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Wed, 13 Sep 2023

Policy Symposium 2023: Extinction thwarted? The nexus between climate change, social equity and health

Thank you for joining us for the Planetary Health Equity Hothouse’s inaugural annual Policy Symposium, titled ‘Extinction thwarted?

Planetary Health Equity Future Leaders Program
Mon, 2 Sep - Fri, 13 Sep 2024

Planetary Health Equity Future Leaders Program 2024

We are very excited to announce the second Planetary Health Equity Future Leaders program.

Planetary Health Equity Future Leaders Program
Mon, 4 Sep - Fri, 15 Sep 2023

2023 Planetary Health Equity Future Leaders Program

 

Saving the World Webinars
Thu, 20 Jun 2024

Pathways to a healthy 'net-zero' future

Climate change is not just an environmental threat but poses major and growing risks to the health of today’s population and future generations.

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Saving the World Webinars
Wed, 26 Jul 2023

Building a wellbeing economy: the what, the how, and the who

A series of webinars created by the Hothouse at ANU, discussing the intersections between climate change, inequity, and human health.

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Saving the World Webinars
Thu, 29 Jun 2023

The Myths of the Good Billionaire

A series of webinars created by the Hothouse at ANU, discussing the intersections between climate change, inequity, and human health.

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Thu, 22 Aug 2024

Climate turbulence, justice, and democratic experimentation

Episode 14 features David Schlosberg, Professor of Environmental Politics and Director of the Sydney Environment Institute at the University of Sydney.

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Wed, 8 Nov 2023

Transforming Economies: on the path to Planetary Health Equity

Transforming our economies to serve people and the planet is the big challenge of our time.

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Saving the World Webinars
Thu, 25 Jul 2024

How to win friends and influence fossil fuel companies

Episode 12 features Naomi Hogan, the Company Strategy Lead at ACCR, discussing how to influence fossil fuel companies. Naomi has experience in research, campaigns and advocacy, particul

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Saving the World Webinars
Thu, 22 Feb 2024

Looking forward to 2024

A series of webinars created by the Hothouse at ANU, discussing the intersections between climate change, inequity, and human health.

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Saving the World Webinars
Thu, 21 Mar 2024

People, power and profit in climate policymaking: ways forward for human and planetary health

Episode 10 features Jess Beagley, the Policy Lead at The Global Health and Climate Alliance, with Dr Megan Arthur and Prof. Sharon Friel.

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Saving the World Webinars
Thu, 23 Feb 2023

Planetary Health Inequity - A Structural Problem

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Tue, 21 Nov 2023

Powers and functions of Australia’s intelligence and security agencies

This session will shed some light on the dark world of intelligence agency powers and functions.

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Public domain image of American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) index card for a stateless person destined for Australia following the Second World War from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DP-Vienna.jpg.
Tue, 28 May 2024

Understanding statelessness in Australia

Research in progress exploring what is known about stateless people in Australia and the barriers they experience in realising their human right to nationality.

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Image of three Australian Government Royal Commission Report covers, © Commonwealth of Australia 2024 (https://www.royalcommission.gov.au/copyright), used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence
Tue, 13 Feb 2024

In the spotlight: assisting Royal Commissions - reflections from Counsel

In the spotlight: the challenges for Counsel Assisting Royal Commissions involving high stakes policy and political issues.

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Saving the World Webinars
Thu, 18 Apr 2024

How do new ideas emerge in the trade regime? Implications for addressing climate change.

Episode 11 features Matt Castle, a Senior Lecturer in the Political Science and International Relations Program at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand whose current project e

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Image of economy class rail passengers, Jakarta, by Aan Kasman from https://flic.kr/p/92xxPB (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Tue, 20 Feb 2024

Global migration governance: putting the Global Compact for Migration into practice

Practitioner perspective insights on how the Global Compact for Migration is being utilised in practice to progress the rights of migrants at global, regional and national levels.

