2023

Twenty-three institutions from five countries hosted a local Visualise Your Thesis programme, with their winners proceeding to the 2023 international programme. All of the submitted entries can be viewed on the Visualise Your Thesis figshare, a publicly available repository.

The entries were judged by:

• Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles MNZM: Head of the Bioluminescent Superbugs Lab at the University of Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand, and awarded science communicator.
• Dr David Phipps: Assistant Vice-President, Research & Impact at York University, Canada, and global leader in research impact.

Read more about the 2023 judges here.

The winners were announced online, and in-person at the eResearch Australasia conference in Brisbane, Australia, on 18 October 2023.

2023 VYT International programme winners

First place: recipient of AUD $5,000 prize
Tegan Clark, It’s Dusty Down Under, Australian National University

Second place: recipient of AUD $2,000 prize
Kate Revell, Year 7/8 Student Engagement in Performing-Arts, University of Canterbury

Third place: recipient of AUD $1,000 prize
Tara Crandon, “Weathering the Storm”: Understanding Climate Anxiety and Coping in Young People, The University of Queensland

The judges also awarded a highly commended entry to Christopher Hall, Platform Journalism: Law & Society, University of Technology Sydney.

Trending on VYT recognised the entrant who achieved the highest number of views for their video on the VYT Figshare repository between 02 October - 06 October 2023. The Trending on VYT winner won a 1-year Gold Membership to the Research Impact Academy, providing them training and consulting to further develop their research communication skills.

The winner of Trending on VYT in 2023 was Tara Crandon, “Weathering the Storm”: Understanding Climate Anxiety and Coping in Young People, The University of Queensland