Past Events
Money Moves: Navigating Life's Pivotal Decisions
Event Type: Wide/Public Interest
Date: Wednesday Aug 12, 2026, 5:30 pm
This is the in-person finale of our two-part series with the Women in Management student club, following part one on personal finance - taking you from the fundamentals of managing your money to the strategic decisions that shape a career and a life.
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View...Introduction to the HILDA Survey - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: Wide/Public Interest
Date: Thursday Aug 6, 2026, 10:00 am
This 2.5 hour workshop provides an introduction to the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. It will be run via Zoom or Teams. The training is free to attend but registration is essential.
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View...WEN: Eminent Economist Coffee Catch Up
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Aug 6, 2026, 7:45 am
The Women in Economics Network in Victoria is excited to extend a warm invitation to our Eminent Economist coffee meet-up in August. This is a chance for members to catch up over a cup of coffee and meet fellow friends and economists, including this month's eminent economist, Catherine de Fontenay, Commissioner at the Productivity Commission.
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View...Introduction to the HILDA Survey - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: Wide/Public Interest
Date: Tuesday Aug 4, 2026, 1:30 pm
This 2.5 hour workshop provides an introduction to the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. It will be run via Zoom or Teams. The training is free to attend but registration is essential.
For further details please visit the event website here.
View...ESA YP Trivia Night
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Jul 30, 2026, 5:30 pm
Join the ESA Young Professionals for a winter trivia night at ACIL Allen's Melbourne office. This is our mid-year chance to bring early career economists together for an evening of friendly competition, conversation, and light refreshments.
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View...Monash Winter Finance Conference 2026
Event Type: Wide/Public Interest
Date: Friday Jul 24, 2026, 8:45 am
The Department of Banking and Finance at Monash Business School is delighted to announce details of our fourth Winter Finance Conference, bringing together leading academics and researchers to explore key developments in finance.
For further details please visit the event website here.
View...Melbourne Empirical Trade Conference
Event Type: Wide/Public Interest
Date: Thursday Jul 23, 2026, 12:00 am
Departments of Economics at Monash University and University of Melbourne jointly organize the Melbourne Empirical Trade Conference which will take place in Melbourne, Australia. This is a sister conference to EIIT, EITI, RMET, and SETC. Economists specializing in empirical international economics will present their latest research at this meeting. These conferences are offered under the rubric of the Forum for Research on Empirical International Trade.
For further details and to register please visit the event website here.
View...25th GS Watson Public Lecture: John Maynard Keynes
Event Type: Wide/Public Interest
Date: Wednesday Jul 22, 2026, 5:30 pm
A free public lecture exploring the life, mathematics and ideas of John Maynard Keynes, presented by Professor Terence Mills.
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View...2026 Corden Public Lecture: The Hidden Cost of Buying Local
Event Type: Wide/Public Interest
Date: Wednesday Jul 22, 2026, 5:30 pm
2026 Corden Public Lecture: The Hidden Cost of Buying Local: Public Procurement and Job Creation.
Presented by Professor Matilde Bombardini - Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.
For further details and registration please click here.
View...Innovation Series | AI Innovation to Impact
Event Type: Wide/Public Interest
Date: Wednesday Jul 22, 2026, 5:00 pm
Exploring how AI is changing the way people, industries and communities work.
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View...Eminent Speaker Series: Prof. Leah Boustan - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Jul 22, 2026, 8:00 am
Where are the streets of gold? Intergenerational mobility of immigrants across destination countries.
This talk will introduce patterns for intergenerational mobility of the children of immigrants across fifteen destination countries. In most destinations, the daughters of immigrants experience higher mobility than daughters of locals. Sons of immigrants enjoy an advantage in Anglosphere destinations (including Australia) but not in continental Europe.
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View...The Real Costs of AUKUS
Event Type: Wide/Public Interest
Date: Monday Jul 20, 2026, 6:00 pm
The launch of a new issue of Australian Foreign Affairs.
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View...Safeguard Mechanism in Practice: Lessons for Reform - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: Wide/Public Interest
Date: Friday Jul 17, 2026, 11:30 am
This webinar will explore early corporate responses to Australia’s reformed Safeguard Mechanism and consider the implications of these developments in light of the forthcoming statutory review.