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Saving the World Webinars
Thu, 27 Apr 2023

The political economy of health and climate change: Identifying strategies to develop healthier climate policies

A series of webinars created by the Hothouse at ANU, discussing the intersections between climate change, inequity, and human health.

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Saving the World Webinars
Wed, 11 Oct 2023

Labour perspectives on energy industry restructuring: Power, geography, equity

A series of webinars created by the Hothouse at ANU, discussing the intersections between climate change, inequity, and human health.

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Tue, 6 Feb 2024

Of dragonflies and cyborgs

Dragonfly Thinking: how might we be able to use new AI tools and techniques to improve understandings of complex problems?

Saving the World Webinars
Thu, 23 Mar 2023

Following the Money: Trade Associations, Political Activity and Climate Change

A series of webinars created by the Hothouse at ANU, discussing the intersections between climate change, inequity, and human health.

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Tue, 25 Jun 2024

The hidden abode of agreements: or how a governance mechanism reproduces extractive capitalism around the world

This talk considers how agreements between mining companies and communities, an emerging global phenomenon, create the conditions of possibility for capital accumulation.

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Image of handmade peace themed postcard with ‘peace’ in various languages by Stephanie at https://flic.kr/p/7v93W6 free to use under CC BY-ND 2.0 DEED licence
Tue, 18 Jun 2024

Community-centred security governance: from Cape Town to Oakland a story of Peace Committees

The presentation considers a security governance possibility, born in the Global South, with implications for defunding police, decolonising security, and reimag

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Image of the articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights chalked on the steps of University of Essex, by University of Essex at https://flic.kr/p/ifvFD5, free to use under CC BY 2.0 DEED licence
Tue, 4 Jun 2024

The human protection transnational legal order: humanization of international law and accountability norms

This talk traces the rise of a transnational legal order on human protection and evaluates the effects of the ‘accountability turn’ at the heart of this TLO on international

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Tue, 9 Apr 2024

Melbas at the laundromat: examining how Australia can improve money laundering prevention

Australia has been described as a beacon and haven where Money Laundering (ML) thrives: so, how can Australia improve ML prevention?

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Tue, 23 Apr 2024

Governance for planetary health equity – the Planetary Health Equity Hothouse project

Understanding power, politics, policies, people and processes to improve governance for planetary health equity outcomes.

Saving the World Webinars
Thu, 25 May 2023

Eco-Justice and Planetary Health

A series of webinars created by the Hothouse at ANU, discussing the intersections between climate change, inequity, and human health.

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Tue, 11 Jun 2024

Digitalisation and the welfare state – how First Nations people experienced digitalised social security under the cashless debit card

This presentation examines the lived experiences of First Nations cashless debit card holders who experienced digitalisation of their social security payments.

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Image of a metaverse festival by Duncan Rawlinson – Duncan.co from https://flic.kr/p/2mDhQbd, free to use under CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED licence.
Tue, 21 May 2024

Backbones & blueprints: cybernetic approaches to the metaverse

This work focuses on making discourse on the metaverse legible in the context of story and history, considering a safer, more responsible, and more sustainable future metaverse.

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Image of closure signs at Rozelle Parklands, Sydney, due to asbestos contamination, 21 February 2024, by Jpatokal from Wikipedia Commons, free to use under CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED licence
Tue, 2 Apr 2024

Mainstreaming environmental restorative justice

How do we mainstream the use of restorative justice in the context of environmental offending, which in Australia is virtually untested?

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‘Advocacy and change in international organizations: communication, protection, and reconstruction in UN peacekeeping’ book cover, supplied by the author.
Tue, 16 Apr 2024

Advocacy and change in international organizations: communication, protection, and reconstruction in UN peacekeeping

Kseniya Oksamytna will discuss her recent book, Advocacy and Change in International Organizations: Communication, Protection, and Reconstruction in UN Peacekeeping.

