Urban Futures Symposium 2022
16-19 August – Free hybrid event
16-19 August – Free hybrid event
In the Urban Futures Symposium, HDR candidates from across humanities and social sciences study streams will present research that informs how cities can be more equitable and accountable to achieve healthy, sustainable urban development.
The Symposium will also include a series of lunchtime workshops and an evening keynote presentation from Prof. Ioan Fazey, expert in transformative change from York University in the UK.
HDR milestone presentations will be hosted online, with links to the sessions available via the program below. Please note that information for milestone presenters, chairs and referees is available through the RMIT SharePoint site for HDR Milestone Presentations (RMIT Staff login required).
Hybrid event | 5.00PM - 6.30PM
Come along to this hybrid public panel to hear from some leading thinkers on cultivating more regenerative futures for ourselves, our communities and our planet. The session will include a provocative presentation from Ioan Fazey, Professor of Social Dimensions of Environment and Change at York University in the UK, followed by a panel discussion with Prof. Ingrid Burkett, social innovation expert and co-Director of the Yunus Centre at Griffith University.
This is a hybrid event being held in the Design Hub, Building 100, Level 10, Pavilion 4 and online.
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Online event | 11AM – 12.30PM
If our research and wider work is to contribute to more regenerative collective futures, we need to nurture our own capacity and direction. This workshop explores how we can use the Japanese idea of ikigai – an inner motivating force that gives a sense of purpose – to help us cultivate research and career pathways that are internally as well as externally regenerative.
Presented by Prof Ingrid Burkett, social innovation expert from the Yunus Centre, this interactive workshop provides an opportunity for DSC’s HDR and ECRs to pause, reflect on their direction and strengths, and identify how to become more regenerative.
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Online event | 12.30PM – 1.30PM
Writing for research is an exciting prospect for many PhD candidates. Hosted by RMIT Library, this session will help you develop the skills needed to disseminate your research amongst your peers in your research community and more broadly. We will discuss how important it is to find a place in your research community, how to go about building and maintaining an online research profile and how researchers develop an ‘authorial voice’ through the practice of writing for publication. Read more.
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Online event
Online event | 12.30PM - 1.30PM
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this workshop has now been cancelled. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Acknowledgement of Country
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.
Acknowledgement of Country
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.