High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Joanna Horton is a sociologist and post-doctoral researcher at the University of Queensland in the Centre for Policy Futures investigating food systems. Joanna is interested in local food systems, the policy and governance of these systems to be fair, writing novels (very helpful for PhD thesis), and has explored this topic both in her Masters and PhD in Chicago (USA) and Australia respectively. Joanna has also worked at the CSIRO where she We discuss how to measure screen time (its not just your phone) and how engagement with the screen needs to be considered and not just the time in front of it, his research journey from beginning until now (including some football highlights), parents emotion and concern with their childrens screen time, the use of automated wearable cameras in collecting behavioural data and much more. As someone from Britain, he has seen more of Australia than most east coasters and worked over in Perth before coming back to Brisbane. He is passionate about not making screens the enemy, but supporting parents to understand that screens and tech can be used in a fruitful way. George’s overall message – if you are a patent, you are already doing a great job! His order – Homemade coffee from beans sold by Coffee Mentality in Brisbane.

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Linked in - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanna-horton-ab1629214/?originalSubdomain=au

Researcher profile - https://policy-futures.centre.uq.edu.au/profile/3453/joanna-horton

Journal article - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S146290112300254X?via%3Dihub

Self-authored book recommendations!

• First novel: https://ultimopress.com.au/products/between-you-and-me

• Second novel: https://ultimopress.com.au/collections/frontpage/products/catching-the-light

Fair Food Futures podcast series: https://fairfoodfutures.buzzsprout.com/

High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. George Thomas is a Post Doctoral Research Fellow in the Health and Wellbeing Centre for Research Innovation (HWCRI) at the University of Queensland. George is interested in supporting parents with young children and their screen time, secondly the measurement of 24hr movement behaviours among children, and thirdly (timely and new) - sport. We discuss how to measure screen time (its not just your phone) and how engagement with the screen needs to be considered and not just the time in front of it, his research journey from beginning until now (including some football highlights), parents emotion and concern with their childrens screen time, the use of automated wearable cameras in collecting behavioural data and much more. As someone from Britain, he has seen more of Australia than most east coasters and worked over in Perth before coming back to Brisbane. He is passionate about not making screens the enemy, but supporting parents to understand that screens and tech can be used in a fruitful way. George’s overall message – if you are a patent, you are already doing a great job! His order – British Black Cup of Tea (no biscuits).

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Research profile - https://hmns.uq.edu.au/profile/7959/george-thomas

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-thomas-14b93659/

Journal article to read - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12187-019-09663-1

TV recommendation - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31806037/

High Degree Researchers Drinking coffee. This show is designed for academics to put their research interests in the spotlight. Please sit, learn, and enjoy a cuppa while we do to. Professor Simon Lockrey is a researcher at RMIT focussed on design strategies for the circular economy and sustainable outcomes. He has worked in industry and academia with a number of projects including food waste packaging and dyson hand dryers, and has expertise in life cycle assessment, leadership, business and quite a unique knowledge of art/design history. Although Simon’s background was engineering for new products, he had a realisation in industry where he switched to instead re-design everyday products to support environmental benefit and have real word impact. He has recently become a Professor (congratulations) and he provides some good advice on how to work with partnerships and groups as well as how to learn from these relationships to push forward. We also discuss some interesting real-life examples of the circular economy in action with businesses such as Samsonite and Alessi and how corporate should be promoting environmental stewardship. His order – a unique option for this show (and a first) - Peroni Zero.

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Research profile - https://www.rmit.edu.au/profiles/l/simon-lockrey

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LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/prof-simon-lockrey-b206b115/

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Journal article to read (abstract only) - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265635319_The_Ecocraze_a_Case_Study_Negotiating_a_Greener_Product_Design_Landscape

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Book recommendation - https://www.amazon.com.au/Hands-Time-Watchmakers-Rebecca-Struthers/dp/0063048701