Big FAT ideas presents Focused, Ambitious and Transformative talks by La Trobe University academics. Each presentation challenges the audience to think differently about an issue of local, national or global significance. Big FAT Ideas encourage audiences to engage with issues and concepts they haven’t explored before, or perhaps see familiar issues from a different point of view.
Cities are still new frontiers
In human history, there is no precedent for vast numbers of people to be housed in urban concentrations.
Sin taxes
Cigarette sin taxes are favoured by economists and politicians, generating over $6B in revenue per year in Australia
Fishy ethics
Human beings are harvesting more fish than ever before, with serious consequences.
Education and the war on youth
One of the most powerful social engineering tools available in society is school curriculum.
People, pets and positive psychology
Pets are present in 63% of Australian homes and most Australians have lived with a pet at some point during their life.
Are our Western accounting standards to blame for terrorism?
Is the rise of terrorism related to the institution governing the development of global accounting standards?
Mobile phones to connect refugee women
Peer support training and free call mobile phones to small groups of refugee women is lowering communication barriers.
Wear your diamonds on the inside
Diamond could be the perfect biomedical material for obtaining diagnostic information to help define the best dose of chemotherapy.
Sex education that works
If it takes a village to raise a child then what are our respective roles in educating children about matters of sex, wellbeing and personal safety?
A 'super' drugs in sport policy
Can an economic disincentive to cheat help alleviate the problem of doping in professional sport?
Boat people: Let's focus on a solution
We spend a lot of energy on keeping the fences up but is that where our attention and resourcing should be?
Adapt or die: The last human species
We are the last human species. With the reality of climate change and an expanding population, how will we survive?
The Gonski Report into education in Australia has raised questions
VIDEO: 30 years strong, La Trobe's Clinical Legal Education program
PODCAST: Gillian Shepherd on changes in ancient burial practices
The lack of honesty in politics is lamentable.
Innovation Grant award for Bouverie student
