Great Game On

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Mar 26, 2025, 5:30 pm

Come along for an insightful talk on the modern 'Great Game'. The 'Great game’ refers to an old idea from the 19th century – a shorthand for British and Russian imperial competition in Eurasia, mainly based on thinking by the British that the Russians were after India. An idea with little validity but a widely accepted phenomenon. This talk will explore the parallels between the 19th century 'Great game' and today's geopolitical landscape. The new game is between China and the US – and Eurasia is the hinge. 

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PANEL: Housing Affordability and Housing Policy: Where to Next? - ONLINE ONLY

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Friday Mar 21, 2025, 12:00 pm

From: Central Council

Australia is in the grips of a housing crisis, driven by rising costs in construction, the adjustment to working-from-home, and other factors. Rental affordability has worsened in the last few years, and rental affordability had been growing worse for the bottom quintile of earners over the last decade. 

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A Better Australia

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Mar 5, 2025, 5:30 pm

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Déjà vu debt crisis? Better call Saul

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Mar 5, 2025, 11:30 am

The Economics Society of Australia Victorian Branch invites you to attend a two-course sit-down lunch with Saul Eslake. Saul will discuss the Victorian state debt.

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Australia's Energy Future: Where Are We Headed? - ONLINE ONLY

Date: Thursday Feb 27, 2025, 12:00 pm

From: Central Council

Seminar Series on Energy Transition - Session Two

The Australian electricity sector is undergoing a transformation. Our energy demand is growing, and critical policy and investment decisions are needed to ensure our energy future is reliable, sustainable and affordable. With the 2025 federal election on the horizon, decisions made now will shape the nation’s economy, infrastructure and workforce for decades to come. They will also have budgetary outcomes for successive governments to come.

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AI in Recruitment: Risks of Discrimination

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Feb 26, 2025, 5:30 pm

Dr Sheard speaks on the use of AI in Recruitment and the impact these systems have on algorithm-facilitated discrimination in hiring. 

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POSTPONED Electricity Price Trends and Energy Wallet - ONLINE ONLY

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Thursday Feb 20, 2025, 12:00 pm

From: Central Council

This event is postponed - the new date will be advised as soon as possible

Seminar Series on Energy Transition - Session One

The energy transition is unfolding rapidly. The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has recently published a 10-year outlook for residential electricity prices, with a focus on projecting how each cost component might change over the next decade. Beyond just examining electricity costs, the analysis also considers how households' total energy costs (or their 'energy wallet’) will change as they electrify transportation, heating and cooking, transitioning from other fuel sources to electricity.

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Working from Home and the Gender Wage Gap, Alison Preston, UWA - ONLINE ONLY

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Feb 12, 2025, 11:00 am

From: Central Council

Join us for this webinar during which Alison Preston examines the impact of working at home on the wages of men and women using data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. 

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AGEW 2025

Date: Thursday Feb 6, 2025, 12:00 am

From: Central Council

The 8th Australian Gender Economics Workshop (#AGEW2025) is hosted by the University of Wollongong in partnership with the Women in Economics Network and is organised by Alfredo Paloyo. The workshop will take place on 6‒7 February 2025 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Wollongong is in Dharawal Country.

WEN VIC Breakfast Event: Gatekeepers and norms: barriers to achieving gender equality

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Thursday Dec 12, 2024, 8:30 am

The Women in Economics Network (WEN) Victoria branch invites you to join us for breakrast on Thursday 12 December to explore some of the barriers to achieving gender equality. Join Dr Marina Gertsberg from Melbourne University and Sruthi Srikanthan from Deloitte Access Economics as they discuss the impacts of biased gatekeepers and gender norms in achieving gender equality.

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Green Innovation and Climate Policies, David Hémous - ONLINE ONLY

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Monday Dec 2, 2024, 7:00 pm

From: Central Council

Climate change already has a negative impact on the environment and our societies, and this impact will get worse over the course of this century.

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Zoning and housing supply: empirics in search of a theory

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Nov 27, 2024, 5:30 pm

Dr Helm surveys and appraises theories of new housing supply in order to help interpret the empirical record in relation to zoning, outlining open questions in the search for a coherent theory of supply. 

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Eminent Speaker Series - Prof. Dr. Martin Peitz, University of Mannheim

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Monday Nov 25, 2024, 12:00 pm

From: Central Council

Industrial policy and competition policy

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2024 Freebairn Public Lecture - Central Bank Reviews: An International Comparison

Event Type: Wide/Public Interest

Date: Thursday Nov 21, 2024, 5:00 pm

2024 Freebairn Public Lecture - Central Bank Reviews: An International Comparison

Why are central banks reviewed? Independence requires accountability which requires evaluation. From the Svennson Review of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand in 2001 to the Bernanke Review of the Bank of England in 2024, most central banks in developed countries have been reviewed, but the formats and frameworks differ. This lecture will discuss significant evaluations of central banks internationally. 

