QUT Institute for Future Environments

About QUT Institute for Future Environments

The Institute for Future Environments (IFE) is a transdisciplinary research and innovation institute at QUT that brings together researchers and students to collaborate on large-scale projects relating to our natural, built and digital environments. The IFE generates knowledge, technology and practices that make our world more sustainable, secure and resilient. Transcripts of IFE podcasts are available upon request.

Publisher

Institute for Future Environments

Category

science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 May 2013

Latest episode

14 Dec 2020

Latest episodes

52 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Dec 2020

   The assault on journalism and why it matters - Professor Peter Greste (UNESCO Chair in Journalism and Communication, University of Queensland)

   The freedom of journalists to do their jobs and report in the public interest has been under threat since the US terror attacks in 2001. The imprisonment of Peter Greste along with two of his Al Jazeera colleagues in Egypt in 2013 on terrorism charges has been followed in recent years by similarly concerning incidents in Australia and overseas that have thrown a sharp spotlight on the erosion of press freedom. In this Grand Challenge Lecture, Peter Greste explores how journalism became a target and what we can do about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2. 

   25 Aug 2020

   Insights into cutting-edge environmental research - Dr Marten Winter (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research)

   IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture recorded on 29 April 2020 at QUT. This presentation discusses the model used to conduct research at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and its Synthesis Centre (sDiv). Dr Winter discusses iDiv/sDiv's successes and challenges, and the strategies used to bring people together to work on cutting-edge environmental research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3. 

   25 Aug 2020

   Urban Energy-Hub: An approach for higher integration of renewable generation in urban energy systems - Associate Professor Vahid Nik (Lund University/Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)

   IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture - recorded 15 February 2018 at QUT. Providing society with the energy it needs is getting more challenging by the day, thanks to greater emissions, urbanisation and climate change. This podcast discusses an initiative called Urban Energy Hub which aims for a higher integration of renewables in urban energy systems and how this has worked in practice in Switzerland and Sweden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices