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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.

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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.

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

    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.

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

    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.

    • 38 min
    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)

    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.

    • 38 min
    Towards greener storage and transfer of energy - Professor Wojciech Grochala (University of Warsaw, Poland)

    Towards greener storage and transfer of energy - Professor Wojciech Grochala (University of Warsaw, Poland)

    IFE Distinguished Visitor Lecture - recorded 31 January 2020 at QUT. While the energy consumption of our world steadily increases at the rate of three per cent per year, fossil fuel resources are steadily consumed, and energy-related geopolitical tensions rise at an alarming rate. Humans inevitably seek alternative energy sources, new methods of storing energy for stationary and mobile applications, and energy savings. This lecture will describe ventures into the world of hydrogen fuel, as well as potential new families of room temperature superconducting materials based on silver (2+) compounds for non-resistant conduction of electric current.

    • 53 min
    Towards 2020: driving urgent action to limit the effects of climate change - Andrew Higham (Chief Executive, Mission 2020)

    Towards 2020: driving urgent action to limit the effects of climate change - Andrew Higham (Chief Executive, Mission 2020)

    IFE Grand Challenge Lecture - recorded 26 July 2019 at QUT. We have entered the time where climate change is not a distant concern, but one that is undermining basic human development and survival around the world right now. As fear and alarm increases in communities across the globe, have we reached the point of no return? Is it too late to mitigate our climate emergency, or is there still hope for a cleaner, better planet? In this Grand Challenge Lecture, Andrew Higham reviews progress towards the 2020 climate turning point and elaborates on the necessary diplomatic and political pathway to keep the promise of the Paris Agreement alive.

    • 40 min
    Challenges and opportunities on the path to a sustainable Queensland - Professor Paul Bertsch (Interim Queensland Chief Scientist)

    Challenges and opportunities on the path to a sustainable Queensland - Professor Paul Bertsch (Interim Queensland Chief Scientist)

    IFE Grand Challenge Lecture - recorded 1 May 2020 at QUT. Professor Bertsch explores the scientific and technological trends and opportunities that will help shape a sustainable future for Queensland. He examines the science and technology trends and challenges as Australia moves towards a population of 50 million and covers topics such as technology drivers, the circular economy, synthetic biology in sustainable food production, the current COVID-19 pandemic and emerging challenges and opportunities.

    • 53 min

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