The Solutionists, with Mark Scott
Big challenges need big solutions. Meet the minds making it happen.
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Join Mark Scott, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Sydney, and get ready to view the world from a different perspective.
From our own wellbeing to the preservation of the planet, The Solutionists dives into the most pressing issues of our time and introduces you to the people unearthing the seeds of remarkable solutions.
Treating chronic health conditions is expensive, and the cost is only rising as more and more people develop these conditions. Some experts say that if things don’t change, nations won’t be able to fund anything but healthcare. Nutrition and longevity expert Luigi Fontana explains what a more proactive healthcare system could look like – and he’s got the evidence to show it works.
We'd all like to think we can solve big problems alone, but that's just not possible for the climate crisis. That's why Professor Deanna D'Alessandro is pulling together a team of expert physicists, chemists, psychologists, business leaders and policy makers to sprint towards the goal of Net Zero by 2050.
Rae Cooper is Professor of Gender, Work and Employment Relations at the University of Sydney. She says Australia hasn’t come nearly far enough in the fight for gender equality at work, and there’s a few reasons why.
Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalisation and Development at the University of Oxford, says cities are the greatest engines of innovation. They’re melting pots, bringing together the top performers and brightest minds from all over the world. But they’re hotbeds of inequality, and that inequality is only growing.