The Three Minute Thesis competition, developed by the University of Queensland, asks doctoral researchers to present their research in a clear, engaging, and jargon-free way in just three minutes. Your talk will be judged by both an expert panel and the audience, based on content, clarity, and delivery.
The competition consists of online and onsite training workshops, a preliminary round at Kino Engel and a grand final at Unioninkatu Banqueting Rooms (Unioninkadun juhlahuoneistot, Unioninkatu 33).
Please see more information about the schedule, rules and prizes of the competition below.
In the 3MT final, six contestants from the preliminary sessions (see the section below for presentation titles) will be giving presentations, judged by a panel of experts and the audience! The final is hosted by journalist and author Anu Partanen.
TIME AND PLACE: Wednesday, 3rd June, 17–19 at Unioninkatu Banquet Rooms (Unioninkatu 33).
REGISTRATION: To make sure there’s enough seats for everybody, please let us know about your participation beforehand by filling out this short form.
The preliminary round of the competition is organized on Tuesday, 3rd June, 15–17 at Kino Engel (Sofiankatu 4).
If you’d like to come watch the competition, please register beforehand! Coffee and refreshments will be served on the break.
The preliminary sessions are hosted by our doctoral researchers Ghida Khalife and Amanda Häkkinen.
Anna Kormu: Trouble in the Bubble
Arina Värä: BNCT-immunotherapy combination and immune responses in HNSCC
Tomás Fernández Bouvier: Canons, gardening and quantum computers
Swethaa Natraj Gayathri: Mighty TTN: To understand Titinopathies using RNA-Seq
Alex Rawlings: Kicking Supermassive Black Holes
Priyal Dhawan: Matrix for Survival: Tumor-Derived ECM in Breast Cancer Initiation
Aleksandra Shabanova: Understanding immune recognition in ovarian cancer
Mengjie Wang: Investigation of Lipid nanoparticle and immunogenicity
Zehong Liang: Building molecular chains
Keerthana Ganesh: When roads become walls: Blood vessels blocking cancer spread
Anni Heinolainen: Data-driven patient subgrouping with deep learning
Juniper Tyree: Fearlessly Compressing Weather and Climate Data
Viviana Kantosalo: Where Intelligence Meets Intelligence: Teachers and AI
Santtu Räisänen: The Farce and Artifice of Government Innovation
Aliva Sholihat: Can we learn a new language without trying?
Ella Virtanen: Women on the move - embodied stories of past, present and borders from Mexico
Tahoora Heydari: Digital products
Emiel Riiko: Tackling a bureaucratic abyss in transgender legislation
Leo Larjanko: What does "pakko-ruotsi" mean for a bilingual society?
Sade Mäntylä: Business and Human Rights and the Green Transition: Business as Usual or a Real Sustainability Transformation?
Maryam Ayad: The Youngest Voice in the House of Abraham: Qur’anic Discourse on Islam’s Siblings
Roope Marttila: Nuclear-Powered Shipping Is Coming Sooner Than You Think
Anudini Wijayarathna: Knowledge Co-Creation for Sustainable Arctic Land Stewardship
Get competition-ready with our presentation training workshops. The first workshop is organized online on 8 May at 13-15 and the second is organized as a live coaching workshop on 2 June at 10-12 (UH Main Building).
We warmly recommend attending both workshops if you plan to participate in the competition. The online workshop will cover the basics of preparing your presentation and you will have a chance to put the final touches into your presentation with a presentation coach in the live workshop.
A preliminary round is organized on 3 June at 15–17 at Kino Engel. In this round, six to ten competitors (depending on the amount of participants) are selected by an expert panel for the final.
The final is organized on 4 June at 17–19 at Unioninkadun Juhlahuoneistot (Unioninkatu 33) as a public event. The expert panel will choose the winner, and the public will choose their favorite for the People's Choice winner.
The winner of the 3MT competition will receive a consultation and half a day of 1-on-1 coaching with Kaskas Media’s experts on science communication and presentation. The runner-up of the final as well as the People’s Choice winner will also receive small prizes (to be announced later).
Every competitor will be assessed on (1) the comprehension and content of the presentation as well as (2) engagement and communication. The judging panel is composed of 3–5 members representing different fields. Each criterion below is equally weighed.
Comprehension and content
Engagement and communication
If you would like to participate, you can register by filling out this form. The registration deadline is 30 April. Spots are limited! If registrations exceed capacity (40 participants), we’ll ensure fair representation from all doctoral programmes and/or doctoral pilot consortia.