Timo and Katerina sitting down chatting

Timo and Katerina : Talking About Teaching

Award winning educators in conversation

In a deep and wide-ranging conversation Australian National Teaching Award winners Professor Katerina Teaiwa and Dr Timo Henckel sat down together to share insights and perspectives on their academic inspirations and careers.

Topics include:

  • Where do knowledge systems sit within the wider world?
  • Career progression and promotion in the academy
  • Authenticity and insecurity in teaching
  • Technology and storytelling.

    This is the latest edition of our on-going series in which we chat with some members of the ANU community about teaching & learning issues.

    This edition's content can be viewed as VIDEO below - along with TEXT TRANSCRIPTS.


    • Critical thinking in Economics and the creation of Pacific studies
    • What do include in your teaching took-kit?
    • Where do knowledge systems sit within the wider world?

    TEXT TRANSCRIPT (Part 1)


    • Teaching VS Research and the balance between them
    • Career progression and promotion in the academy
    • Recognition and impact among peers and in the wider world.

    TEXT TRANSCRIPT (Part 2)


    • Authenticity and insecurity in teaching
    • Assumptions and authority as an academic
    • Technology and storytelling

    TEXT TRANSCRIPT (Part 3)



    Dr Timo Henckel is a Senior Lecturer of Economics and a Research Fellow in the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis. Professor Katerina Teaiwa is Professor of Pacific Studies and Deputy Director - Higher Degree Research Training in the School of Culture, History and Language.



    Rafael Florez is the multimedia producer and Tangyao Zhang is the Communications Assistant within the Communications team of the Centre for Learning and Teaching (CLT)