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Sydney Ideas is the University of Sydney's premier public lecture series program, bringing the world

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Is home a closed-off and self-sufficient place, or can it be reimagined to be where we find our conn

As part of World Alzheimer’s Day, four dementia experts from the University of Sydney’s Brain and Mi

‘Health hacks’ telling us how to stay young in mind and body are everywhere these days, but are they

Paul Farrell (Buzzfeed Australia), Benedetta Brevini (Senior Lecturer in Communication and Media), J

'Gatekeeping' continues to be a rousing and provocative word with regard to Indigenous and non-Indig

Professor Ayhan Aktar from Istanbul Bilgi University discusses the turning points in the Turkish pro

For many years now, anthropologists and urban scholars alike have identified ‘gentrification’ as a p

Join visiting philosophers Jonathan Tallant (University of Nottingham, UK) and Elay Shech (Auburn Un

Science used to be 'natural philosophy'; but Francis Bacon and the scientific revolution of the 16th

Women’s political activism has one century of history in North Africa, a history that intersects oth

Sydney Ideas co-presented with the Institute of Open Adoption Studies, School of Education and Socia

Wrongful Conviction and Truth

2017/8/29

When does evidence obscure the truth? Join us for a forum on the avoidable causes of wrongful convic

Forget what you think you know about fake news. Our neighbours in Asia have been dealing with fake n

It’s the 21st century, 100 years since Australian women were lucky enough to get the vote, and we’ve

This forum examines developments in Hong Kong in the 20 years since it became the Hong Kong Special

Journalist Glenn Greenwald discusses his favourite subjects: power and accountability, surveillance

Karl Widerquist discusses an idea which is increasingly viewed as the only viable way of reconciling

The Future of Work

2017/8/15

The World Economic Forum estimates that young people can expect to change careers at least seven tim

Alice P Albright, Chief Executive Officer of the Global Partnership for Education speaks about globa

An exclusive Sydney Science Festival presentation by acclaimed science writer Dava Sobel. In convers