WEBINARS: DATA SCIENCE IN THE NEWS


QUT's Data Science Centre collaborates with QAAS as joint hosts of a monthly Webinar in the series "Data Science in the News". The webinars are held on a Friday for an hour starting at midday, and are uploaded to YouTube.

Several times a year QAAS selects the topic, organizes the speakers, and provides the moderator.


Webinars for 2025 with QAAS leadership:

 
Next webinar:

5 September, 2025, 12pm. "Citizen science and consumer engagement – are they the same?" Moderator: Professor Brenda Gannon. Panel members: Professor Greg Marston (UQ); A/Professor Jen Seevinck, QUT; A/Professor Carl Woods (UQ); A/Professor Zoe Rutherford (UQ).




28 November, 2025. Title to be confirmed. Moderator: Professor John Quiggin
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The other monthly webinars will be announced to QAAS Fellows and Members by email and on the QAAS home webpage.



Past webinars include:

May 23, 2025. "After the COVID-19 pandemis – the good, the bad and the ugly?"
https://youtu.be/Lf2QFbUwHDY?si=_8kyF0jouNJ9tCdG


September 27, 2024: "Hate speech"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPk_MOHt2bA&t=38s

May 31, 2024: "Circular Economy: Progress & barriers to a more sustainable and equitable world":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TRubzOYeiE

August 25, 2023, “Future trends 2023 and beyond”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dctaVTDT0VY

31 March, 2023, “Robodebt”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlP-kHbnjfY&t=6s



Other webinars in this series can be found here.



 
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