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  1. 3 April 2023 - Engineering & Technology

    Giving Australians ‘smart’ incentives to drive safe

    Personalised driver feedback and financial incentives are new strategies that address Australia’s increasing road trauma, say University of Melbourne experts.

  2. 30 March 2023 - Health & Wellbeing

    How digital devices can become weapons in our relationships

    Technology-facilitated abuse in relationships (TAR) weaponises digital devices; we must engage with perpetrators to stop it, say University of Melbourne experts

  3. 7 March 2023 - Humanities

    AI, automation and women

    On International Women's Day, University of Melbourne experts ask what the expansion of technologies like AI and automation mean for the futures of women.

  4. 4 July 2022 - Engineering & Technology

    Lawyers must adapt to the age of digitalisation

    Facial recognition technology highlights the need for lawyers to be trained in the legal risks of emerging technologies say University of Melbourne experts.

  5. 16 June 2022 - Legal Affairs

    Is sentience really the debate to have?

    Debate over the alleged sentience of LaMDA continues, but University of Melbourne experts say there are bigger questions about AI’s overall lack of transparency

  6. 30 May 2022 - Legal Affairs

    How to make it ok to record medical appointments

    While some people record medical appointments in secret, new University of Melbourne-led research is seeking to support patients and providers to do so openly

  7. 23 May 2022 - Legal Affairs

    The AI pretenders

    As artificial intelligence advances, University of Melbourne experts ask whether we should be concerned about robots and virtual bots pretending to be human.

  8. 18 May 2022 - Legal Affairs

    Using design to put voters at the heart of elections

    Technology gives us the opportunity to transform the voting experience to better engage people in the electoral system, say University of Melbourne experts

  9. 21 February 2022 - Engineering & Technology

    Technodystopia: Are we heading towards a real-world Blade Runner?

    Blade Runner depicted a technodystopian future. Almost 40 years on, University of Melbourne experts say some of these projections can now seem eerily accurate.

  10. 10 February 2022 - Health & Wellbeing

    Women in science still jumping higher hurdles

    Women are playing an increasing role in science but despite progress, female students still ask dispiriting questions, says University of Melbourne expert