PhD students fit years of research into minutes for Three Minute Thesis competition
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition celebrates the inspiring research conducted by higher degree by research students worldwide. Formed by The University of Queensland, the 3MT competition develops the academic, presentation and research communication skills of PhD students.
This year's 3MT Faculty Heat saw seven Business School PhD students present their research in three minutes in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience.
The judging panel consisted of Business School academics: Vince Mitchell, Professor of Marketing, Helena Nguyen, Associate Professor in Work and Organisational Studies, and Buhui Qiu, Associate Professor of Finance and Director of Doctoral Studies.
Presenters
Thesis: Getting the best value from government buying
Discipline: Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies
Thesis: Emotions and temporal work: Sustaining long-term engagement in cross-sector partnerships
Discipline: Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Thesis: Data Driven Doctors
Discipline: Business Information Systems
Thesis: Apps, Automation and Analytics
Discipline: Work and Organisational Studies
Thesis: Who Cares?
Discipline: Business Information Systems
Thesis: The Big Problem with ultra-high dimensional Big Data
Discipline: Business Analytics
Thesis: Who cares for those who care? Extrinsic emotion regulation in healthcare practitioners
Discipline: Work and Organisational Studies
Hannah Kunst was awarded first place with her three minute thesis presentation on the wellbeing of Australian medical workers and will compete at the University level competition on August 12 for the opportunity to advance to the national finals against winners from other universities.
L-R: Vince Mitchell, Hannah Kunst and Ben Breeds
Our distinguished judging panel were impressed with all of the presentations and awarded runner up prizes to Rick Sullivan, Emily Neo and Oliver Hannon.
"There was an exceptionally high standard of engaging delivery and great communication of complex ideas and research problems. We are very fortunate to have some very talented PhD students in the Business School," says Professor Vince Mitchell.