Past Events
Eminent Speaker Series: Susan Athey - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Friday Nov 8, 2024, 12:00 pm
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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View...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.
View...Labour Market Outcomes of Graduates in Economics in Australia - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Nov 6, 2024, 12:00 pm
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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View...WEN Mentoring Retreat 2024
Date: Wednesday Nov 6, 2024, 12:00 am
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.
View...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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View...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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View...The impact of Industrial Relations changes on workers – do economists agree? - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Friday Oct 18, 2024, 12:00 pm
The last few years have seen significant legislation changes in the area of industrial relations. The prior decade also saw significant changes in firms’ hiring practices, and an explosion of platform work, considered by some to be a loophole in current labour legislation.
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View...Causal inference, behavioural insights and experimental methods in economics: An introduction
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Oct 15, 2024, 5:30 pm
Join Professor Dmitry Ryvkin and Qin Wu as they examine the differences between behavioural and experimental economics, focusing on their roles in understanding economic decision-making.
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View...ESA Young Professionals - Books, Bevs & Bites
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Oct 3, 2024, 6:00 pm
The Economic Society of Australia, Victoria’s Young Professional Network, invites you to our upcoming book club event.
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View...AI and Industry
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Oct 2, 2024, 5:30 pm
Professor Holden and Louise McGrath will discuss the application of AI solutions for Australian industry and some of the challenges of AI adoption that the industry broadly faces.
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View...WEN: Informal Drinks Catch-up
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Sep 18, 2024, 5:30 am
The Women in Economics Network in Victoria is delighted to invite you for an informal after work drinks meet-up.
View...Freedom to Choose Conference 2024
Event Type: Wide/Public Interest
Date: Tuesday Sep 17, 2024, 8:30 am
The Path to Freedom: The Enduring Relevance of Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom
This year’s Freedom to Choose (FTC) conference is the 14th in a sequence of annual one day conferences devoted to exploring the effectiveness of free-market policies. FTC is supported by the Mannkal Economic Education Foundation and hosted by the University of Notre Dame Australia. FTC 2024 is designed primarily for the benefit of undergraduate, honours, and postgraduate students, but all interested parties are welcome to attend.
View...WEN VIC: In conversation: Integrating environmental and economic objectives with public policy challenges
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Aug 21, 2024, 5:45 pm
The Women in Economics Network (WEN) Victoria branch invites you to an event next Wednesday 21 August at 6pm to explore the environmental policy priorities that Australia should focus on.
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View...How an anthropologist approaches economics and digital finance
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Aug 20, 2024, 5:30 pm
Professor Janet Roitman illustrates how financial value is generated by a nexus of mobile telecommunications operators, mobile money issuers, and commercial banks with reference to Sub-Saharan Africa.
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View...2024 Henry George Dinner and Address
Event Type: Wide/Public Interest
Date: Thursday Aug 15, 2024, 6:30 pm
Prosper Australia invites you to join us for a night of intellectual discourse and celebration as we honour the legacy of 19th-century economist and social reformer, Henry George.
View...Tax, Justice and the Good Society
Event Type: Wide/Public Interest
Date: Thursday Aug 8, 2024, 5:00 pm
“How are we to balance political and economic freedoms?”
Join Nobel Prize Laureate Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz to discuss this and other questions addressed in his latest book, The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society.
Cost Benefit Analysis Workshop (Intro or Advanced) - EOI Only - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Jul 31, 2024, 8:45 am
A few individuals missed out on the last 'Introduction to Cost-Benefit-Analysis' workshop, so we are opening up for Expressions of Interest. Register below if you would like to be notified about the next event. Let us know too if you would be interested in a 'Intermediate / Advanced' workshop.
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View...Economics Student Video Competition - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Jul 31, 2024, 12:00 am
The Victorian Branch of the Economics Society is excited to launch its first student video competition. Cash prizes as well as memberships are available.
View...Alice - Book Launch with Stuart Kells and Dr Michael Falk
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Jul 30, 2024, 5:30 pm
From Wall Street to the supreme court, how the world's largest banks control the money markets and crush competition
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View...Christmas in July!
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Jul 23, 2024, 5:45 pm
As chilly winds sweep through Melbourne, we invite you to embrace the magic of Christmas in July with a night of ice skating and merriment!
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View...A deep dive into Australia's property market
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Jul 23, 2024, 11:00 am
In a market that holds over $10 trillion, being able to forecast what it will do is particularly important, not just with respect to investment but also planning and revenue.
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View...WEN: July Breakfast Meet-Up
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Jul 23, 2024, 7:45 am
The Women in Economics Network in Victoria is delighted to invite you to our upcoming breakfast meet-up in July.
View...ACE 2024
Date: Tuesday Jul 9, 2024, 12:00 am
Registration is CLOSED. Bookings can be managed by Contacting Us.
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View...Can Australia become a renewable energy superpower?
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Jul 2, 2024, 5:30 pm
Ingrid Burfurd from the Superpower Institute will explain how Australia can become a renewable energy superpower in a world with commitments to net-zero carbon emissions.
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View...The Economics of Women's Health: Panel Event
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Jun 26, 2024, 12:30 pm
This hybrid event is being held both in-person at Macquarie University and online via Zoom.
Did you know that women report poorer health than men in almost all domains? And 2.7 million women are missing from the labour force? This is costing the Australian economy $72 billion in lost GDP annually. If you’re interested in learning more about the current economic findings/statistics on women’s health, why we need to think about women's health and the important issues in the Australian context today, then this is the event for you!
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