Congratulations to the winners of College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) round of the 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. CAIS research scholar Katja Theodorakis received a joint first place with Ben Chapman-Schmidt, a graduate research scholar from the School of Sociology.

The 3MT is an international competition for graduate students to showcase their research. Students speak for three minutes on the nature of their research and why it is important in plain language for three minutes, with only a single PowerPoint slide.

Katja's research is entitled: 'Caliphate Calling: Understanding the appeal of radical Islam as a challenge to liberal modernity'. For her 3MT College entry she spoke on the topic: 'Thinking like jihadis do?'

Ben Chapman-Schmidt is researching the topic: 'Illicit profit and sex trafficking in Japan'.

Katja and Ben (pictured above with their fellow students: Lauren Sadow, Helen Fraser, Tania Evans and Matthew Callaghan) will now compete against research scholars from the six other colleges in the ANU finals.