2024

2024 is the sixth year for Visualise Your Thesis: graduate researchers who have won their institutions' programme move on to participate in the international programme with entrants from around the world.

Latest Programme Updates

Trending on VYT: How you can support your favourite entry

We are pleased to also announce that we will once again be running the Trending on VYT in 2024! Trending on VYT is a way to encourage the nominated graduate researchers to promote their videos online, and for those videos to reach even more people.

The prize for the winner of Trending on VYT, sponsored by Figshare, is a 12-month Gold Membership to the Research Impact Academy. The Membership includes access to training, masterclasses and other resources to help create, communicate and evaluate research impact.

Selection Criteria for the Trending on VYT Prize

  1. The winner will have received the highest number of video views on the VYT International Figshare Repository.
  2. Views will be counted during the period from Wednesday, 16 October 2024 00:01 – Tuesday, 22 October 2024 23:59 British Summer Time (BST)

The winning entries from each institution are available to view on the international Visualise Your Thesis Figshare site.

Check out the amazing entries from this years programme and make sure to rewatch during the period above to support your favourite entry.

Click the button below to visit Figshare.

View entries here

Winner Announcement

The winner of the Trending prize will be announced during the week beginning Monday 28 October 2024 on the Visualise Your Thesis website, and social media pages (LinkedIn).

Announcing our Judges for 2024

We're excited to announce the three incredible judges of this year's international Visualise Your Thesis programme!

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Jodie Haigh

Jodie Haigh is a trained scientist and communications professional with diverse experience across international, intergovernmental and not-for-profit organisations spanning science and research. She has created communications content in complex environments, including as the Communications Manager of Science & Technology Australia – the nation's peak body in science and technology, which represents more than 235,000 scientists, engineers and technologists. Additionally, she is the Vice President and Treasurer of the Australian Science Communicators – a national network for science communicators and science journalists in Australia. Previously, she developed and led the social media strategy for a multinational European life sciences research institute and ran a science news website for a global scientific publisher.

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Dr Kennedy Mbeva

Kennedy Mbeva (PhD) is a Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. His current research focuses on the governance of global catastrophic risk. Dr Mbeva has contributed to high-profile UN reports such as the IPCC AR6 and the Adaptation Gap Report and served on Kenya’s delegation to the UN Climate Change negotiations. A Kenyan national, he holds a PhD in International Relations (distinction) from the University of Melbourne and has studied and worked in Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

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Saskia Walcott

Saskia has worked in the UK higher education sector and with research and researchers for 20 years. She was Head of Communications and Public Engagement for the Economic and Social Research Council from 2003 - 2010 and is now recognised as one of the UK’s most eminent research impact practitioners. Saskia became an independent consultant in 2010 and has trained and mentored 100s of academics on how to embed impact in their work and worked with universities to develop their research impact strategies and plans. She has assisted with the development of 100s of REF impact case studies during REF 2014 and REF 2021 across units of assessment spanning all 4 main panels. Clients include universities in the UK, Europe, South East Asia and Australia. Saskia has also held in-house university positions: she was the interim Director of Strategic Engagement at UWE Bristol in 2017-2018 and Research Impact Manager at the University of Bath between 2014 and 2015.

2024 participating institutions

23 institutions from four countries are participating in this year's international Visualise Your Thesis programme:

  • CQ University (Australia)
  • Curtin University (Australia)
  • Deakin University (Australia)
  • Federation University (Australia)
  • James Cook University (Australia)
  • La Trobe University (Australia)
  • Macquarie University (Australia)
  • Monash University (Australia)
  • North-West University (South Africa)
  • RMIT University (Australia)
  • Swinburne University of Technology (Australia)
  • The Australian National University (Australia)
  • The University of Adelaide (Australia)
  • The University of Canterbury (Aotearoa New Zealand)
  • The University of Glasgow (United Kingdom)
  • The University of Johannesburg (South Africa)
  • The University of Melbourne (Australia)
  • The University of Newcastle (Australia)
  • The University of Queensland (Australia)
  • The University of Sydney (Australia)
  • The University of Western Australia (Australia)
  • UNSW Sydney (Australia)
  • Victoria University (Australia)

Our participating institutions will host their own local Visualise Your Thesis programme over the coming months and select graduate research to put forward for the international programme. If you are a graduate researcher from one of the above universities and want to submit a VYT entry, contact your institution for more information.

We can't wait to see the entries from the participating graduate researchers from all around the world!

Missed out on registering your University for the 2024 programme?

Contact us via visualise-thesis@unimelb.edu.au and we'll add you to our mailing list to receive updates about the 2025 programme.

2024 Programme Timeline

March - June

Institutions submit an expression of interest and register to host a local Visualise Your Thesis programme.

March - August

Visualise Your Thesis local programmes held at individual universities worldwide. Winners of local Visualise Your Thesis programmes are entered into the International Visualise Your Thesis Programme.

September

Institutional winners who will be participating in Visualise Your Thesis International 2024 are announced, and entries published on the Visualise Your Thesis Figshare repository.

October

Trending on VYT takes place, rewarding the entrant whose entry has the most views on the VYT International Figshare repository during a set week of the programme. #TrendingOnVYT

The judges select the winning entries, and the Visualise Your Thesis award announcements are made online and in-person at the eResearch Australasia Conference in Melbourne.

Prizes

We are excited to announce that the prizes for the 2024 award winners are:

  • First place: $5,000AUD
  • Second place: $2,000AUD
  • Third place: $1,000AUD
  • Trending on VYT: The winner of the Trending on VYT prize, sponsored by Figshare, will receive a 12 month Gold Membership to the Research Impact Academy.

The Research Impact Academy works to unveil the incredible research that is being done around the world through specialised training solutions, consulting, and global membership for researchers and research support staff. We unite global expertise to support local expertise and save you time by making it easier for your research to be accessible.

Sponsors

The International Visualise Your Thesis repository is powered by Figshare. Figshare also sponsor the Trending on Visualise Your Thesis prize.

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Contact us

For further information, institutions can contact visualise-thesis@unimelb.edu.au.   You can also connect with us by following the Visualise Your Thesis LinkedIn.

Please note: University of Melbourne graduate researchers should visit the UoM Visualise Your Thesis site.