Events
The work of adaptation, the adaptation of work: intricacies and urgencies of the climate challenge
In this talk, Lauren Rickards will outline the thinking behind the new La Trobe Climate Change Adaptation Lab she is leading and how a detailed focus on ‘work’ opens up important new questions about all climate change responses and the role of universities within them.
Measuring wellbeing in Indonesia: The Indonesia Wellbeing Scale and its application in Jayapura
Dr Kate Sollis (University of Tasmania) and Dr Herdiyan Maulana (Universitas Negeri Jakarta) explore the culturally mediated concept of well-being.
The political economy of "Indonesia 2045 vision"
Public lecture by Dr Muhamad Chatib Basri, President Commissioner PT Bank Mandiri and former Finance Minister of the Republic of Indonesia.
Tracing value added in the presence of foreign direct investment
The seminar presents a new unified framework to trace value added along global supply chains that distinguishes foreign-invested enterprises from local firms and finds that the size of GVC activities doubles that in the previous literature.
Gender disparities in the effects of clean fuels on health and domestic labour: Evidence from rural China
Yiyi Zhao presents her research on the effects of clean fuels on health and domestic labour in rural China.
Business dynamism indicators in Australia
Business or economic dynamism is often attributed as the reason for increasing concentration, mark ups, declining labour share of income and productivity.
Public Sector Economics Conference 2023
The Public Sector Economics Conference 2023 provides an opportunity to hear the latest research, analysis and thinking in public policy economics.
Missing millions: The victims of Java's 1944-45 famine
Pierre van der Eng explores the overlooked history of the famine victims during Japanese occupation of Indonesia during the Second World War.
Does the presence of tax haven subsidiaries affect the usage of share buybacks schemes? The case of U.S. multinational companies
This study examines whether the use of tax haven subsidiaries by U.S. multinational corporations (MNCs) is associated with more intense usage of share buybacks.
Corruption, Coercion, and Consent in Zimbabwe’s Elections: On Mugabe’s Mode of Political Production
Join us on 28 November as David Moore discusses the relationship between African elections and corruption through his book Mugabe’s Legacy: Coups, Conspiracies and the Conceits of Power in Zimbabwe
Thesis Proposal Review Seminar The potential of schools to foster climate agency and transformation in regional Australia: a case study in Wagga Wagga, NSW
Tanja Russell presents a PhD Thesis Proposal Review (TPR) seminar about research on ‘The potential of schools to foster climate agency and transformation in regional Australia: a case study in Wagga Wagga, NSW’.
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