Dates and Times
10 September 2025
18:00 - 20:00
Event for
Location
Organiser
Graduate Research School
Enquiry
HDR Development
Event about:
2025 Â鶹´«Ã½ Three Minute Thesis Final
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is an international academic research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland, Australia. It is held in over 900 universities across more than 85 countries worldwide.
Competitors must distill their 80,000 word research project into a three minute presentation to a non-specialist audience. 3MT competitors must effectively explain their research aims and its significance to broader society in no more than three minutes for a chance to win seed funding. The winner of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Final progresses to the Asia-Pacific semi-final, hosted by the University of Queensland.
This competition celebrates the exciting and cutting-edge research developed by PhD students. The training and exposure that participation provides helps competitors to cultivate their research communication skills and the extend the reach of their research impact.
Meet the Finalists:
| Finalist | Pitch title | Faculty |
| Kamirsyah Wahyu | Spatial processing of fractions | Faculty of Education |
Kate Clark
| Does heritage matter? | Faculty of Arts and Design |
| Lina Mohammed Abdo Al-Aghbari | Are economic constraints the silent Killer of Women’s potential? | Faculty of Business, Government and Law
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| Mona Hemmati | Cracking the Code: Relieving tiny lungs from the grip of RSV | Faculty of Science and Technology |
| Anton Fichtenmaier | Rethinking social anxiety and alcohol use: Challenging the shy profile | Faculty of Health |
| Michaela McGrath | 50 Shades of Brain Fog | Faculty of Health |
| Stephanie Deering | Learning to survive: Crows, cane toads and the power of behavioural adaptation | Faculty of Science and Technology |
| Jessica Seymour | Changing the narrative: from heartbreak to hope
| Faculty of Health |
UC acknowledges the Ngunnawal people, traditional custodians of the lands where Bruce campus is situated. We wish to acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of Canberra and the region. We also acknowledge all other First Nations Peoples on whose lands we gather.