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UNSW x Festival of Dangerous Ideas 2022

16 December 2050
1.00pm – 11.30pm AEDT
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Explore the UNSW academics and students featured in the Festival of Dangerous Ideas 2022!
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The 2022 Festival of Dangerous Ideas (FODI) dissected truth, trust, tech, tattoos and the taboo, and featured UNSW academics and students sharing their dangerous ideas. From the healing powers of magic mushrooms, to de-listing UNESCO heritage sites, and on to rethinking our approach to drug policy, dive into danger through the below talks!

UNSW Sydney is proud to have been the Principal Partner of the 2022 Festival of Dangerous Ideas.

Fresh Blood

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Aaron Eger | Can playing God save our seas? 

FODI 2022 | If we don’t look after the oceans, who will?
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Cheyenne Bardos | Facing our fear of race

FODI 2022 | What does it really mean to be racist? 
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Felicity-Tram Tu | Designing diseases

FODI 2022 | Global pandemics are inevitable. Unless we want to risk millions of lives again, we can’t afford to be unprepared.  
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Isabelle Volpe | Children and drugs: the protection racket

FODI 2022 | What happens when “just say no to drugs” doesn’t work? 
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Jack Hamilton | Ending POP* Culture (*Prescription of painkillers)

FODI 2022 | Can we stop the opioid crisis from evolving into an epidemic? 

Unthinkable

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Adam Bayes | Could 'magic' mushrooms become medical mushrooms?

FODI 2022 | Psychedelics and the future of psychiatry. 
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Felix Aplin | Building better brains

FODI 2022 | As we move into the most information rich age in human history, how can we ensure that we keep our focus on advancing neuroscience so those most vulnerable can receive the help they need?
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Kate Faasse | This talk may cause side effects

FODI 2022 | Imagine if medical side effects were all in your head… turns out more than half of them might be… so how can medical researchers break this dangerous cycle?
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Lucas Lixinski | Post-apocalyptic cultural heritage

FODI 2022 | Is it time we rethink our relationship with culture? 
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Tema Milstein | Flying your nature freak flag

FODI 2022 | If we are going to save the planet, we need to start hugging trees. So how do we override our human-centric worldview, and start seeing ourselves as one with the flowers?
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Caught in a Web

FODI 2022 | Where does the internet stop, and our human selves begin? 
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The Crime Paradox

FODI 2022 | As crime rates decline, our pop culture fascination increases. What is going on?