ESA YP End of Year Event - Diminishing Returns Pub Crawl

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Nov 20, 2024, 5:30 pm

Join the ESA Young Professionals for our end of year event as we seek to pre-empt the Christmas rush of events and celebrations.  This year, we’ll be going on a Diminishing Returns Pub Crawl – what does that mean? 

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End of Year Event and AGM 2024

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Tuesday Nov 19, 2024, 5:30 pm

The Economic Society is looking forward to getting together in person, and promoting connection among our members and those interested in contemporary economic issues and debate.

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Evaluation Methods Workshop

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Tuesday Nov 19, 2024, 9:00 am

The Economic Society of Australia, Victorian Branch, warmly invites you to a one-day workshop focused on two key methodologies for policy evaluation.

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Women in Economics Network AGM - ONLINE ONLY

Date: Friday Nov 15, 2024, 12:00 pm

From: Central Council

The National WEN Committee will hold its AGM on 15 November 2024 from 12.00pm-1.30pm (AEDT) via Zoom, and invites all WEN Members to register via the link below. The meeting is an opportunity to celebrate another busy year across WEN Branches and nationally, and we are excited that the Hon Allegra Spender MP will join us to provide her insights on the economic challenges facing Australia.

Generative AI, AI Risks and the Changing Nature of Work in Australia

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Tuesday Nov 12, 2024, 5:30 pm

Dr. Emmanuelle Walkowiak will present a novel perspective on how generative AI and AI risk exposure drive job transformation.

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Eminent Speaker Series: Susan Athey - ONLINE ONLY

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Friday Nov 8, 2024, 12:00 pm

From: Central Council

NEW TIME - NOW FRIDAY 8 NOVEMBER AT 12.00PM AEDT (SYD/CBR/MEL)

Identifying Challenges and Improving Outcomes for Labor Market Transitions Using Machine Learning

This talk will review several recent papers that focus on labor market transitions.  The first project analyzes worker resilience in response to layoffs, using administrative data from Sweden.

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2024 Griffin Economic History Public Lecture - The Industrial Revolution and the Industrial Enlightenment

Event Type: Wide/Public Interest

Date: Wednesday Nov 6, 2024, 5:30 pm

2024 Griffin Economic History Public Lecture - The Industrial Revolution and the Industrial Enlightenment

Europe in the eighteenth century witnessed the two great transformations: the Industrial Revolution, which triggered modern economic growth, and the Enlightenment, which created modern liberal democracies and a commitment to human rights. Were the two related? Professor Joel Mokyr will argue that there were many links between the two and that without the Enlightenment sustained economic growth in the West may have fizzled out. Instead, the two transformations amplified and reinforced one another.

Labour Market Outcomes of Graduates in Economics in Australia - ONLINE ONLY

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Nov 6, 2024, 12:00 pm

From: Central Council

The discipline of economics encompasses broad skill-sets with diverse applications in employment markets and industries. Studies of labour market prospects for economics graduates are relatively dated particularly in the light of developments such as declining interest in economics in high school and university.  Join the discussion with our guest speaker, Professor Ian Li, Curtin University.

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WEN Mentoring Retreat 2024

Date: Wednesday Nov 6, 2024, 12:00 am

From: Central Council

The Women in Economics Network, part of the Economics Society of Australia, is hosting the 2024 Women in Economics Retreat as an in-person event, to be held from Wednesday 6 to Friday 8 November at The Hilton, Surfers Paradise, Queensland.

The Economic Consequences of Mr Trump, Mr Biden and Another Mr Trump

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Oct 30, 2024, 5:30 pm

Professor Garnaut and the late Max Corden co-authored "The Economic Consequences of Mr Trump" , published in the Australian Economic Review.  In Max Corden's honour, Professor Garnaut's 2023 Corden Lecture "The Economic Consequences of Mr Trump and Mr Biden" continued the discussion, applying the approach that Max took to analysing economic problems to one big question: should Australia emulate Mr Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act and the policies in which it is embedded?  

On the cusp of the next presidential election and following the 29 October 2024 release of his new book "Let’s Tax Carbon: and Other Ideas for a Better Australia", Professor Garnaut speaks on the prospects of a return of Trump to Presidency.

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Making gambling a better, safer bet

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Tuesday Oct 22, 2024, 5:30 pm

Join Elizabeth Baldwin for a discussion about how we can prevent gambling harm by reducing exposure, introducing mandatory pre-commitment, and improving support services.

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