and mingle with our researchers and industry collaborators.Date: Monday 5 to Thursday 8 June 2023Venue: University of Canberra, Bruce (various locations on campus and some events off-campus)

This book launch will take place on Zoom and will feature a panel discussion of editors Min Reuchamps, Julien Vrydagh, and Yanina Welp with contributors Nicole Curato and Baogang He and chair Franzi Maier.

We are pleased to announce that the Faculty of Education at the University of Canberra will be holding a symposium on personalised learning as a part of its affiliated schools research initiative.The symposium will be held on 8th June 2023 and will be a hybrid event that can be attended in person or virtually. Our keynote speaker for the symposium is Prof. Penny Bishop, the Dean of the University of Maine, College of Education and Human Development, USA. Prof. Bishop will explore the concept of personalised learning as a partnership between learners and teachers. To address the common myth that personalization isolates learners or is excessively reliant on technology, she will provide examples and research findings that illustrate how personalised learning can be used to engage learners, promote student agency, and enable students to advance self-direction. In addition to Prof. Bishop's keynote speech, the symposium will also feature two panel discussions and a workshop that will provide educators with the opportunity to explore the challenges associated with implementing personalised learning within compulsory school classrooms, as well as how collaborative school cultures can assist educators in developing and growing as times change. This symposium will generate rich dialogue between researchers, school leaders, and teachers in relation to the complex landscape of personalised learning. It will revisit the discourses surrounding personalised learning and provoke and encourage active discussion around what this means for the key stakeholders in education. We look forward to bringing together ACT policy and decision-makers, school leaders, and teachers, with leading international and national researchers in the space of personalised learning. This event promises to be an informative and engaging experience for all attendees. Please mark your calendars for this important event on 8th June 2023, and stay tuned for further updates and registration details.

Canberra’s New 3-Day Electronic Music Festival: You’re Invited to computerFunk.Featuring immersive lighting installations and a lineup of Australia’s most iconic electronic artists.Taking place over the June 9-11 long weekend in Canberra city - no travel required.Multiple headline artists each night with tickets starting at just $36 + BF.3 nights, 2 venues, 1 festival.This is electronic music. This is computerFunk.Expect deconstructed club music, minimal bass, hyperpop, trance, live drummers, classic house and more across 3 days.DAY 1 | Fri 9 June | UC HubKenta204Airmax97Tangerine (Live)ioki (Live) b2b micah heathwoodbabygirlchanelNiph (A/V)DAY 2 | Sat 10 June | UC HubHoneysmackDJ JnettMenageMia SorliekutaNiph (A/V)AFTERPARTY | Sun 11 June | sidewayStandalone Afterparty tickets to be released soon.Secret international act TBA.

Join Thornhill on their East Coast Regional Tour this May/June!With special guests Young Lions, Intertia & Tapestry.

Environmental governance, local consent and the changing politics of damsNepal’s energy sector is currently undergoing a dramatic transformation in the context of an unprecedented scale of investments in low carbon energy infrastructure development. In this seminar, I focus on the changing politics of resistance against mega dams in the Himalayan region, driven by anticipatory visions of a prosperous energy future that has been facilitated by the consolidation of the regional energy market. My analysis is set against a context of the emergence of a transnationally allied movement against mega dams in the 1990s, which dramatically altered the dynamics of dam construction at the global and local levels. I discuss new regulatory techniques, governance mechanisms and institutions, along with myriad other historical, political and cultural factors to show how in the contemporary ‘infrastructure moment’, a combination of material conditions and speculative visions created by the state and the market, in addition to historical–geographical contingencies, have introduced new complexities, which have diminished the collective power of anti-dam voices in the region. T?his seminar will be chaired by Wendy Conway-Lamb. About the speakerDr Udisha Saklani is a lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Monash, where she teaches corporate sustainability and sustainability measurement at the postgraduate level. She recently received her PhD in Geography from the University of Cambridge. Her doctoral project focused on the rise of new state and private sector actors, the shift in the nature of development finance, and the changing role of international organisations in driving a clean energy transition in the Himalayan region. Her research focuses on the institutional and political dimensions of water governance, energy transition and climate policy. Her past projects have explored environmental policy and regulation, public-private partnerships, environmental behaviour and transboundary water cooperation and conflict in South and Southeast Asia. Her work has been published in leading water and energy journals such as Environmental Science & Policy, Renewable Energy, Energy Policy, and Water Alternatives. This event is hybrid. Join us on Zoom or at Building 24, University of Canberra. 

