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The Monash documentary series, A Different Lens

A Different Lens is a documentary series that draws on the unique perspectives of academic and industry leaders on the world's most pressing issues.

A Different Lens

What happens when robots can make better decisions than we can? How is terrorism shaping our schools? Will true sustainability cost us our way of life?

‘A Different Lens’ is a documentary series that draws on the unique perspectives of academic and industry leaders from across a wide range of disciplines to uncover insights into the themes and challenges that will shape our future.

Latest episode

The human health impact of climate change

The world has talked at great lengths about how climate change is an environmental crisis. But what about the human health effects that come from it?

Sustainability

Other episodes

Piecing together the poverty puzzle

How does the poverty cycle perpetuate itself, and how can we address the deepening divide between the rich and the poor?

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Staying ahead of the AI revolution

Does our inherent embrace of technology that makes our lives easier have the potential to threaten our very way of being?

Technology

Treating mental illness with psychedelics

We tend to think of “psychedelics” as illegal, mind-altering substances, but they might just be the key to unlocking a revolution in mental health treatment.

A Different Lens

The shifting sands of global power

A Different Lens: While it’s easy to dwell on the darker elements of contemporary global politics, we should all remember that positive change is also afoot.

A Different Lens

How old is too old?

If we get a drug for every disease and we put people on a cocktail of drugs when they're 70 years old so that they can live to 110 instead of 100, is that a good thing or not?

A Different Lens

Putting climate change literacy on the education agenda

There are things we need to unlearn, learn and relearn about conditions for living together on this planet in just, equitable and sustainable ways.

A Different Lens