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A motley crew of academics from the University Of Auckland educate you on a range of thought-provoking topics. Thanks to the University of Auckland.
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History lecturer at The University of Auckland Dr Rowan Light joins Rosetta and Milly for a kōrero about his research in understandings and intepretations of the New Zealand Land Wars, including his mahi with the Auckland Museum exhibition Atarau: Stories of the New Zealand Wars. Whakarongo mai nei!
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Today on Ready Steady Learn, Rosetta and Milly caught up with Caroline Puente-Lelievre, who's research with the School of Biological Sciences has cast light on the evolutionary origins of one of nature’s first motors, which developed 3.5 billion to 4 billion years ago to propel bacteria. Whakarongo mai nei!
Sue Ira is doctoral candidate from the School of Architecture and Planning in the Faculty of
Engineering and Design, whose work focuses in on the health of our soil here in Auckland. She chats to Milly about how we can improve the permeablitiy of Aucklands soil and what you can do to help. Whakarongo mai nei!
Emma Lydon is a pharmacy researcher at the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences. In Emma's research, she has uncovered the underlying environmental impact of asthma inhailers, which is a more significant issue than you would think. Whakarongo mai nei!
Christian Dennison is the President of the Māori Students’ Law Association, making a return to the University of Auckland after completely a degree in full immersion te reo Māori at Takiura. Christian phones in to chat with Rosetta and Milly about Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, his reo journey and his mahi at UoA! Whakarongo mai nei!
Today on Ready Steady Learn, Rosetta and Milly are joined in the studio by William Sheard: PhD researcher at UoA's Centre for Climate, Biodiversity and Society. William's research looks at extracting the wealth of metals from the mountains of e-waste discarded each year. Whakarongo mai nei!
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Today on Ready Steady Learn, Milly and Rosetta have a kōrero with PhD candidate in Pacific Studies Liam Kokaua, whose research topic is ʻWhat are the opportunities and challenges to revitalise the pondfield landscapes within the Takuva’ine Water Catchment?’ The trio chat all things ancient taro growing methods, kai sovereignty, and climate resilience. Whakarongo mai nei!
Today on Ready Steady Learn, Roan Zaedi speaks with Rosetta and Milly about her research on ways to improve early detection of COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)—a serious lung disease that is the
fourth leading cause of death worldwide. Roan's research focuses on using machine learning - a form of artificial
intelligence (AI) that learns patterns from data - to personalise health profiles to predict who might be at risk from COPD. Whakarongo mai nei!
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Today on Ready Steady Learn, Associate Professor Chris Ogden speaks to Milly and Rosetta about his involvement in the Raising the Bar event in Auckland next Tuesday 26 August - which involves University of Auckland academics giving 20 talks in 10 central Auckland bars! His talk is on Global authoritarianism: how to spot it and how to stop it. Whakarongo mai nei!
Today on Ready Steady Learn, Rosetta and Milly chat with Olaf Diegel, Professor of Additive Manufacturing (3D printing) in the Faculty of Engineering and Design, about his research and mahi in 3D Printing! You can hear Olaf speak at Raising the Bar across the inner city on 26 August. Whakarongo mai nei!
Today on Ready Steady Learn, doctoral candidate Kelly Shuttleworth is up in the studio to chat about her research in Constitutional Conventions! Whakarongo mai nei!
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Today on Ready Steady Learn, Dr Preeti Cowan is up in the studio to chat with Milly and Rosetta about her research in training AI to detect astroids and comets in outer space! Whakarongo mai nei!
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Today on Ready Steady Learn, Rosetta and Milly are joined on air by Dr. Sereana Naepi, who is an associate Professor of Sociology at Waipapa Taumata Rau, The University of Auckland. Sereana was an editor on the newly published book Oceans Between Us: Pacific Peoples and Racism in Aotearoa - an unflinching examination of racism in NZ, featuring essays from 13 Pacific academics analysing racism across education, health, justice and society. Whakarongo mai nei!
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Dr Alicia Didsbury, a research fellow in the Faculty of Science, joins Hugh Sundae in the studio to chat about her research into cell and gene based therapies for Cancer treatment.
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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.
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Milly and Tuva'a chat to Senior Engineering lecturer Dr Ashkan Hashemi about their research involving timber buildings and their response to earthquakes.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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