Impact at UTS season 1

In this episode of Impact at UTS we are breaking you out of your research silo to look at ways of collaborating across disciplines, as well with external partners.

What would happen if we as researchers were brave enough to leave the ‘safety net’ of our own disciplines?

In this episode you’ll hear from host Associate Professor Martin Bliemel the Associate Dean of Research for the Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation who is eager to demonstrate that transdisciplinarity is more than a buzzword but a way of thinking and doing research.

He is joined by Professor Cameron Tonkinwise, Head of the Design Innovation Research Centre at UTS where they employ “frame creation”, an innovation-centred approach that applies “design thinking” to problem solving. Along with Professor Stuart White, Director of the Institute for Sustainable Futures who has spent 20 years working with academics across disciplines to become an expert in wrangling different minds and perspectives to create groundbreaking and impactful research.

These three UTS scholars examine the pleasures and pitfalls of co-designing research, debunk myths about transdisciplinary collaborations, and provide advice on creating a space for complex collaboration. As well as consider what it means for the future of research design if no one research field has the solution to the world’s wicked problems.

To find out more visit reshub.uts.edu.au

Featured in episode five of Impact at UTS:

Host and Associate Professor Martin Bliemel, the Associate Dean of Research for the Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation

Professor Cameron Tonkinwise, Head of the Design Innovation Research Centre at UTS

Professor Stuart White, Director of the Institute for Sustainable Futures at UTS

Distinguished Professor Larissa Behrendt, Director of Research at the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education & Research

Impact Studios producer/journalist Cassandra Steeth

The Impact at UTS podcast is made by Impact Studios at the University of Technology Sydney, an audio production house funded by the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Research.

UTS is committed to knowledge exchange and encouraging research collaboration between the university, industry and broader society. But what makes research collaboration effective? And what are the benefits and barriers to collaboration?

In this episode of Impact at UTS, hear how groundbreaking research developed in partnership with industry is being used to reduce shark attacks in our oceans. Professor Michael Blumenstein, the Associate Dean (Research Strategy and Management) in the Faculty of Engineering & IT, and Dr Paul Scully-Power, Australia’s first astronaut and co-founder of the Ripper Group, share the collaborative success of the SharkSpotter drone technology that is saving lives on Australian beaches.

From partnerships on our shores to long term collaboration overseas, Michele Rumsey, Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Development, discusses how her international research partnership with government, health and community groups in Papua New Guinea is transforming maternal and child health outcomes.

To find out more visit reshub.uts.edu.au

Featured in episode four of Impact at UTS:

Host and Associate Professor Martin Bliemel, the Associate Dean of Research for the Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation

Professor Michael Blumenstein, the Associate Dean (Research Strategy and Management) in the Faculty of Engineering & IT

Dr Paul Scully-Power, Australia’s first astronaut and co-founder of The Ripper Group https://therippergroup.com/

Michele Rumsey, Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Development

Impact Studios producer/journalist Cassandra Steeth

The Impact at UTS podcast is made by Impact Studios at the University of Technology Sydney, an audio production house funded by the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Research.

In this episode of Impact at UTS, you’ll hear about technology that changes the way we detect traces of criminals at crime scenes, discover how robots are revolutionising the Sydney Harbour Bridge and learn about UTS research that’s providing safe drinking water to hundreds of children in Vietnam.

Three Distinguished Professors at UTS, each from a different area in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), discuss their game changing technology that was only made possible through end-user engagement and collaboration with communities and industry partners.

Guests for the episode include:

• Distinguished Professor Claude Roux, Director of the Centre for Forensic Science
• Distinguished Professor Gamini Dissanayake, of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering and
• Distinguished Professor Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering and IT

To find out more visit reshub.uts.edu.au

Featured in episode three of Impact at UTS:

Host and Associate Professor Martin Bliemel, the Associate Dean of Research for the Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation

Distinguished Professor Claude Roux, Director of the Centre for Forensic Science

Distinguished Professor Gamini Dissanayake, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering

Distinguished Professor Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran, Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering and IT

Dr Paul Scully Power, Australia’s first astronaut and co-founder of The Ripper Group

Michele Rumsey, Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Development

Dr Xanthe Spindler, Core Member, Centre for Forensic Science

Impact Studios producer/journalist Cassandra Steeth

The Impact at UTS podcast is made by Impact Studios at the University of Technology Sydney, an audio production house funded by the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Research.