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Academia meets pub culture at Raising the Bar

11 September 2024

Last night, 20 talks were held across 10 bar venues throughout Ōtautahi Christchurch.

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The event attracted 1460 attendees across the city, where academics shared their knowledge and sparked engaging conversations. The aim of the event was to make knowledge more accessible to the public in an open and relaxed environment.

Each venue held two different talks, followed by a 15-minute question and answer session. Some of the talks included Human-Place Interactions, Artificial Intelligence, Scary Stories, Volcanos and Earthquakes, Journalism, Prisons, and Antibiotic Resistance.

Raising the Bar began in 2014 in New York City and quickly became an international event. It’s since been held in San Francisco, London, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland. This was the second year that Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) has hosted this event.


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