UNSW 3MT
3 Minute Thesis (3MT) is an academic competition that showcases UNSW’s innovative PhD candidates, who have just 3 minutes to explain their world-changing research and why it is important.
Congratulations to our eighteen 2024 3MT finalists who competed on Tuesday, 27 August 2024. The outstanding presentations improve each year, providing an inspiring showcase of innovative and world-changing doctoral research being done by doctoral candidates across UNSW.
Event photographer: Isabella Moore
2024 3MT Awardees
2024 judging panel
Mr John B. Fairfax AO, Director Marinya Capital
Professor Bronwyn Fox, Deputy Vice Chancellor Research & Enterprise
Ms Suzanne Cotter, Director Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Professor Attila Brungs, UNSW Vice-Chancellor and President
Ms Zara Seidler, Co-Founder The Daily Aus
2024 UNSW 3MT Highlights
If you learn how to tell the story of what you’re doing in a convincing way, you can affect real change.
Professor Christy Newman, Deputy Dean of Research, Faculty of Arts, Design & Architecture
There’s incredible minds, and incredible cleverness that we’re unleashing on the world at the moment.
Ms Emily Chang, Founder Stoke and Co-Founder Cruxes Innovation