March 2008 in RSSS
Senior Economics Program appointments
l-r: Breunig, Hatton, Meng, Cornes
The Economics Program at RSSS has recently made four important new senior appointments. This gang of four comprises Professors Richard Cornes, Tim Hatton and Meng Xin, and Associate Professor Bob Breunig. The research interests of the four range from economic theory to labour economics, the economics of migration, microeconometrics and development economics.
New PhD students in RSSS
Adam Packer, Political ScienceThesis topic : Impacts of divided government on institutional stability and policy performance.
l-r: Dandan, Christine, Cathy
Dandan Zhang, Christine Yeo, Cathy Gong
Economics Program
Elite PhD Scholarship to History Postgraduate Student
Jacqui Donegan has been offered and has accepted the ANU Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship for Doctoral Study.
This Scholarship is awarded to applicants who, on academic merit, were ranked first in the Order of Merit for Scholarship in the College in which they will be enrolled to undertake doctoral study.
Ms Donegan will be working with Professor Desley Deacon in the History Program, RSSS. Her thesis topic is "Kangaroo: From Antipodean Oddity to National Icon".
She has First Class Honours in Communication & History from The University of Queensland, for which she won the University Medal and the History Research Prize in 2001. She was History Intern and Public Affairs Officer at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC from 2000 to 2001.
Ms Donegan has twenty years' experience in the communication industry throughout Australia, both print and electronic media and media relations. In 2003 she was Communication Consultant for the Southern Gulf Catchments, National Heritage Trust, Mount Isa and most recently was Regional Program Manager, ABC North West Queensland, Mount Isa . She will undertake her doctoral studies part-time while living in Townsville.
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Events
Economics & Democracy
Second Annual Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Conference
Call for panels, workshops and papers (pdf)
Hosted by the Research School of
Social Sciences, ANU, Canberra
8-10 December 2008
The New Economics of Smoking
Dr Francesca Cornaglia
Queen Mary University of London & LSE
Tuesday 8 April, 12.30-2.00pm
Law Sparke Helmore Theatre 2
Building 6a, Fellows Road, ANU
Attendance is open to the public. No bookings required.
Enquiries to andrew.leigh@anu.edu.au
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RSSS Theme Workshop - May
Friday 9 May 2008
9:00 - 5:00
The Drawing Room, University House
Free - but numbers are limited
The Australian National Party: Re-thinking rurality in a post-agrarian society
The National Party is undertaking an internal review of its role and its position in Australian society and politics; the implications of current political, financial, demographic, and media trends; and future options for the Party, including an analysis of current and alternative strategies, roles and Party structures.
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