Railway expansion reduces carbon emissions by shifting road traffic to railways

This seminar will explore the effect of Japan’s railway network expansion on carbon emission reductions between 1990 and 2019.

Undermining Resistance: Contesting extractivism in Indonesia

Literature on mining conflicts is divided by methodological and ontological focus on particular types of institutions, actors and scales of contestation. This produces some wildly contradictory conclusions. For example, literature on ‘resource nationalism’ starts with the observation that states have increasingly been able to assert more interventionist control over foreign investment in mining sectors and the profits from extractive industries.

Diverging interests and discourses in frontier change: Case studies from Sabah, Malaysia and Mai Ndombe, DR Congo

In this talk, Associate Professor Grace Wong will explore forest and agrarian frontiers in Southeast Asia and the Congo Basin, examining global flows of public and private finance as drivers of social-ecological change.

Aggregate implications of child-related transfers with means testing

Should government transfers to families with children be means-tested?

Seasonal work visas and the wages, employment, and mobility of incumbent workers

This seminar shares new evidence on the impacts of low-skilled immigration in Australia from administrative data.

Book launch by The Hon Ralph Regenvanu: My Land My Life - Dispossession at the Frontiers of Desire

The seminar will include a short discussion of the book by the author, Siobhan McDonnell, followed by the launch of the book by Vanuatu’s Special Envoy for Climate Change, The Hon Ralph Regenvanu.

Sub-national banking regulation and financial inclusion: Evidence from Aceh, Indonesia

This seminar investigates the effects of a new regulation introduced in 2018 in the province of Aceh, Indonesia, which requires all banks operating in the province – whether they are conventional or shariah banks – to adhere with the shariah principles.

2024 Order of Australia Lecture: A Possible World – Transforming Gender Relations for Sustainability

The Australian National University, in association with the ACT Branch of the Order of Australia Association, is pleased to present the 2024 Order of Australia Lecture, presented by Professor Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt AO.

Critical polycentric governance: Indigenous peoples’ tenure (in)security in India’s forests

Please join us for an upcoming RE&D Research Notes webinar, hosted by the Resources, Environment and Development group (RE&D), Crawford School of Public Policy.

PhD candidate Dipika Adhikari will present her research on Critical Polycentric Governance: Indigenous peoples’ tenure (in)security in India’s forests. The seminar will be facilitated by Christina Griffin of RE&D.

Book Launch - Retelling Australia's Water Story, by Quentin Grafton

Join Professor Quentin Grafton for the launch of Retelling Australia’s Water Story, in conversation with Professor Janine O’Flynn, as they discuss Australia’s complex water challenges and pathways to a sustainable water future.

Does deterrence treatment have a dynamic impact on tax compliance? Evidence from experimental study in Indonesia

Agung Satyadini presents his research about tax compliance in Indonesia.

Negative gearing: Is it a tax concession?

Negative gearing is a phrase used in Australian tax policy debates, typically in regard to rental property investments.

Trade and gendered labor outcomes: Evidence from changing export demand in Indonesia

The seminar will examine the gendered labor market consequences of international trade in Indonesia.

Environmental Futures in Australia

How can political ecology and geography help to navigate environmental crises and change?

Democracy and/or Development? Reflecting on the Lee thesis in Indonesia

Indonesia’s democratic transition was a success, and now is in the third decade of democratic experience. But it has been backsliding, bringing the country to the edge of competitive authoritarianism. During the three-decades of Suharto’s authoritarian rule, the economy grew at 7% annually, while the democratic Indonesia grew only at around 5%. Higher authoritarian growth resonates with the so-called Lee thesis, popularised by the founding Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew.

Tonga: Navigating Turbulent Waves Toward Sustained Poverty Reduction

The World Bank presents its 2024 Tonga Poverty and Equity Assessment report, which examines the extent, nature, and drivers of poverty and inequality in the country.

The production of absent, joyful and violent landscapes: a walking study of youth and politics

Dr Michiel Piersma will introduce walking interviews as a methodological intervention in studying the politics of landscape in international relations, politics and adjacent disciplines.

Get a good job that pays good money: Drifting from welfare to work on Australian social security

This presentation showcases a PhD research project that investigates how institutional structures of unemployment policy impede meaningful reform in Australia.

Factors influencing Papua New Guinea not to implement the death penalty

The last execution was carried out in Papua New Guinea (PNG) by hanging in 1954. Before and after Independence in 1975, the death penalty was reinstated once and abolished twice through the amendments of the Criminal Code Act 1974. However, despite efforts to reinstate the death penalty, PNG did not implement it since independence. This study aimed to identify the factors that influenced PNG not to implement the death penalty.

Winning mayoral incumbents: Election violence, term-limited performance, and the unfortunate legacy of district proliferation

The seminar will examine the use of violence by mayoral candidates in the run-up to elections.

An introduction to global heavy industry decarbonization technology and policy options

The Paris agreement goal of “under 2C and towards 1.5C” transformed the global conversation for heavy industry. This talk will review technological and policy options by sector for the most GHG intense and traded commodities.