Three Minute Thesis 2025
The three-minute thesis (3MT) competition was developed by the University of Queensland to celebrate the exciting research conducted by doctoral research students.
Since the inaugural event in 2008 the popularity of the competition has reached truly global heights with 900 universities holding events across 85 countries.
For the last three years, we have ran our own competition to decide who will represent the University of Liverpool at the national 3MT competition. Researchers from across all three Faculties present in front of a judging panel and a live audience.
Meet a selection of this year's 3MT finalists and find out more about their fascinating work.
Femtech fertility ads: selling the illusion of reproductive control
Understanding ads to be more than just promotional tools: they are socio-cultural texts, both reflections of and contributors to societal norms and values.
How do you build universities for a new nation?
Looking at the design of the first Nigeria universities built after independence as a product of the post-WWII era where British colonial rule ended in West Africa.
Mother’s Nature: the environment and pregnancy
Looking to see if people living around nature influences their risk of suffering from a pregnancy complication, experienced either by the mother or by the baby.
Feel the fear …. and do it anyway?
Understanding what really drives working individuals to achieve - both conscious and subconscious - and the links these have with mental ill-health.
Holographic Construction in Design for Disassembly of Shekili-inspired emergency shelters
Design for Disassembly (DfD) of Shekili-inspired emergency shelters using Holographic construction and Augmented Reality (AR).
Collagen in bone fossils
Investigating if reported soft tissues and proteins in dinosaur fossils are genuine, contamination, or evidence that biomolecules can survive longer than thought.
Pandemics begin in communities — so should prevention
Bringing One Health from policy to practice by equipping marginalised communities with evidence-based tools to identify, understand, and act on health risks.