Michelle Vhudzijena, CEPAR PhD Candidate in the School of Risk and Actuarial Studies at the UNSW Business School, was awarded third place with her three minute PhD thesis presentation on ‘Life, liberty and happiness for all during retirement: Modelling mortality heterogeneity using statistical learning techniques’, presented at the 2022 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition Business School Heat competition on 27 June 2022.
Michelle Vhudzijena, who is supervised by CEPAR Chief Investigator Professor Michael Sherris and Associate Investigators A/Professor Jonathan Ziveyi and Dr Andres Villegas, will now compete at the University level competition on August 31 for the opportunity to advance to the national finals against winners from other universities.
Tickets for the UNSW 3MT Finals on August 31 are available here.
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition celebrates the inspiring research conducted by higher degree research students worldwide. Formed by the University of Queensland, the 3MT competition develops the academic, presentation and research communication skills of PhD students. PhD Finalists have just three minutes to explain their research in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience.
The judging panel at the 2022 3MT Competition Business School Heat consisted of Business School academics Professor Tania Bucic (Marketing), Professor Gabriele Gratton (Economics), Professor Kerry Humphreys (Accounting, Auditing and Taxation), and A/Professor Michele Roberts (AGSM).
Third Place: Michelle Vhudzijena
PhD in School of Risk and Actuarial Studies
Title: Life, liberty and happiness for all during retirement: Modelling mortality heterogeneity using statistical learning techniques