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Events

May 2018

01
May
2018
Crawford School of Public Policy | Arndt-Corden Department of Economics | ACDE Seminar

Rethinking student loan repayment burdens: evidence from Korea

Dung Doan, Research School of Economics, ANU.

Dung Doan argues for a more nuanced approach to measuring the repayment burden associated with time-based repayment student loans.

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03
May
2018
Crawford School of Public Policy | Arndt-Corden Department of Economics | PhD Seminar (Econ)

Sustainable green growth in agriculture: the role of regional cooperation

Kazi Zaman, PhD Scholar, Crawford School, ANU.

Kazi Zaman shares his PhD findings on the effect of regional cooperation in sustainable agriculture.

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03
May
2018
Crawford School of Public Policy | Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis | Seminar

Determinants of innovation in manufacturing SMEs: evidence from Vietnam

Hang Hoang, PhD Student, CAMA.

In this seminar Hang Hoang presents the results of her investigation into the determinants of innovation in manufacturing SMEs in Vietnam.

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03
May
2018
Crawford School of Public Policy | Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis | Public Lecture

Rebuilding macroeconomic theory

David Vines, University of Oxford

In this talk David Vines will describe the Rebuilding Macroeconomic Theory Project, which led to a number of papers in the Oxford Review of Economics Policy.

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Navigating the emerging world order
04
May
2018
Crawford School of Public Policy | National Security College | Public Lecture

Navigating the emerging world order - Melbourne

Associate Professor Michael Clarke and Dr Michael Cohen

How will nations, including Australia, navigate rising challenges? What might the future security order look like?

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Dr Joyce Wu
07
May
2018
Crawford School of Public Policy | Launch

Involving men in ending violence against women: book launch

Dr Joyce Wu, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU; and Helen Szoke AO, Executive Director of Oxfam Australia.

This event will see the launch of Joyce Wu’s book, which provides a feminist analysis of men’s motivations for joining violence against women’s movement.

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Navigating the emerging world order
08
May
2018
Crawford School of Public Policy | National Security College | Public Lecture

Navigating the emerging world order - Adelaide

Dr Jennifer Hunt and Dr Tim Legrand

How will nations, including Australia, navigate the rising challenges? What might the future security order look like?

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08
May
2018
Crawford School of Public Policy | Arndt-Corden Department of Economics | ACDE Seminar

The changing welfare of rural households in the vicinity of large-scale land acquisitions in Tanzania

Emma Aisbett, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU.

Emma Aisbett looks into the impact of large foreign land acquisitions on the rural poor in Tanzania.

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Image: DFAT flickr
09
May
2018
Crawford School of Public Policy | Development Policy Centre | Forum

2018 aid budget breakfast

Stephen Howes, Director, Development Policy Centre, Crawford School, ANU.

Join us on the morning of Wednesday May 9 when Professor Stephen Howes will present to you the Development Policy Centre’s analysis at the aid budget breakfast.

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09
May
2018
Crawford School of Public Policy | Public Seminar

The Bank of Japan's Exchange Traded Funds purchase and its effects on Nikkei 225 stocks

Kimie Harada, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy.

After extensive experience in Japanese government committees and research into financial systems and services.

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09
May
2018
Crawford School of Public Policy | Arndt-Corden Department of Economics | Indonesia Project | Indonesia Study Group

Can formalisation of adat law protect community rights?

Professor Kathryn Robinson, Department of Anthropology, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU.

Drawing on the histories of the peoples who regard themselves as the original landowners of the concession area of Sorowako nickel project in South Sulawesi, this seminar will discuss how well identities framed primarily in terms of this global discourse can provide a remedy for adverse dispossession.

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10
May
2018
Crawford School of Public Policy | Lecture

Activating systems change - methodological foundations and opportunities

Professor Claudia Pahl-Wostl, Director of the Institute for Environmental Systems Research; and Assistant Professor Datu Buyung Agusdinata, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability.

Please note: this event has now been cancelled.

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Navigating the emerging world order
10
May
2018
Crawford School of Public Policy | National Security College | Public Seminar

Navigating the emerging world order - Sydney

Associate Professor Michael Clarke and Dr Michael Cohen

How will nations, including Australia, navigate the rising challenges? What might the future security order look like?

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10
May
2018
Crawford School of Public Policy | Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis | Other | Research School of Economics | Public Lecture

Transforming Australia into an outward looking economy: why the 1940s matters

David Vines, University of Oxford.

In this talk Professor Vines will describe the radical shift in thinking by the generation of economists who worked in Canberra during and immediately after World War II.

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11
May
2018
Crawford School of Public Policy | Arndt-Corden Department of Economics | PhD Seminar (Econ)

Testing the Dutch disease: the impact of natural resources extraction on the manufacturing sector

Donny Pasaribu, PhD Scholar, Crawford School, ANU.

Donny Pasaribu presents his PhD findings on Dutch disease theory.

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Navigating the emerging world order
11
May
2018
Crawford School of Public Policy | National Security College | Public Lecture

Navigating the emerging world order - Brisbane

Professor Rory Medcalf and Associate Professor Matthew Sussex

How will nations, including Australia, navigate the rising challenges? What might the future security order look like?