TOPIC: EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF SPORTS SCIENCE CONFERENCE 2023 PAPERS & POSTERSBuilding a cognitive reserve during adulthood: what is the prescription? Professor Ben Rattray (University of Canberra)Age-Dependent Cerebral Blood Flow Responses to Acute Concurrent Physical and Cognitive Activity: Miss Vicki McCarthy (University of Canberra)The development and assessment of a novel combined physical and cognitive assessment: The Flanker-Y: Poster presentation by Dr Kate Pumpa (University of Canberra)The effect of eight-days oral taurine supplementation on thermoregulation at fixed heat production in hot conditions of incremental humidity: Miss Jenny Peel (Swansea University)Assessing real-world movement with consumer-grade wearable sensors: measuring segment orientations and movement quality: Mr. Alex Swain (Swansea University)'Probably just sexism': Gendered experiences of resource access in rugby: Miss Freja Petrie (Swansea University)8.30am GMT / 5.30pm AESTThis seminar will be held via Zoom: https://swanseauniversity.zoom.us/j/99528799662?pwd=MktaanIvTUtueWhORXNrWHBwYzROdz09This event is open to faculty, staff and students from Swansea University and University of Canberra. 

Beware Sinners, Judgement Day is upon us! Yes, Father Frenchy is back for another ridiculous comedy show & nothing is off limits. Some people believe that the world will end soon & God will judge how everyone lived. WHY WAIT FOR THAT?! Frenchy is ready to judge now, whether you’re ready or not.Stocked full of ALL NEW MATERIAL, Frenchy promises 1 thing from his shows – laughs. And seats. And shoeys. Okay, he promises a few things.Edgy, dark & absurd, Frenchy’s brand of comedy ain't for everyone but that’s how comedy is supposed to be. Frenchy’s shows are always an epic night but just be careful if you sit in the front row…Amen. 

Evaluating the first Global Assembly on the Climate and Ecological Crisis The Global Assembly on the Climate and Ecological Emergency was a pioneering civil society-led initiative. It was the world’s first citizens’ assembly that brought together 100 randomly selected citizens from around the globe to deliberate on the topic: ‘how can humanity address the climate and ecological crisis in a fair and effective way?’ For 68 hours over 11 weeks, Assembly Members listened to expert evidence, exchanged their views in facilitated small group deliberations and plenary sessions, and developed the People’s Declaration for the Sustainable Future of Planet Earth, first disseminated at COP26 in Glasgow in 2021. The Assembly aimed to set an institutional precedent for bringing the voices of ordinary citizens to multilateral negotiations, a space where they are largely absent. The Evaluation Report examines the extent to which the Global Assembly upheld principles of good practice in the process design, deliberative experience, and impact. In this panel discussion, authors of the Evaluation Report will present their findings on key aspects that were evaluated: demographic diversity; the facilitation process; the range of discourses on climate change invoked during deliberations; issues of power and inequality; and the Global Assembly’s impact on global climate governance. Following these presentations, we will hear reflections from discussant Claire Mellier, one of the members of the Global Assembly’s Central Circle, before opening up for a Q&A discussion. The aim of the seminar is to prompt reflection on the possibilities of designing and implementing a citizens’ assembly at the global scale, and generate actionable insights for future global assemblies. The seminar will be chaired by Adele Webb. About the speakers Nicole Curato is Professor of Political Sociology at the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the University of Canberra (Australia). She was the Chair of the Global Governance and Participation Advisory Committee of the Global Assembly and the lead author of this report. Wendy Conway-Lamb is a PhD Candidate at the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the University of Canberra (Australia). Her research explores how those most affected by climate change could be better included in global climate governance. She contributed to the analysis of discourses in breakout group deliberations and the impact of the Global Assembly. Azucena Morán is a research associate at the Research Institute for Sustainability, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam (Germany). Her work explores deliberative and participatory responses to planetary challenges. She led the research on the role of facilitators in the Global Assembly and contributed in the analysis of qualitative data from the perspective of disadvantage and vulnerabilities. Melisa Ross is Postdoctoral Researcher at SOCIUM Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy at the University of Bremen (Germany). She acted as observer during the Global Assembly and contributed to the analysis of qualitative data from the perspective of disadvantage and vulnerabilities. Lucas Veloso is a PhD candidate in Political Science at The Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil). Theorize and research democratic innovations and socio-political vulnerabilities. He was a notetaker in the Global Assembly and contributed to the analysis of qualitative data from the perspective of disadvantage and vulnerabilities. Kari De Pryck is a lecturer at the Institute for environmental sciences at the University of Geneva (Switzerland). She works on global climate governance and scientific knowledge production. She led analysis on the impact of the Global Assembly and contributed to the analysis of discourses in breakout group deliberations. Stephen Elstub is a Reader in British Politics, Newcastle University (UK). He has research interests in participatory and deliberative democracy and the role democratic innovations can play in environmental governance. He led the research on the media coverage of the Global Assembly. Claire Mellier is a facilitator, process designer and researcher with interest in delivering participative processes which put citizens at the heart of decision making. She is knowledge and practice lead at Iswe Foundation. She was a co-initiator and organiser of the Global Assembly on the climate and ecological crisis for COP26.This event is online. Join us on Zoom.

