RSSS Theme events for 2008

The Research School of Social Sciences
(Social Dynamics and Wellbeing Theme)
presents a seminar

Monday 20 October 2008
Hedley Bull Building Room 1.09/1.10
2-5pm

How Many?
The doctrine of Aboriginal self-extermination and the historical debate about estimating the Population of the Tasmanian Aborigines in 1803

Speakers
Lyndall Ryan: University of Newcastle
Ingereth Macfarlane: The Australian National University
Len Smith: The Australian National University
Peter Dowling: ACT National Trust

One of the issues of the recent 'History Wars' was the nature and extent of the damage done to Aboriginal Tasmanians by British colonisation. In this seminar, a multi-disciplinary team of scholars reviews the long history of the debate about the Aboriginal population: its pre-colonial size, the pace of its decline and the reasons for that decline and eventual recovery.

Program
2.00-3.10 Lyndall Ryan, Len Smith, Ingereth Macfarlane and Peter Dowling will speak to the paper
3.10-3.35 Afternoon tea
3.35-4.15 Discussion from floor
4.15-4.30 Discussant/rapporteur (Tim Rowse)
4.30-5.00 Closing comments

Economics PhD Conference at RSSS
20-21 November 2008

The Annual PhD Conference in Economics and Business - a joint venture of the RSSS Centre for Economic Policy Research, Australian National University and the Economic Policy Research Centre, University of Western Australia - will be held at the ANU on 20-21 November 2008. Applications are due by 22 August 2008 - for details including application forms see: http://econrsss.anu.edu.au/phdconf08.htm

The conference, first convened in 1987, is held alternately at ANU and UWA. The 2008 conference will be hosted by the The Centre for Economic Policy Research, which is part of the Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences. The conference aims to provide the students with an assessment of their presentational skills and a constructive critique of their research by a group of peers and senior academics. It is also an opportunity to access a wider academic network and the postgraduate job market.

The conference is made possible each year by the generous support of sponsors from government agencies and departments, and the corporate and business sector. For reports on last years conference, visit the website of the PhD Conference in Economics and Business, at the Economic Research Centre, University of Western Australia.

New Horizons in Political Philosophy Graduate Conference: 6-7 December 2008

Sponsored by Political Science Program and the Public and Private Reasoning Theme.

To access photos from the conference, log onto the ANU’s Alliance website.
(NB: only ANU staff and students can access Alliance. Log in using ANU user name and password, in ‘My Workspace’ select ‘Membership’ and then select the link to ‘joinable sites’ and search for ‘New Horizons 2007'.)

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Economics & Democracy
Second Annual Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Conference

Hosted by the Research School of Social Sciences, ANU, Canberra
8-10 December 2008

Conference Papers

Draft Program

Public Policy Network Annual Conference 2009 Program

29-30 January 2009. Click here for more information.

Bicameralism: Australia in Comparative Context
Sponsored by the Parliamentary Studies Centre, ANU

Parliament House, Canberra, 9-10 October 2008

This free two-day international conference is one of series of research activities organised through the Parliamentary Studies Centre at the Australian National University. The conference on Bicameralism is part of a three year research project on 'Strengthening Legislative Institutions' sponsored by the Australian Research Council (ARC) through a Linkage Grant involving the ANU and the Departments of the Senate and of the House of Representatives in the Australian Parliament.

Please see the attached for further information.

ANZSOG 2008 annual conference
Making Federalism Work
Melbourne, 11 and 12 September 2008.

This conference will take a longer-term, very practical view of the challenges and strategies of effective federalism.

Attending the conference will arm you with ideas and solutions for practical ways forward. You will see high quality, senior level strategic thinkers, providing both practical and case-based presentations, and have opportunities for discussion and networking.

Keynote speakers include:
The Hon. Julie Bishop, MP, Deputy Leader of the Opposition
The Hon. John Brumby, MP, Premier of Victoria
Sir Rod Eddington, Chair, Infrastructure Australia; Chairman, JPMorgan (Australia & New Zealand)
Mr Terry Moran, AO, Secretary, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
The Hon. Mike Rann, MP, Premier of South Australia
The Hon. Wayne Swan, MP, Federal Treasurer

Download pdf brochure and registration forms
Additional information is also available at http://www.anzsog.edu.au including a full list of confirmed speakers.

