KNoT Schedule

Designing Inspiring Workshops and Courses in Transdisciplinarity

This session will help participants interpret the ANU Transdisciplinary Problem-solving framework, and showcase resources that can help examine that question. We will also...

Building your BS Meter

What is a BS meter? Its you're ability to quickly fact check, and argue with a friend at the pub. Or more importantly, confidently check...

Collaboration in Action

Every collaboration has moments of friction and moments of flow. This workshop treats collaboration as a practice you can develop — not a talent you...

Creating Change

Nudges, models, and movements — explore the mechanics of change, then design your own.

Creating Impact with your Personal Brand

You are your brand. You have a personal brand, even if you have never thought about it. Unlock the power of your personal brand with...

CyberNations

Lead a nation through crisis and compromise — where every decision ripples forward, and your legacy shapes the world the next group inherits. Come and...

Cybernetic Historiography (Histories & counter-histories)

In this KNoT, we explore cybernetic methods for exploring the practice of history from a systems point-of-view. Specifically, you will learn ways to both analyse...

Decolonising Your Thinking

This KNoT builds on work across ANU at the Bandalang Studio. You can explore the Decoloyarns resources (Bandalang Studio) on their website.

Dialogue, Disagreement & Democracy

Dialogue, Disagreement & Democracy is an interactive KNoT that supports students to engage thoughtfully and constructively with difference, disagreement and difficult...

Economics of Innovation

This workshop introduces the economics of innovation — a field that seeks to understand how ideas are produced and rewarded. We examine the core features...

Emergence and Hopeful Futures

Explore self-organisation, feedback, and resilience — then apply cybernetic thinking to design hopeful, adaptable futures.

Fishbanks Simulation Game

In this session you will play an unplugged fisheries game set on the fictional island of 'Ayenusia', where several groups share fishing grounds that regenerate...

Foster Effective Collaborative Projects

Are you working on a collaborative project that could benefit from deeper strategic thinking? Or planning one that you want to set up for success...

Funding for Change: Compare, Scale and Pitch your case for Effective Altruism

Many worthwhile projects compete for limited funding. How do funders decide what to support, and how can you make a stronger case for your own...

Gamified Learning Community of Practice

Explore how gameful experiences can help your learning and teaching; test existing experiences and prototype your own. This workshop is open to all ANU staff...

GenAI for social good?

Expert Panel Discussion: Navigating the complexities and shaping our future as community-minded leaders Can artificial intelligence help solve society’s biggest challenges and...

Good Political Representatives

This knot will comprise 2 workshops involving the Canberra Alliance for Participatory Democracy (CAPaD). We will consider issues of representation, expectations of political...

Inclusive Design

Who gets left out when we design? Come find out — learn how inclusive design practices serve as the foundation for stronger processes, better products,...

Insights from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ways of Knowing, Being and Doing

This workshop introduces a selection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander approaches to learning, showing how Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing - when...

Know Yourself, Know your Future

This workshop will help you identify what is important to you when deciding on organisations and graduate jobs that might suit you

LLMs Unplugged

In this hands-on workshop you will train and use your own language model from scratch - with just pen and paper and a bit of...

Leadership & Influence

We live in a world of accelerating change and deep uncertainty. The question is not whether change will affect us — it's whether we're equipped...

Listening and Dialogue

Good dialogue is a skill, not a personality trait — come build it.

Personal values discovery: Identify and live your values

Discover your internal compass — use the Live Your Values deck to identify what matters most, and how to live it.

Presentations that Don’t Suck (and that are creative and connect with others)!

Um, ah, blank stares, death by bullet point — let's fix all of it, together.

Quantum Diplomacy

A serious game that explores how we collaboratively make decisions about future technologies. The year is 2035. Come and play!

Queering Practice: Rethinking Power, Participation, and Change

This interactive KNOT explores how critically examining and disrupting normative assumptions around human experiences of gender and sexuality can strengthen community...

