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21 Nov 2022Discussing autism diagnosis with kids
Josephine Barbaro, Marie Camin
21 Nov 2022APEC winds up, ‘summit season’ successes
Nick Bisley, Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations
16 Nov 2022Growing food on the moon
Kim Johnson, Harvey Millar, Matthew Gilliham
11 Nov 2022North Korea's missile tests raise alarm
Dr Ben Habib, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations
09 Nov 2022Would co-CEOs be best for every company?
Professor Suzanne Young, La Trobe Business School
07 Nov 2022Australians must learn from Robodebt
Dr Darren O'Donovan, La Trobe Law School
07 Nov 2022Engineers wanted: sport depends on them
Professor Chris Stoltz, Professor of Practice, Engineering, La Trobe University
04 Nov 2022We asked NDIS participants how to fix it
Adjunct Associate Professor Di Walker and Dr Mark Brown
01 Nov 2022Domestic violence and the Melbourne Cup
Dr Kirsty Forsdike, Dr Anne-Marie Laslett, Associate Professor Leesa Hooker
25 Oct 2022Sherpa: Stories of Life and Death
Ruth Gamble, historian of the Tibetan Plateau and the Himalaya
24 Oct 2022Xi cements power, exposed on economy
Tony Walker, Vice-chancellor's fellow
18 Oct 2022Food's an issue to chew over
Tony Bacic, Director of the La Trobe Institute for Agriculture & Food (LIAF)
17 Oct 2022A World Heritage system reform catalyst?
Associate Professor Anita Smith, Archaeology and Heritage La Trobe University, and Helen Marsh, Emeritus Professor, Environmental Science, James Cook University
17 Oct 2022People are shivering in cold and mouldy homes – how did that happen?
Adjunct Research Fellow Rachel Goldlust, Archaeology and Heritage La Trobe University
14 Oct 2022Cycle of social media and poor wellbeing
Hannah Jarman, Centre for Alcohol Policy Research
13 Oct 2022Momentum of women-led protests in Iran
Tony Walker, Vice-chancellor's fellow
05 Oct 2022Evolutionary Sense of Sex and Gender
Professor Jenny Graves, Vice Chancellor's Fellow & Distinguished Professor at La Trobe University.
30 Sep 2022What does it mean to die of ‘old age’ ?
Dr Marc Trabsky, Senior research fellow, La Trobe University
19 Sep 2022Why should we trust science?
Dr John Wright, Adjunct Research Fellow in Philosophy, La Trobe University
15 Sep 2022History of the Mildura region
Stuart Kells - Adjunct Professor at La Trobe University's College of Arts, Social Sciences and Commerce
01 Sep 2022Electric vehicles played long game
Timothy Minchin, Professor of History
01 Sep 2022Gendered views: Marin, Albanese drinking
Dr Amy Pennay, Dr Gabriel Caluzzi, Associate Professor Sarah J MacLean
31 Aug 2022Transforming the care economy
Professor Irene Blackberry, Chair and Director, John Richards Centre for Rural Ageing Research at La Trobe University
30 Aug 2022Monkeypox - next vaccine equity failure?
Dr Deborah Gleeson, Associate Professor in the School of Psychology and Public Health
30 Aug 2022Address our teachers’ knowledge crisis
Professor Pamela Snow and Associate Professor Tanya Serry
30 Aug 2022We know how to get new teachers ready
Professor Joanna Barbousas, dean of the School of Education
25 Aug 2022Immigration won't fix aged care staffing
Emeritus Professor Hal Swerissen, Public Health
22 Aug 2022Like Grand Designs but naughty
Dr Andrea Waling, Dr Jacinthe Flore, Dr Kiran Pienaar
11 Aug 2022Discussing monkeypox without shame
Jennifer Power, Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society
04 Aug 2022Our kids are no longer ‘free range’
Dr Hulya Gilbert, Dr Rebecca Clements, Dr Elizabeth Taylor
01 Aug 2022Inclusive cities and breastfeeding
Professor Lisa Amir and Associate Professor Julie Rudner
28 Jul 2022Leadership for a sustainable environment
Professor Aron O’Cass, Dean of the La Trobe Business School
26 Jul 2022Bluey explores involuntary childlessness
Dr Sianan Healy, Tracey Banivanua Mar Fellow, La Trobe University
25 Jul 2022Is netball actually bad for knees and ankles?
Sallie Cowan - Senior Research Fellow and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist at La Trobe University, Brooke Patterson - Research Fellow at La Trobe University, Kay Crossley - Professor at La Trobe University
07 Jul 2022Peer support tackles teacher burnout
Dr Anne Southall, Dr Lindy Baxter and Associate Professor Fiona Gardner, La Trobe University
06 Jul 2022What it means to identify as Indigenous
Professor Julie Andrews, Indigenous Research & Convenor of Aboriginal Studies at La Trobe University, and Research Fellow Francis Markham, ANU
23 Jun 2022More First Nations midwives needed
Pamela McCalman, La Trobe PhD candidate, Professor Catherine Chamberlain and Machellee Kosiak
04 May 2022Children helping our aged care crisis
Darren Midgley, Graduate Researcher at La Trobe University’s John Richards Centre for Rural Ageing Research
23 Mar 2022Russia's long history of neo-Nazis
Dr Robert Horvath, Senior Lecturer at La Trobe University
15 Mar 2022Unequal access to vaccines harm recovery
Associate Professor Deborah Gleeson, La Trobe University
04 Mar 2022Fact-checking can harm trust in media
Associate Professor Andrea Carson, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University
11 Feb 2022Coalition plays up China fears
Tony Walker, Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
10 Jan 2022Young people drinking less
Associate Professor Sarah J MacLean, Research Fellow Amy Pennay, PhD Research Officer Gabriel Caluzzi
20 Dec 2021Embracing positivity in 2022
Ros Ben-Moshe
30 Nov 2021Omicron shows the cost of greed
Professor Deborah Gleeson
