Centre for Ideas

How can we learn to deal with the unexpected? And how can we teach the skills that the unexpected depends on – creativity, collaboration and never giving up?

When writing policy for public health and welfare, what changes can be made to improve the health and well being for everyone in our community?

What are the speculative theories that may become scientific fact in the future?

COVID-19 has made it almost impossible to talk about anything else, but the imperatives of climate change have not gone away. So how do we restart the conversation on climate? 

Is it possible to feed a future population of 10 billion people a healthy diet within planetary boundaries? 

Less than two decades ago, wondering whether other stars really did host planets was a matter for science fiction writers rather than scientists.

Human beings, we're taught, are by nature selfish and governed primarily by self-interest. But what if it isn't true?

How are parents and teachers and activists successfully fighting the forces that are privatising public schools?

As we grapple with the enormous disruption COVID-19 has brought, what have we found out so far? Is a vaccine really on the horizon?

After COVID-19, our government has a once in a lifetime opportunity to rebuild our economy, and they are not short of advice.

Haben Girma would prefer not to be called inspiring, but as a woman living in defiance of great social and physical barriers, it is a term often used to describe her achievements. 

In the last decade, public discussions of transgender issues have increased exponentially. However, with this increased visibility has comes not just power, but regulation, both in favor of and against trans people.