2024 Arts, Education and Law Three Minute Thesis

Three Minute Thesis ( 3MT ) presentations are back to being live and in-person! 3MT is an academic competition that challenges HDR candidates to describe their research in a language that can be understood by a non-specialist audience, within just three minutes. Throughout the competition, participants develop their presentation and communication skills, honing their ability to explain their research in a brief and engaging manner.

Visit the Griffith 3MT website to find out more about 3MT training opportunities and workshops, eligibility criteria, judging criteria and full competition rules.

Register to be involved

To register for your school heat, please contact your Higher Degree Research (HDR) Convenor, or register online.

Arts, Education and Law Group HDR convenors in each academic school:

Griffith Law School: Associate Professor Malcolm Smith

Education and Professional Studies: Associate Professor Sue Whatman

Queensland College of Art and Design (QCAD): Dr Chari Larsson

Queensland Conservatorium: Dr Chris Stover, Dr Catherine Grant

Criminology and Criminal Justice: Dr Kirsten Besemer, Dr Keiran Hardy

Griffith Film School: Dr Tim Marsh

Humanities, Languages and Social Science: Associate Professor Stuart Cooke

Register now for 3MT 2024

2024 important dates

  • Training: 1 May (Nathan); 2 May (Gold Coast), 15 May (Webinar); 23 May (Webinar)
  • Schools/Elements are conducting their own competitions, with finalists for the Arts, Education and Law Group Heat to be finalised by Friday 12 July
  • AEL Group Heat: Monday 22 July, South Bank, 4-6pm
  • Finalist GGRS coaching sessions: 8 August (Nathan) and 9 August (Gold Coast)
  • Griffith final: Tuesday 20 August (In person, South Bank)
  • Asia-Pacific final: September (TBC)

Eligibility

Students enrolled in any of the following programs may compete in a School/Element level competition, and are eligible to compete in the Group Heat, but are not eligible to compete in the University Heat, or Asia-Pacific 3MT Competition:

  • Honours and Masters (MPhil and coursework);
  • Professional Doctorate (less than 2/3 research)

* Graduates are not eligible.

Training

Visit the Griffith 3MT website to register for 3MT training opportunities.

  • Preparing to create your 3MT entry:
    Wednesday 1May (Nathan), Thursday 2 May (Gold Coast)
  • Preparing for the 3MT: Everything You Need To Know(Thinkwell):
    Wednesday 15 May (Online)
  • Creating Your 3MT Slide:
    Thursday 23 May (Online).

AEL Group Heat Prizes

  • AEL HDR winner - $500
  • AEL HDR first runner up - $250
  • People’s choice - $150
  • AEL Honours/Masters - $150

Griffith Final prizes

$1,500, $750, People’s choice: $500

2021 Three Minute Thesis (3MT)

Three Minute Thesis ( 3MT ) is an academic competition that challenges HDR candidates to describe their research in a language that can be understood by a non-specialist audience, within just three minutes.

Throughout the competition, participants develop their presentation and communication skills, honing their ability to explain their research in a brief and engaging manner.

Arts, Education and Law 2021 group heat winners

Award Winner School and Research Centre Topic

AEL HDR Winner

Elise Imray Papineau 

 Humanities, Languages and Social Science, Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research

Radical Compassion and Doing-It-Together: Exploring grassroots activist cultures and praxes through feminist care ethics

AEL HDR Second place

Ida Stevia Diget  

 Humanities, Languages and Social Science, Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research

Using Google Translate for COVID-19 messages: The ’tissue’ issue

AEL HDR Second Runner Up (tie)

Liz Englezos  

 Griffith Law School, Law Futures Centre

#Hyperconnected - Digital space, influences over digital Identity and the law

AEL HDR Second Runner Up (tie)

Rafael Azeredo 

 Humanities, Languages and Social Science, Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research

Temporary Migrants in Australia: a critical analysis

AEL Honours/Masters winner

Lisa Petersen  

 Humanities, Languages and Social Science, Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research

Signs of language endangerment: Handshape Variation in Sinasina

AEL Honours/Masters Runner up

Jade McGarry  

 Humanities, Languages and Social Science, Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research

Australian News Media Conflation of Islam and Islamism: A Content Analysis of The Australian Broadcasting Corporation and The Australian

People’s choice & Wildcard entry

Miffy King 

 Griffith Film School, Creative Arts Research Institute

Building confidence of recent Mental Health First Aid trainees through serious games 

Second Wildcard entry

Lauren Chalk 

 Humanities, Languages and Social Science, Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research

Decolonising Heritage Through Hip-Hop: Representing Reggaeton in the Museum

Previous Arts, Education and Law 3MT group winners (2021)

Elise Imray Papineau

Radical compassion and doing it together: Exploring grassroots activist cultures and praxes through feminist care ethics.

Ida Stevia Diget

Using Google Translate for COVID-19 messages: The 'tissue' issue.

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