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15
May
2018
Crawford School of Public Policy | Arndt-Corden Department of Economics | ACDE Seminar

Carbon offsets in the clean development mechanism

Dr Leslie Martin, Department of Economics, University of Melbourne.

Leslie Martin investigates whether carbon offsets in the international emissions trading market represent true emission reductions, focusing on manufacturing firms in India.

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Aliko and Ambai
15
May
2018
Crawford School of Public Policy | Development Policy Centre | Function

Film Screening: Aliko and Ambai

Theresa Meki, Assistant Producer, Aliko and Ambai, and PhD Candidate, ANU.

Aliko and Ambai is a new feature film from Papua New Guinea that takes its audience into the world of two young women navigating the hurdles of poverty, violence, forced marriage and abuse as they endeavour to build a future for themselves.

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16
May
2018
Crawford School of Public Policy | Social Policy Institute | Tax and Transfer Policy Institute | Workshop

Paid parental leave: What can the United States and Australia learn from each other?

Professor Deborah Widiss, Maurer School of Law, Indiana University.

The Social Policy Institute at the Crawford School of the ANU runs a series of workshops exploring major social policy concerns. The workshops are run on Chatham House rules and involve a mix of academics, researchers, senior public servants and others from the policy community. The workshops are being jointly hosted by the Social Policy Institute at the Crawford School of Public Policy, the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute at the Crawford School (TTPI) and the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, with the support of Jobs Australia and the Australian Social Policy Association.

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18
May
2018
Crawford School of Public Policy | Arndt-Corden Department of Economics | PhD Seminar (Econ)

Tariff liberalisation in Myanmar: an intertemporal CGE analysis

Sun Htoo Aung, PhD Scholar, Crawford School, ANU.

Sun Htoo Aung presents his PhD findings on the likely effects of tariff reductions in Myanmar.

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Rory Medcalf portrait
21
May
2018
Crawford School of Public Policy | National Security College | Public Lecture

Mapping our future: towards an Indo-Pacific strategy for Australia

Professor Rory Medcalf, Head of National Security College, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU.

In this public lecture, Rory Medcalf will reflect on how China, Japan, India and the United States are translating the Indo-Pacific into strategy, identifying lessons and opportunities for Australia.

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Image sourced from flickr by Bertknot
22
May
2018
Crawford School of Public Policy | Tax and Transfer Policy Institute | Seminar

Would Australians be more supportive of redistribution if they knew what level of inequality existed?

Christopher Hoy, PhD Candidate in Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy

Chris Hoy tests whether people would be more supportive of redistributive policies.

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22
May
2018
Crawford School of Public Policy | Arndt-Corden Department of Economics | ACDE Seminar

The economic and political causes of Indonesia’s forest fires

Russell Toth, The University of Sydney.

Russell Toth analyses the importance of political and economic forces—weak governance and the global demand for palm oil—in driving forest fires in Indonesia.

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Image sourced from flickr by John Lester
22
May
2018
Crawford School of Public Policy | Tax and Transfer Policy Institute | Lecture

Tax challenges arising from digitalisation: an international perspective

David Bradbury, Head of the Tax Policy and Statistics Division of the Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD

Join David discusses the key findings of the OECD’s interim report on the ‘Tax Challenges Arising from Digitalisation’.

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24
May
2018
Crawford School of Public Policy | Function

Postgraduate information evening

Cecily Stewart, Manager, National Recruitment and Development, Crawford School of Public Policy.

Looking to enhance or build your public policy career?

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29
May
2018
Crawford School of Public Policy | Centre for Climate Economics and Policy | Public Lecture

The Green Climate Fund, climate finance, and the imperatives and pathways for global transformation

Howard Bamsey, Executive Director, Green Climate Fund and Mr Patrick Suckling, Ambassador for the Environment, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Howard Bamsey, Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), discuss the needs and opportunities for climate action, and the pivotal role that the GCF plays in driving forward climate transformation and catalysing investments that support the needs of developing countries.

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Image: Nick Turner, UNDP (PNG)
30
May
2018
Crawford School of Public Policy | Development Policy Centre | Forum

PNG aid evaluation forum: drought, roads and health

Various speakers

This forum will bring the authors of a number of evaluations of various, important Australian aid projects in PNG.

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30
May
2018
Crawford School of Public Policy | Arndt-Corden Department of Economics | Indonesia Project | Indonesia Study Group

Who really are the poor? Measuring poverty with multiple dimensions

Putu Geniki Lavinia Natih, PhD Candidate at Oxford University.

This paper establishes that poverty is indeed multidimensional. It then presents arguments as to which dimensions and indicators should be included within a multidimensional measure and how they should be weighed against each other.

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30
May
2018
Crawford School of Public Policy | Centre for Climate Economics and Policy | Forum

Investing in change: the path to a decarbonised world

Mr Howard Bamsey, Executive Director, Green Climate Fund, and many more.

This public forum will bring together expert panelists to explore the questions of ‘what does forward-looking and ethical investment mean for an organisation like ANU?’ and ‘how should organisations like ANU structure their investment portfolios in anticipation and support of the low-carbon transition of the world economy?’

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