Reflexivity as a Learning Tool

Throughout the SoCIETIE curriculum you make choices about projects, partnerships, opportunities and learning experiences. But what shapes those choices? Why do different people...

Respectful Dialogues

What if disagreement didn't have to mean division? Come practise the difference.

Systems and Feedback

From 1970s Chile to today — explore systems thinking through history’s boldest cybernetic experiment, and learn to spot where real change happens.

The Dynamics of Collaboration - A Cobeo Learning Experience

This is a 2-part workshop. Preference is given to students who can attend both workshops. You must complete Part 1 to attend Part 2. Cobeo...

The costs and benefits of climate change action vs inaction

Mark Howden, former Institute for Climate, Energy, and Disaster Solutions Director, will present on this crucial topic as an introduction to the Special Address by...

Unravelling Complexity

Bold thinking meets complex problems — Introducing a toolkit of frameworks to explore, describe, and unravel wicked problems.

What Are Universities For?

This inquiry challenges us to consider what universities uniquely offer to the broader community: not just knowledge transfer, but the development of critical thinking,...

Your value proposition: Telling your story

When asked in an interview, “Tell us about yourself,” many people struggle to know where to begin. This workshop will guide you to reflect on...

Zine Making: Communicating with Graphics

This is a hands-on workshop where we’ll use drawing, comics, and zine-style layouts to explore how to express complex ideas in simple, creative ways. No...

Cross Cultural Competency in Engineering

As engineering challenges become increasingly global, complex, and community-focused, there is growing recognition of the need to embed cross-cultural competency into the...

In Conversation

Thought-Leader Ideas Exchange

The McCusker Institute Thought-Leaders Exchange brings visionary community leaders into the heart of the university, sparking dynamic conversations with students and staff....

Adaptive Edge: Building Adaptive Organisations

Turn constant change into clear direction — and unlock momentum when complexity stalls progress.This is not a seminar. It’s a hands-on workshop for leaders driving...

Adaptive Edge: Governing for Complexity

Shape the future while navigating uncertainty — and lead your organisation through complex, high-stakes decisions.This is not a seminar. It’s a workshop for experienced leaders,...

Adaptive Edge: Leading Through Change and Uncertainty

Adaptive Edge is a two-day intensive for leaders navigating uncertainty — backed by 16 years of frontline innovation in complex environments.This is not a seminar....

Become a Maker

The ANU MakerSpace was founded on the principle that “doing is a different way of thinking.” This KNoT invites you to test that claim with...

Big Impact, Value Proposition Story-telling and Pitching

Turn your project's value proposition into a compelling story of positive impact. In this practical and interactive workshop you will frame your project as a...

Community Partner KNoT

About Community KNoTs. Community KNoTs are a way to explore learning opportunities that are running off-campus, There are many great places where learning happens with...

Partner KNoT

If you are involved with one of our partners, defined professional development that the partner runs as part of that involvement can count as a...

Campus KNoT

About Campus KNoTs. Campus KNOTs are a way to explore learning opportunities that are running on Campus.There are many great places where learning happens outside...

Crafting Careers for a Changing World

Level Up Your Career: Complete the Employability E-learning Pathways! Students working towards this KNoT are required to complete 3 hours of engagement with any of...

Design and Run Your Own KNoT

Everyone knows something worth teaching. This KNoT asks you to pick one thing, design a session around it, and then run it with real people.It...

Introduction to Video and Audio Production

This session introduces ANU students to the professional video and audio production facilities available at the Baldessin Education Studio. Students will get practical...

Meet the Author

The ANU Meet the Author Series has been bringing writers, historians and commentators to Canberra for nearly four decades. Each event is a conversation with...

Respectful Relationships

The ANU Respectful Relationships Unit (RRU) was established in 2019 to prevent sexual assault and sexual harassment at ANU. It runs education, training and events...