If you have any questions regarding this conference please contact Anna Steer via email a.steer@anzsog.edu.au or call +61 3 8344 1968.

John Passmore Lecture 2008
Public Lecture
Illuminating Egalitarianism

Speaker : Professor Larry S. Temkin

Law Sparke Helmore Theatre 2, Fellows Road
More info on ANU Billboard
Wednesday, 11 June 2008 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Enquiries: Di Crosse on 6125 2341, ANU Events on 6125 4144

Seminar

The History Program, RSSS and the Centre for International and Public Law (ANU College of Law) invite all students, academics, scholars and members of the public with an interest in law, history, citizenship, equality and human rights to a seminar around Marilyn Lake and Henry Reynold's Drawing the Colour Line: White Men's Countries and the Question of Racial Equality (MUP, 2008)

Thursday 12 June 2008, 2.00-5.30pm
National Europe Centre (1 Liversidge Street, Bldg 67C, The Australian National University)
RSVP to rsvp@law.anu.edu.au (by Tuesday 10 June 2008)
RSVPs required for catering and seats
The book Drawing the Colour line: White Men's Countries and the Question of Racial Equality (MUP, 2008) will be available for purchase at the symposium.

Symposium

Cosponsored by ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society and 'Public & Private Reasoning' Theme, RSSS, CASS

Climate Change and the ‘Crisis of Reason’
A Symposium to Honour the Life and Work of Val Plumwood

20 June, 2008, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., CRES Seminar Room, Hancock Building, ANU

Dr Val Plumwood worked at the leading edge of eco-philosophy nationally and globally.
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In this symposium, climate change will be viewed and reconsidered from within the theoretical frame of reference that she provided. Speakers include Will Steffen (Climate Science, Fenner School of Environment and Society, ANU), Freya Mathews (Philosophy, Latrobe), Kate Rigby (Eco-criticism, Monash), John Dryzek (Political Science, ANU), Judith Ajani (Ecological Economics, Fenner School, ANU).

RSVP: diane.jakobasch@anu.edu.au

Conference
Presented by the Economics Program, and the ‘Productive Australia in the World Economy’ Theme

New Techniques in Development Economics
A two-day conference to be held on
19-20 June 2008
Venue: Finkel Lecture Theatre, John Curtin School of Medical Research,
Australian National University

Program PDF

This conference has been made possible by the generous support of AusAID. Sessions will cover the latest research in development economics, with a particular focus on natural experiments and randomized trials. This event is particularly well-suited to policymakers and experts working on program evaluation, particularly in developing countries. The conference is organized by Andrew Leigh, Xin Meng, and Chikako Yamauchi, and is presented by the Economics Program, and the ‘Productive Australia in the World Economy’ Theme of the Research School of Social Sciences. There is no charge to attend, but for catering purposes, participants are asked to email their details to cris.carey@anu.edu.au by Friday 30 May 2008 (please specify whether you would like to attend the conference dinner). Each paper has been allocated 1 hour, which will be comprised of a 30 minute presentation, a 10 minute discussant’s critique, and 20 minutes of questions from the audience.

Last Monday Seminar

Mon 30 June 2008
4-6pm, Seminar Room A, Coombs Bldg 9, ANU

Workshop on Housing Affordabilty

Brian Howe
(Public Policy, University of Melbourne)
Former Deputy Prime Minister and former Minister for Health, Housing & Community Services

Stephen King
(ACC & Economics, University of Melbourne)
Author of Finishing the Job: Real-world Policy Solution sin Health, Housing, Education & Transport (with Joshua Gans)

Rob Taunton
(NATSEM, University of Canberra)
Author of Wherever I lay my debt, that's my home, accessible at http://www.canberra.edu.au/centres/natsem/

Senator Marise Payne
(Chair, Senate Select Committee on Housing Affordability)

All welcome, no booking required
Enquiries to:
Mary Hapel, tel. 6125 2257 or
Bob Goodin, tel. 6125 2156

SOCIAL DYNAMICS OF WELLBEING & HUMAN RIGHTS THEME PRESENTS:

ANU Public Lecture series 2008

INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE: What is it? Who’s got it? Who wants it?