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View...Is this the End of Wine as we know it?
Event Type: Wide/Public Interest
Date: Wednesday Jul 15, 2026, 5:30 pm
Join Max Allen, Brian Croser and other wine industry experts for a glass of wine and a panel discussion going beyond the headlines to dissect the current global wine crisis.
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View...Alumni Evenings with Jamie Cross
Event Type: Wide/Public Interest
Date: Thursday Jul 9, 2026, 5:30 pm
Associate Professor Jamie Cross asks: What do war, oil shocks and trade restrictions actually mean for Australia?
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View...3rd Macro Development Workshop
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Thursday Jul 9, 2026, 12:00 am
You are warmly invited to submit a paper for the 3rd Macro Development Annual Workshop. The Economics Discipline Group at Deakin University is organising the 3rd Macro Development Workshop in Melbourne, Australia from 9–10 July 2026. This annual workshop aims to bring together researchers interested in development issues from a macro perspective to share and discuss ideas, present research, and network with others who have similar interests.
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Launching the archive of the UN Centre for Transnational Corporations: The struggle to put people before profit - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: Wide/Public Interest
Date: Tuesday Jul 7, 2026, 6:00 pm
Melbourne Law School are pleased to announce a webinar launching the archive of the United Nations Centre for Transnational Corporations (UNCTC), bringing together Wanshu Cong, Caitlin Murphy, Kalika Mehta, River Baars, and Juliana Rodrigues de Senna introduced by André Dao and Shahd Hammouri with concluding remarks by Sundhya Pahuja. The discussion revisits the UNCTC’s history as part of the broader struggle to put people before profit, tracing its origins in Global South resistance to corporate power and its attempt to develop international tools for regulating transnational corporations.
For further details please visit the event website here.
View...ESA Young Professionals - After Work Drinks
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Jun 30, 2026, 5:30 pm
The Economic Society of Australia, Victoria’s Young Professional Network, invites you to our after work drinks event featuring guest speaker Matthew Bowes.
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View...IEA World Congress, Belgrade
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Monday Jun 22, 2026, 12:00 am
Eminent Speaker Series: Prof. Anna Salomons - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Jun 18, 2026, 4:00 pm
What Makes New Work Different from More Work? This talk presents new insights on the role of expertise in new work - defined as novel occupational roles that have emerged as technological and economic conditions evolved, based on newly available 1940 and 1950 Census Complete Count files and confidential America Community Survey data from 2011-2023.
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View...Unlocking Higher Education Pathways VIC
Event Type: Wide/Public Interest
Date: Thursday Jun 11, 2026, 11:30 am
Join CEDA’s Unlocking Higher Education Pathways VIC to better bridge universities, vocational training, and industry readiness.
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View...RMIT Economics Seminar presented by Siqi Pan
Event Type: Wide/Public Interest
Date: Friday Jun 5, 2026, 11:00 am
RMIT's Economics Seminar Series showcases a diverse range of research across key areas of economics, providing a platform for engaging with cutting-edge ideas and ongoing academic debates.
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View...ESA Young Professionals - Book Club
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Jun 3, 2026, 5:30 pm
The Economic Society of Australia, Victoria’s Young Professional Network, invites you to our upcoming book club event.
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View...Downing Public Lecture - Presented by Professor Meredith Fowlie
Event Type: Wide/Public Interest
Date: Tuesday Jun 2, 2026, 5:30 pm
The Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research and Department of Economics extend a warm invitation to hear Professor Meredith Fowlie, University of California, Berkely present the 2026 Downing Public Lecture - The Price of Power: Electricity Pricing for a Cleaner and Fairer Energy Future.
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View...Beyond Common Ground: Professor Daniel Aldrich discusses his new book
Event Type: Wide/Public Interest
Date: Tuesday Jun 2, 2026, 4:30 pm
What if society could move past traditional “gray infrastructure” approaches - like seawalls and prisons - to address problems such as climate change, terrorism, and crime? Melbourne School of Population and Global Health are thrilled to announce that Professor Lisa Gibbs will be in conversation with Professor Daniel Aldrich to discuss his new book, Beyond Common Ground.
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