Student Equity and Participation and Companion House invites you to join us for a special morning tea event to mark World Refugee Day. World Refugee Day provides the UC community with an opportunity to demonstrate our support and to recognise the strength, resilience, and courage of those with refugee backgrounds, both locally and around the globe.To mark the day, several UC students with refugee backgrounds will share their success stories with us. We will also hear from UC staff, Companion House with additional speaker’s details to be confirmed soon.  

If you are passionate about data, or even just curious about data, then this is a great event for you to attend.This Data meetup event is hosted by the University of Canberra Faculty of Science and Technology, and supported by specialist IT recruiter Interpro People. Start Time: 4:30pm for 4:45pm startFinish Time: 6:30pm

Anti-Anthropocentric Democracy: Devices of Extra-Human Representation and ExpressionLucas Veloso will present the paper 'Anti-Anthropocentric Democracy: Devices of Extra-Human Representation and Expression' co-authored with Ângela Marques, published in 2023 in the Brazilian journal Teoria e Pesquisa. The paper considers practical and institutional possibilities of an 'anti-anthropocentric democracy', characterized by the constant effort to address decision-making biases that threaten extra-human existences. The authors start by examining the proposition's foundations that all sentient biological entities have an inalienable and politically relevant interest in preserving their existence. Based on that, they propose three devices that can promote extra-human representation, expression, and visibility: a) Political and epistemic alliance with non-Western populations, such as indigenous; b) Empowering and dissensual deliberative experiments that foster pragmatic compromises between different cosmologies; c) The use of imagery and audiovisual artifacts to minimize trans-ontological 'incommensurabilities' and increase the possibilities of being affected by radical otherness. This seminar will be chaired by Wendy Conway-Lamb. About the speaker Lucas Veloso is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science in Brazil (PPGCP-UFMG) and member of the research group on democracy and justice Margem. He researches democratic innovations, deliberative democracy, and socio-political vulnerabilities, and takes part in the team that builds Brazil's first citizen assembly on gene editing. His latest publications have addressed the following topics: a) social and political theory and epistemology; b) vulnerabilities in citizen participation and digital democracy; c) climate emergency, technology, and other socio-technical controversies.

US country stars, MIDLAND have just announced new Australian dates for 2023!In celebration of their third and latest studio album, THE LAST RESORT: GREETINGS FROM the Grammy nominated trio will be kicking off their Australian tour in Rockhampton on Friday 25th August 2023, before heading down the east coast including a stop in the Australian home of country - Tamworth!The country music superstars first visit to Australia was part of the international contingent headlining the inaugural C2C Music festival in September 2019. Showcasing their Texas County/traditional country style, they gripped audiences that loved their retro 70s country sound.THE LAST RESORT: GREETINGS FROM album represents an extension of that sound, a getaway where memories resurface, heartaches linger, and hangovers are plentiful.Proudly supporting MIDLAND is Australia’s own country music superstar and multiple Golden Guitar Award winner, Travis Collins.A MIDLAND show is all about a good time, blending those classic honkytonk vibes with their neo traditional sounds and they are bringing it all your way this August and September!Calling all Midlandero’s - MIDLAND’s Australian 2023 Tour will have a limited number of VIP M&G packages available for purchase.*Tickets previously purchased to MIDLAND’s 2022 shows remain valid for the Australia 2023 dates and venues.All tickets purchased for the original dates will be honored for the rescheduled date, without need for exchange.