Thursday 8 May 3.30-5.30pm
Seminar room A, Ground Floor
Coombs building, Fellows road, ANU
This forum is free and open to the public.
enquiries e: rowse@coombs.anu.edu.au T: 02 6125 2445
Seminar details pdf

Workshop

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.

Although the Nationals and their predecessors have been part of Australian politics for nearly a century, there is limited academic scholarship on the party, its role and its future and little recent work.

Under the RSSS theme of ‘Comparative Public Policy and Government’ this Workshop will address that gap. The Workshop is the first step in the preparation of an interdisciplinary book on the Party and will take the form of presentations by the contributors to the book and invited expert discussants.

Other scholars with an interest in the National Party are invited to participate in the discussion - to ensure the effectiveness of the Workshop, numbers will be limited. Morning and afternoon tea/coffee will be provided along with a sandwich lunch.

Contributors include:

Tracey Arklay, Griffith University
Professor David Arter, University of Aberdeen
Professor Clive Bean, QUT
Dr Nicholas Brown, RSSS
Assoc Prof Ian Gray, Charles Sturt University
Professor Peter McDonald, ADSRI
Prof John Warhurst, School of Social Sciences
Dr Rae Wear, University of Queensland

Last Monday Seminar

on 30 June 2008
4-6pm, Seminar Room A, Coombs Bldg 9, ANU

Workshop on Housing Affordabilty

Brian Howe
(Public Policy, University of Melbourne)
Former Deputy Prime Minister and former Minister for Health, Housing & Community Services

Stephen King
(ACC & Economics, University of Melbourne)
Author of Finishing the Job: Real-world Policy Solution sin Health, Housing, Education & Transport (with Joshua Gans)

Rob Taunton
(NATSEM, University of Canberra)
Author of Wherever I lay my debt, that's my home, accessible at http://www.canberra.edu.au/centres/natsem/

All welcome, no booking required
Enquiries to:
Mary Hapel, tel. 6125 2257 or
Bob Goodin, tel. 6125 2156

Jeffrey Williamson
Laird Bell Professor of Economics, Harvard University
Wednesday 23 April, 4.30–6pm Lecture Theatre, Innovations Building 124, Eggleston Road, ANU

This lecture is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the lecture. The lecture is part of the ANU Trevor Swan Distinguished Lectures in Economics. Presented by the ANU College Of Business & Economics, the Crawford School of Economics and Government and the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific.

Australasian Labour Econometrics Workshop (and a hike)
A two-day workshop to be held on
25-26 April 2008

Venue: Australian National University
. . . and on Sunday 27 April, a hike to the top of Mount Kosciuszko.
Program details pdf

The 11th annual Australasian Labour Econometrics Workshop has been made possible by the generous support of the ANU College of Business and Economics and the Economics Program in the Research School of Social Sciences, ANU. The conference is organized by Bob Breunig and Andrew Leigh, and is presented by the Economics Program, and the ‘Productive Australia in the World Economy’ Theme of the Research School of Social Sciences. There is no charge to attend, but for catering purposes, participants are asked to email their details to sean.downes@anu.edu.au by 11 April 2008.

ANZSOG presents

ANU PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES 2008
DIFFERENT STROKES: A Perspective on Leadership & Policy Management in Business & Government
Dr Phil Burgess
Group Managing Director for Public Policy and Communications, Telstra

Wednesday 30 April 2008, 5.30–7pm
The Shine Dome, Gordon Street, Acton
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Refreshments will be served after the lecture.
RSVP and Enquiries E: h.taylor@anu.edu.au or T: 02 6125 2359
Seminar details pdf

110-2pm
Seminar Room A, Coombs Building

'Getting Published'Seminar
Monday 25 February 2008
12.3
Alison Booth, Economics
(recent editor of Labour Economics)

Bob Goodin, Philosophy
(editor of Journal of Political Philosophy)

Ian McAllister, Political Science
(editor of Australian Journal of Political Science)

This roundtable discussion will be aimed primarily (but not exclusively) at newer members of the professions, introducing them to how editors and publishers think, pointing to some useful tricks and common pitfalls.  Formal presentations will be brief:  the discussion will be largely driven by what questions you have.

contact:  Bob Goodin, tel. x52156 or Bob.Goodin@anu.edu.au

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
more details