Geosciences Seminar Series

The School of Geosciences hosts two regular seminar series:

Geo.talks 2010

The Geo.talks series comprises of fortnightly research presentations by staff and students within the School, as well as by eminent visiting scholars. Talks are normally held at 12pm on Thursdays in the Madsen Conference Room (Rm 449, Madsen Building), and are nominally 30-40 minutes in length followed by discussions. Geo.talks provides an opportunity to share research being performed in the disciplines of geography, geology and geophysics. In-depth analysis of specific research programs is common, although speakers are also encouraged to present the broader societal and public policy relevance of their research through the series to appeal to the diverse interests contained within the School of Geosciences. Senior Postgraduate students are particularly encouraged to present advanced research findings as part of the series.

Date Speaker/s Title
Location
Time
13 May
Dan Penny and Eleanor Bruce Geoscience’s engagement in a decade of cross-disciplinary research at the World Heritage site of Angkor, Cambodia Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449
12-1 pm
24 May
Bill Pritchard Institutions for Food Security: Global Insights from Rural India The Refectory, Main Quadrangle 6-8 pm
3 June
Jeff Neilson, Bob Fisher and Yayoi Lagerqvist Resource rights and carbon markets in the forest landscapes of Indonesia Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 12:30-1:30 pm
10 June
Jody Webster First results and stories from the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 325 to the Great Barrier Reef Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 12-1 pm
         
5 August
Dietmar Müller
Building a virtual geological observatory
Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 12-1 pm
12 August
Bob Fisher
Local institutions in forest and pasture management in Northern Mongolia
Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 12-1 pm
26 August
Steve Micklethwaite
Earthquakes and exploration
Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449
12-1 pm
2 September
Gavin Birch Contaminant stratification in Estuarine Environments Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 12-1 pm
16 September
Colin Cooke New perspectives on pre-industrial metal pollution: integrating geoarchaeology and biogeochemistry from the Andes Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449 12-1 pm
30 September
TBA      
14 October
TBA      
28 October
Lesley Head
TBA
Madsen Conference Room, Rm 449
12-1 pm

Southeast Asian Seminar Series

The Australian Mekong Resource Centre (AMRC) Southeast Asian seminar series, is run in conjunction with the Chair of Southeast Asian Studies in the Faculty of Arts. It is held fortnightly at 12:30pm on Thursdays in the Madsen Conference Room (Rm 449, Madsen Building), with speakers from the AMRC and the wider community and is designed to bring together those with interests in Mekong Region environment and development issues. If you would like to be on the mailing list for this seminar series, please email

Please click here for a list of Southeast Asian seminars in 2010.