Past events
Is International Law International?
Challenging the myth of international law’s universality, this award winning book is a must read in today’s world of changing geopolitical power. #### About Is International Law International...
A failed revolution: how bureaucrats fight and dance with the silos
The UN Sustainable Development Goals agenda has passionately pushed for more policy integration. For as long as bureaucracy has existed, ministerial silos have been preventing integration across...
Walls between States
Walls have been used for centuries as a form of protection against a variety of threats, real or perceived. They have been built to defend against thefts, invasions and threats to cultural identity...
Innovations in development cooperation: Lessons from the Coalitions for Change Program in the Philippines
Established in 2012, the Coalitions for Change (CfC) program is the centrepiece of the Manila partnership between the Australian aid program and The Asia Foundation. As it has evolved, CfC has sought...
How can Myanmar regulate its fiscal and monetary corruption?
Today, corruption in Myanmar is not only a major problem for the country’s economic and political reforms, but also a threat to the country’s national security and economic development. It can be...
The reintegration of children affected by armed conflict: Conceptualisation and measurement
Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) constitute the United Nations’ (UNs) standardised approach to post-conflict peace-keeping. The long-term consolidation of peace, however,...
Redress and the ethics of the international: Legalities, histories, geographies
_**Please note: Places are limited.**_ In the wake of genocide and mass harm, international criminal justice offers a global ideal of justice. But what does this mean? International justice is...
Researching redress: reflections on methods and methodology
**_Please note: This is a public session and all are welcomed to join._** Irus Braverman writes that ‘the potential for […] reflections on our highly routinized ways of working cannot be...
Masterclass: Gender-just peace and transitional justice
_**Please note is masterclass is aimed at HDRs and ECRs. Places are limited.**_ Transitions from war to peace hold potential to transform gender relations. This masterclass will critically examine...
Redress
How can we approach redress for mass atrocities across time and space? A range of scholarly disciplines have sought to explore notions of redress but rarely do they engage in sustained dialogue about...
When is industry rule-making responsive? Some lessons from the Australian telecommunications sector
Regulatory scholars and others have long maintained that it is beneficial if industry rule-making is ‘responsive’ to the ‘practices and norms’ of all interested parties. They argue it permits the...
Governing decarbonization: Conceptualizing and catalyzing political pathways
There is no longer a single focus or locus of global climate action. In this talk, Prof Hoffmann discusses a way to conceive of the multilevel governance challenge and politics of decarbonization and...
Global lawmakers: International organisations in the crafting of world markets
**Globalisation of law and markets has become highly controversial. Terence Halliday's new book _Global Lawmakers_ reveals how the United Nations makes commercial law for the world, and who comes out...
Managing the practice of writing
**_Please note: This is an internal RegNet skills seminar aimed at PhDs and ECRs_** Writing is central to the academic vocation. It is also one of the most difficult elements of our work. How do...
Refugees and the labour market: Institutional dynamics in comparative perspective
Across industrialised countries, refugees’ labour market participation remains low. Literature on the impact of refugees’ individual characteristics (such as gender) on their labour market careers...
Development in the Philippines: Ambisyon Natin 2040 & the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program
## Achieving Ambisyon Natin 2040 ### Speaker: Ms Desiree Joy Narvaez, Senior Economic Development Specialist, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) **Thursday 15 February 1:15-2:...
Adventures in cybercrime and crypto-market research
How easy is it to become a cybercrime victim? How safe and easy is it to purchase illicit products on the internet? The [ANU Cybercrime Observatory](http://regnet.anu.edu.au/research/centres/...
Civil Society Hearing on Therapeutic Goods Amendment Bill
On 30 November 2017, the Senate referred the [Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2017 Measures No.1) Bill](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_LEGislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=...
Pracademic policing: How police-led research can revolutionize police effectiveness
Can police-led research help to professionalize and improve the effectiveness of democratic policing? A decade ago, the premise of that question would have seemed implausible. Yet in 2017, hundreds...
Where should China stand in the international negotiations on intellectual property?
China is moving from passively accepting economic and trade rules to actively making international economic and trade rules. China now aims to be "actively participating in global governance". In the...
