China between reform and repression: lawyers in the fight for political liberalism
This seminar provides an overview of Halliday and Liu’s research on the interweaving of politics and practice in five segments of the practicing criminal defense and human rights bar in China from 2005 to 2015.
Book launch - Climate Change and the Health of the Nations
The message of this masterful book from the late Professor Tony McMichael is that in facing climate change, we must put aside our presumptions about humans dominating nature. History shows that human populations have always been vulnerable to changes in the climate, the direct and indirect health impacts are huge, and increasingly press upon us.
7th Annual Human Rights Tertiary Teachers' Workshop 2017
7th annual Human Rights Tertiary Teachers’ Workshop to be held at Monash University
Does Myanmar’s banking sector need a regulatory paradigm shift?
This PhD mid term review seminar analyses the latest challenges and obstacles for the Myanmar banking sector, and how best to strengthen the integrity infrastructure and ethical safeguards for its domestic banking.
Walls: the regulatory influence of partition on territories and nations
In this PhD mid-term review seminar, Marie-Eve Loiselle questions how the wall operates as a technology of regulation, first exploring the motivations that underpin states’ appeal for physical partitions, and concluding with an evaluation of the role of law in the construction of physically partitioned borders.
The case of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia: real power or empty rhetoric?
A critical examination of the role, scope and implications of victims’ participation in international criminal proceedings.
Facts alone are not enough
The discussion in this Intersections seminar will explore the importance of facts, the hurdles we must overcome and the building blocks that can stimulate positive policy, behaviour and attitudinal change.
Gale Burford masterclass: numbers, stories, questions - considerations for relational research in social work
This session grapples with the ways in which paradoxes play out in social work research, especially research involving human subjects, and sheds light on methodologies that are consistent with honouring safety, accountability and culture.
Beyond the rhetoric: Duterte's first six months
Leading academics and practitioners share their perspectives on salient political, economic and legal developments that may define the Duterte administration in the months - or years - ahead.
“We’ve all got some healing to do”: building social and human capital at regulatory-restorative interfaces in the human services
In the face of so much evidence that the quality of relationships between regulators, family members, caregivers, and service providers is crucial to positive outcomes for children, families and communities, why do we continue to see so many examples of conflict and mistrust?
RegNet February 2017 School Meeting
All RegNet School of Regulation and Global Governance staff, visitors and students are welcome to attend our school meeting.
Rule of law assistance in an authoritarian regime: intermediary actors in Myanmar’s transition
In this final PhD seminar, Kristina Simion argues that intermediaries shape rule of law assistance in ways that are important for our understanding of development and its success.
The rules of ruling China
What are the rules governing how actors work together across the Chinese party-state system? Which of these rules are binding? How do rules together affect the behaviour of officials, of organisations, and ultimately, of the party-state as a whole?
Encounters between strangers: the German debate over male circumcision
This thesis explores moments when Jewish religious practice comes into conflict with state law. In this mid-term review seminar, the case of male circumcision in Germany will be discussed.
A time for hope: pursuing a vision of a fair, sustainable and healthy world
Pursuit of a fairer, more sustainable and healthier world is a governance challenge, redressing the inequities in power, money and resources and in daily living conditions.
Security, legitimacy and public policy: transgovernmentalism and the architecture of Anglosphere policy networks
This presentation considers the dynamics and political implications of transgovernmental networks collaboration by considering three specific ‘security’ network cases: the Quintet of Attorneys-General; the Five Country Ministerial and the Five Countries Conference.
Bookclub: Liberal democracies and the torture of their citizens
A discussion on Cynthia Banham’s book, which analyses the responses of the USA’s liberal allies to the use of torture against their citizens after 9/11.
Land law reform issues in Mongolia: a law and society perspective
This presentation will discuss policy issues related to the introduction of land ownership rights in Mongolia, which resulted in disputes and confrontation.
Supply vs. demand? The political economy of trade, tobacco farming and tobacco control in Sub-Saharan Africa
This seminar will present key findings from a multi-year study of trade, tobacco farming and tobacco control in Kenya, Zambia and Malawi, representing different degrees of agricultural dependencies on tobacco farming and domestic tobacco control policies.
Overturning aqua nullius and reaffirming the Indigenous rule of law(s)
The omission of Indigenous peoples’ water rights and interests, and the case for Australia’s formal recognition of the Indigenous rule of law(s) is examined.
Virginia Marshall masterclass: overturning aqua nullius - securing aboriginal water rights
The issues and challenges that face Indigenous peoples of Australia, governments and stakeholders in future water security will be explored in this masterclass.
