The Three Minute Thesis (3MT)™ competition develops academic and research communication skills. Participants give an engaging and dynamic talk on their research topic to a non-specialist audience in just 3 minutes.

  • Winner: Katarina Doughty
  • Runner up: Danielle Finn
  • People’s Choice Award: Katarina Doughty
  • TEDxUWA Choice Award: Jessica Kerr
  • Matariki Network representatives: James Youd, Katarina Doughty and Danielle Fin

Katarina Doughty's winning three minute thesis presentation.

Danielle Fynn's winning three minute thesis presentation.

James Youd's winning three minute thesis presentation.

Finalists and their transcripts

Wesley Moss
The need for seed: harvesting natural nitrogen
Lizzie Speechley
Bird brain: insult of compliment?
Lucy Arrowsmith
The costs of a warming environment on the world?s largest fish
Sahira Bell
They can't kelp themselves
Jessica Kerr
Trust and fairy dust: talking about making judges
Terence Chia
Know your onions!
Shima Motooka
Solving the puzzle of polycystic ovary syndrome
Danielle Fynn
Emotional blindness: alexithymia after brain injury
Charlotte Birkmanis
Sharks and where to find them
Katarina Doughty
Reducing global food waste through insect farming
Alessandro Silvestri
The revolving door of modern warfare: civilian direct participation in hostilities
James Youd
Once upon a time in a land down under