An architect, a planetary geologist, and a social researcher walk into a karaoke bar … It sounds like a joke, but for this year’s Raising the Bar, we’re making it a reality. Come along to PartyWorld karaoke bar and settle into a booth. Like an academic lucky-dip, you’ll be visited by a random series of specialists. Each will deliver a short presentation on their research, followed by a karaoke song of their choice.
Delve into the weird and wonderfully specific research of some of Melbourne’s brightest up-and-coming academics, and leave the karaoke bar with fewer regrets than usual!
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Over the course of the evening, you’ll hear from three of the eight karaoke academics, randomly assigned to your booth:
Simona Castricum - Empathy and catharsis in a binary world
Asako Saito - Queering Media: Stories of men, by women, for women
Elena Balcaite - Passions for sport in the sport-loving city
Thomas Barker - Vernacular architecture of migrant groups in Australian suburbia
Rohan Byrne - Computational geophysics: how worlds are brought to life and why they eventually die
Anna Miltiadous - The miraculous adaptive genetics of the Zebra Finch
Harsha Chandir - Assessing the Assessment: How do students interpret and respond to the assessment of global competence
Bijan Shekibi - Brain-controlled prosthetics
7:30PM @PartyWorld, Melbourne Central, 211 La Trobe St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Entrance over 18 | The venue is wheelchair accessible.