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Image of a professional about to touch a tablet device with cyber security related icons hovering around her finger by Worranan from Adobe Stock used under under Education License
Tue, 30 Apr 2024

Managerialism and excesses of the state

Strategies of managerial governance - outsourcing, cost recovery, performance indicators - produce overkill in the fields of regulation, crime control, and national security.

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Image credit: Red Check Mark on Box by Tara Winstead from Pexels (free to use under Pexels licence)
Fri, 26 May 2023

Ethnic minority representation in the 2022 Australian federal election

This seminar is the third in the Migration, Mobility & Movement Network Seminar Series presented by the School of Archaeology & Anthropology and the Migration Hub at the School of Regul

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Mon, 22 Jul 2024

AI governance and epistemic community theory

A refined version of epistemic community theory may help policymakers decide when they ought to defer to experts when designing AI regulations.

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Graphic illustrating greenwashing of products by HollyHarry from Adobe Stock used under Education License
Mon, 22 Jul 2024

Decoding green deceit: What regulatory reforms are necessary to curb greenwashing in ultra-processed foods in ways that contribute to planetary health equity?

Green growth, green foods, and greenwashing – exploring the EU regulation on green claims in ultra-processed foods and its implication for planetary health equity.

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Photo of processed food for sale at a local store in Gizo, Western Province, Solomon Islands by Filip Milovac from https://flic.kr/p/vc2hdb, used under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED licence
Tue, 28 Nov 2023

The commercial determinants of [planetary] health equity

People, planet, profits, and health are inextricably linked.

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Image of surveillance camera graffiti art by Republica from https://pixabay.com/photos/camera-graffiti-security-cctv-89012/ free to use under pixabay licence
Tue, 14 Nov 2023

Big brother to big data: theorising the crime/ surveillance nexus

This seminar looks at the changing forms and uses of technologies of surveillance, and the implications of their application for the criminal justice system.

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Public domain image from Young Pacific Leaders Human Rights Workshop, Apia, Samoa from US Embassy NZ flickr account https://flic.kr/p/2p71M4Y
Tue, 7 Nov 2023

Does the Pacific require (new) regional arrangements for the protection and promotion of human rights?

Strengthening human rights protection systems in a Pacific regional human rights architecture.

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Image of hands of medical professional in a protective gesture over woodblocks with healthcare icons by Deemerwha Studio from Adobe Stock used under Education License
Mon, 22 Jul 2024

Steering health philanthropy towards a planetary health equity research agenda

This research investigates the research priorities of health philanthropic organizations and their implications for the achievement of planetary health equity.

Billabong
Tue, 11 Apr 2023

Can a ‘nature-repair’ market finance conservation on First Nations lands

Join Jon Altman as he explores how workable the proposed regulatory framework to ‘repair nature’ might be on First Nations titled lands that are fast expanding as the main portion of the Australia’

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Four hands in interlocking grip by truthseeker08 from pixabay (free to use under pixabay licence)
Tue, 9 May 2023

Modest but critical: how we overlook social infrastructure at our peril

Much of our policy process focuses on the role of physical infrastructure, that is, structures that hope to mitigate the impact of shocks and disasters such as floods, terrorism, and crime.

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Photo credit: By Dedraw Studio on Adobe Stock
Thu, 26 Oct 2023

The role of community sponsorship for refugee resettlement

This series is spearheaded by the ANU Migration Hub hosted at RegNet, in collaboration with the School of Archaeology and Anthropology

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Image credit: Image of newspaper headlines related to sorcery accusations, provided by Miranda Forsyth.
Tue, 31 Oct 2023

Sorcery accusations and witch hunts in PNG and across the globe: an updated account of their nature, impact and measures to address them

This seminar presentation covers updated information and an analytical framework for understanding the drivers behind violence related to accusations of sorcery and witchcraft, and the types of res

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Image of plants sprouting from stacks of coins by nattanan23 from https://pixabay.com/photos/money-profit-finance-business-2696219/ (free to use under pixabay licence)
Tue, 6 Jun 2023

China's regulatory pathway to green finance

China’s green credit balance and green bond stocks have surged to become the world’s largest within five years.