Critical analysis of current regulatory frameworks to encourage investment in solar PV in Indonesia
This presentation critically reviews the design, implementation and effectiveness of Indonesia’s 2016 and 2017 Feed in Tariff incentive laws for grid-connected utility-scale solar PV.
Protecting economic and social rights in post-conflict Timor-Leste: a regulatory theory approach
The protection of some aspects of economic and social rights and the link between human rights and corruption in Timor-Leste is examined.
RegNet April 2017 School Meeting
All RegNet School of Regulation and Global Governance staff, visitors and students are welcome to attend our school meeting.
Technology, politics and future challenges for the regulation of outer space
This seminar will address some of the major challenges facing regulators and those seeking to develop appropriate legal rules to manage current and future activities in the exploration and use of outer space.
Do economic crises transform social regulation? Examining regulatory outputs in social policy-making in Europe
This presentation discusses to what extent economic crisis had an impact on social policies in Europe during recent decades.
Drugs, deaths and poverty: lessons for the Philippines from the region
Can the Philippines learn from its neighbours when it comes to addressing crime? Offering a comparative perspective, two distinguished speakers discuss how the Philippines might develop responsive policies and measures on crime and drugs.
The regulation of alcohol: no ordinary commodity
This seminar will canvas alcohol’s impact on society and the various evidenced-based regulatory measures that are employed to control its harmful impact.
Alcohol taxation: impacts of policy inconsistencies
Using alcohol taxation as a case study, this presentation will provide an insider perspective on the budget decisions Australians didn’t get, and might hope for, to achieve vastly better results for families.
Mobilising civil society: can the fossil fuel divestment movement achieve transformational social change?
The divestment movement has harnessed grassroots activists, engaged in innovative and disruptive forms of activism and invoked symbolic politics to persuade the public of the importance and legitimacy of its claims. What else would the movement and its allies need to do to nurture a new norm and prompt a rapid transition to a low-carbon economy?
The pursuit of reparations: promises and practices in international criminal justice
Contested legalisation has resulted in contradictions and competing visions for reparations, which have become embedded in the legal frameworks and institutional architecture of international(-ised) criminal courts. This seminar examines these tensions and concludes with some observations about the unsettled nature of reparations in international criminal justice.
Climate adaptation: to transform or not transform. A salutary case study
This presentation covers an in-depth, longitudinal study of an agricultural company’s attempt to implement transformational adaptation in response to climate change.
Restorative policing: ACT Chief Police Officer and expert criminologists in conversation
Panel discussion between the ACT Chief Police Officer, Justine Saunders, and Professors Larry Sherman and Heather Strang from Cambridge University on the topic of restorative policing.
From CDEP to CDP: Regulating Indigenous joblessness while destroying livelihood in remote Australia
What might be done about the creative destruction wrought by the punitive neoliberalism that has become the dominant feature of Indigenous policy-making?
Bookclub - Bridging Divides in Transitional Justice: The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
A discussion on Cheryl White’s book, which elucidates the limits of expressivism and explores the communicative dynamics of trial procedure which have precipitated unprecedented local debate and reflection on the Khmer Rouge era.
21st Century Regulation and Governance Challenges
Symposium, book launch and reception
Artificial islands and territory in international law
The notion of territory at international law; can a State create new territory by building an island?
RegNet June 2017 School Meeting
All RegNet School of Regulation and Global Governance staff, visitors and students are welcome to attend our school meeting.
Improving health and justice through partnership
This seminar will explore the growing interest in health justice partnerships and some of the ethical and practical challenges to their effectiveness.
Facts alone are not enough
The discussion in this Intersections seminar will explore the importance of facts, the hurdles we must overcome and the building blocks that can stimulate positive policy, behaviour and attitudinal change.
How do the world’s Indigenous communities use law, culture and collective action to reduce alcohol-related harm?
Models of governance through which Indigenous communities design and implement public health law is explored, using recent work in Indigenous alcohol governance as a case study.
RegNet August 2017 School Meeting
All RegNet School of Regulation and Global Governance staff, visitors and students are welcome to attend our school meeting.
Thesis Proposal Day 2017
RegNet PhD scholars present their thesis proposals to their supervisors, peers and other RegNet scholars.
RegNet October 2017 School Meeting
All RegNet School of Regulation and Global Governance staff, visitors and students are welcome to attend our school meeting.
RegNet December 2017 School Meeting
All RegNet School of Regulation and Global Governance staff, visitors and students are welcome to attend our school meeting.
