Video to come - Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Grand Final
Event details
Tuesday 1 September 2026,
6pm - 8pm, ACST
Online & Allan Scott Auditorium, Hawke Building,
Adelaide University - City Campus West
55 North Terrace Adelaide
A video recording will be available shortly.
01 September 2026
THREE minute thesis (3MT®) grand finaL
1 SLIDE. 3 MINUTES. BIG IDEAS.
Imagine a typical PhD thesis – around 80,000 words long and taking more than nine hours to read.
Adelaide University's PhD candidates are rising to the challenge of presenting their research in just three minutes, using only one slide, to showcase ideas with the potential for a lifetime of impact. Candidates will compete for the chance to win $3,000 and represent Adelaide University in the 2026 Asia-Pacific Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition.
The 3MT® competition is a global celebration of research, with more than 900 universities across 85 countries participating worldwide.
The 2026 Adelaide University 3MT Grand Final will be hosted by 891 ABC Radio Adelaide Presenter and Producer Deb Tribe.
Join us in person or online to hear from our outstanding finalists, explore innovative research tackling real-world challenges, and vote for the People's Choice winner.
The 2026 Adelaide University Three Minute Thesis Grand Final is presented by The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre and the Adelaide University Graduate Research School.
Image: Namrata Nair, 2025 Asia-Pacific 3MT Winner and Adelaide University PhD candidate
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2026 finalists and presentations
Souktik Bhattacherjee, Surgery at the edge of human exploration: Designing lunar operating theatres
School of Architecture and Built Environment, College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities
Edgar Huk, Are you well (connected)?
School of Economics, College of Business and Law
Michael Lazarou (Runner Up), Explain yourself! Aligning human and AI explanation
School of Humanities, College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities
Imogen Lee, Did you get the message?
School of Marketing, College of Business and Law
Eva Moore (People's Choice), Turning down hand and foot pain through the brain
School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science, College of Health
Daniel Nyarko, Float more, grind less
School of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Information Technology
Emily Phipps (Winner), Turning on the survival switch
School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science, College of Health
Renee Romeo, Rethinking the system: Representations and responses to women of migrant and refugee backgrounds in Australia's domestic, family and sexual violence policies
School of Education, College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences
Jia En Sit, If in doubt, throw it out’ – is this saying out of date?
School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, College of Science
Han Wu, Listening to batteries age with ultrasound
School of Civil Engineering and Construction, College of Engineering and Information Technology
Gulsah Yildirim, Connect to nature but please don’t touch!
School of Education, College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences
Yuxuan (George) Zhao, Where the sun never touches time – biological clocks of Australian underground and above-ground diving beetles
School of Biological Sciences, College of Science
Presented by
The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre and
adelaide university graduate research school
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is an academic research communication competition
developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia.
While the views presented by speakers within The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre public program are their own and are not necessarily those of either Adelaide University or The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre, they are presented in the interest of open debate and discussion in the community and reflect our themes of: Strengthening our Democracy - Valuing our Diversity - Building our Future. The Hawke Centre reserves the right to change their program at any time without notice.
