What Happens Next?

In this episode, we've gathered all the practical tips from our experts about taking advantage of this acceleration in digital healthcare and how we can make it work for all of us. Monash digital health expert Chris Bain and Monash Alumni and Epic Group founder Cathie Reid have great advice on how we can get the best out of the shift towards digital health as patients, practitioners and a society....

In this episode, we look at what healthcare delivery could be like in the future, and how technological change, innovation and advancement have been accelerated by Covid19.  Chris Bain is a Professor of Practice in Digital Health in the Monash Faculty of Information Technology - the first to ever hold this role. He leads the university’s efforts in digital health, working with faculties...

Covid19 has created and accelerated changes in the healthcare sector and how we think about our health as individuals, a national and a society. In this topic, we’ll discover what happens if we don’t change - what are the opportunity costs if we fail to grasp this moment and learn from this experience. We talk to the experts who are driving the changes we need right here in Australia,...

In this episode we’ve gathered all the best tips from our experts about how we can all support, and maybe even benefit from, the opportunities space exploration offers. What actions can we take in our day to day lives to ensure we continue to see the value in ongoing space exploration so that we can create a better life here on earth? We’ll discover how to look for the elements of spac...

In this episode, we’ll find out what space can teach us about life on earth and how to make a better future for all of us.  You might be surprised at some of the ways space exploration is already shaping our daily lives, and will continue to do in future. We’ll discover how learning to live on Mars can help us solve some of the big problems here on earth, budding architects tell u...

What if we stop exploring space? What do we lose? What are the opportunity costs? What’s next for space exploration and what could it tell us/do for us? How can it make our lives better? This theme will look at why space exploration not only helps us understand how we came to exist, but can also help us solve some of the biggest challenges we face here on earth. We'll talk to experts ranging...

In this episode we've gathered all the very best practical tips and ideas from our experts to help you embrace renewables in your own life and how we can each change our mindset, behaviours and ways of living to help get Australia, and the world, on track to 100% renewable - and reliable - energy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Despite the abundance of renewable energy resources in Australia, and huge growth in solar and wind farms, along with hydro, getting it into our cities and households is still a challenge. An old, complex energy grid, our island nation status and the complexity of demand vs supply mean we still have some work to do. But Monash engineers and scientists are confident we can solve these problems. Beh...

Energy remains front and centre of political debate, a divisive issue among those who want to see a swifter transition away from fossil fuels and end the use of coal-fired power and those who don’t believe such a transition is necessary, or viable, due to potential economic impacts.  Renewables have long been touted as the solution to reducing our reliance on fossil fuels, and in Austra...

In our last episode of our series on Masculinity, we’ll hear from our experts about the best ways to support men and boys to cultivate positive masculinity. We’ll find out what works and why, and talk about the resources available. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode we’ll hear a more positive perspective - how masculinity is changing and how men are being encouraged to change past patterns of behaviour. We’ll also discover the programs designed to help men connect in positive ways. Steve Roberts is Associate Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences at Monash University.  He works with PhD researchers Britt...

The recent murder of Hannah Clarke by her estranged husband in Queensland shows us the frightening reality of domestic violence and makes us question the way we think about masculinity. Today we’ll take a look at what’s been described as the dystopia we are already living in and how we can create a better future for all of us - men, women and children. In this episode we speak to Assoc...

This episode features all the best tips and guidance from our experts about how to help parents and young people manage their social media use for mental health and wellbeing, and how it can be used to build communities and share stories. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Every generation faces their own moral panic over new technology. Even right back to Socrates when the use of written text in books was seen as something that would negatively impact our lives. In the 20th century, wireless radio and television was thought or assumed to bring about the downfall of civilisation.  In this social media digital age, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Monash Universi...

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has said that privacy is no longer a “social norm”. However, what impacts does this lack of privacy and use of social media have on us? What does the world look like if we fail to properly address the impacts of social media on mental health, especially in young people? Nicky Jacobs has a unique insight into the teenage mind and how its impacted by soci...

So what can you do to save us all from a world without art?  On this episode our experts share all their best tips for finding art in new places, adding it into your own life. And why now, more than ever, art matters. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we hear from two people who are finding and creating art in places and ways in which wouldn't have been possible, or even imagined, 20 or even 10 years ago.  They believe the future of art is bright, as long as we learn to look for and at it differently. Jon McCormack is an artist with a PhD in Computer Science and is a Professor of IT, which might seem an incongruous combinat...

What could happen to our world if we no longer have an appreciation for art and culture? At times when our most basic needs are at threat, can we even afford to consider art, let alone lament its loss? How does the world look and feel without new art being created? Or do we simply need to start looking for and at art differently? In this episode we hear from Ali Alizadeh, a literary critic, poet a...

In this episode we've gathered all the very best practical tips and ideas from our experts to help you find your way through the massive amounts of news and information we see each day, how to identify misinformation and how to ensure you're getting the most objective, accurate and up to date information from your news sources.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What can be done to help counter these misinformation campaigns and fake news? We’ll talk to some of the experts exploring what we can change to help counter these campaigns. Dr David Holmes specialises in a different type of communication, using research and evidence to strategically send critical messages. The aim is to draw attention to climate change, to help people better understand the...

The US elections, Australia’s bushfire disaster and now Covid-19 - major events plagued by online agenda-driven misinformation campaigns and the spread of fake news, amplified by mainstream media outlets with their own agenda. Monash School of Media, Film and Journalism experts Mark Andrejevic and Johan Lidberg ponder the possibility of a future in which it’s impossible to verify sourc...

The events of 2020 have brought us closer than we could have imagined to the dystopian futures of The Handmaid’s Tale, Mad Max and Brave New World. Academic and commentator Dr Susan Carland is back, exploring a new range of issues on Monash podcast What Happens Next? She’ll talk to thought leaders and seek answers to big questions -  What does our future look like if we don’...

What should we do when confronted by right wing extremism in our daily lives? Our behaviour change expert shares the best strategies.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

30.1.20 What Happens Next? What's Rightfully Ours – What Happens If We Ignore Right-Wing Extremism? | 8 Right-wing extremism is on the rise and presents a complex and concerning phenomenon. Terrorism and extremism expert Pete Lentini , an associate professor in Monash University’s Faculty of Arts, talks to host Dr Susan Carland about the state of right-wing extremism in Australia and across the gl...

23.1.20 What Happens Next? Far Right, All Wrong: Is Right-Wing Extremism on the Rise? | 7 The internet’s a great place to meet like-minded people… even for far-right extremists. Today’s political climate has emboldened this growing group in Australia and beyond. How will society look if this growing threat goes unchecked? In a new series, Dr Susan Carland and her expert guests consider the complex...