Centre for Ideas

FODI 2022 | Could psychedelics unlock the mysteries of mental health? 

Sydney Writers' Festival | In a world where our value is often determined by our productivity and busyness, doing nothing may be our most important form of resistance.

FODI 2022 | Global pandemics are inevitable. Unless we want to risk millions of lives again, we can’t afford to be unprepared.  

It's 2023, should Australia still be governed by a distant monarchy? 

FODI 2022 | Can we stop the opioid crisis from evolving into an epidemic? 

FODI 2022 | What does it really mean to be racist? 

FODI 2022 | If we don’t look after the oceans, who will?

FODI 2022 | If we are going to save the planet, we need to start hugging trees. So how do we override our human-centric worldview, and start seeing ourselves as one with the flowers?

Exploding the myth of gendered feelings

FODI 2022 | Is it time we rethink our relationship with culture? 

We need to find ways of managing global migration at a far greater scale before it becomes a crisis.

Is it possible to create plastics that are good for the planet?