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Photo credit: By sebastianbourges on Adobe Stock
Thu, 19 Oct 2023

Centring indigenous sovereignty in migration studies: ethical and methodological challenges

This series is spearheaded by the ANU Migration Hub hosted at RegNet, in collaboration with the School of Archaeology and Anthropology

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Image credit: stylized image of a prisoner behind bars and barbed wire by Jared Rodriguez of Truthout from https://flic.kr/p/2hdA8J3 (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Tue, 23 May 2023

Conceptualising Singapore's detention 'painscape': trauma, identity & resilience

Singapore’s long history of political imprisonment is a controversial issue, which continues to be silenced and censored by the state.

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Book launch_RegNet
Tue, 2 May 2023

Saving nature? Reflections on the ethics and practice of global conservation

In her new book Corporate nature: an insider’s ethnography of global conservation, Sarah Milne raises questions about the ki

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Image: Abstract digital population hologram on blue background. Cyber data and density concept. 3D Rendering. by Who is Danny, Adobe Stock
Thu, 3 Aug 2023

Modelling the age-sex profiles of net international migration

This series is spearheaded by the ANU Migration Hub hosted at RegNet, in collaboration with the School of Archaeology and Anthropology.

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Image credit: svetazi on Adobe Stock
Thu, 5 Oct 2023

The uncertain regime of sudden security: what happens after the grant of permanent visa to former asylum seekers in Australia

This series is spearheaded by the ANU Migration Hub hosted at RegNet, in collaboration with the School of Archaeology and Anthropology.

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Photo credit: By Svetazi on Adobe Stock
Thu, 12 Oct 2023

Bright scholars in the city: a social mobility intervention for the children of the rural poor in Vietnam

This series is spearheaded by the ANU Migration Hub hosted at RegNet, in collaboration with the School of Archaeology and Anthropology

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Image of women garment workers in Sri Lanka; supplied by the presenter.
Tue, 30 May 2023

Collective voice without collective bargaining: women workers negotiating workplace rights in Sri Lanka’s apparel industry

However, the declining trade union presence and the absence of autonomous forms of voice place workers and their rights at risk.

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Image credit: abstract image of human tweaking cogs in brain cavity from https://www.maxpixel.net/Consulting-Learning-Brain-Training-Knowledge-7771279 (CC0 Public Domain)
Tue, 16 May 2023

Navigating the complexity of multiple knowledges: cybernetics as inspiration and method

An important part of effectively navigating complexity requires skill in bringing together a variety of perspectives and knowledges related to a system of interest.

Bins
Tue, 18 Apr 2023

More than roads, rates, and rubbish: Local governments’ involvement in food system governance

The governance of food systems in Australia is largely fragmented, and tends to focus on singular issues such as exports, food safety, or nutrition at a national level.

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Tue, 27 Jun 2023

Unpacking advocacy strategies for impact in the commercial determinants of health

 

 

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Photo credit: By Lightfield Studios on Adobe Stock
Thu, 31 Aug 2023

Predicting the economic outcomes of Australian permanent migrants

This series is spearheaded by the ANU Migration Hub hosted at RegNet, in collaboration with the School of Archaeology and Anthropology.

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Image credit: Tierney on Adobe Stock
Thu, 28 Sep 2023

Roundtable discussion: Rewriting jurisprudence: centring refugee and migrant knowledges and lived experience

This series is spearheaded by the ANU Migration Hub hosted at RegNet, in collaboration with the School of Archaeology and Anthropology.

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Image credit: Former UBC President Prof. Santa J. Ono, Dr. Sheryl Lightfoot, Senior Advisor to the President on Indigenous Affairs, and Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde | UBC (2020).
Thu, 12 Oct 2023

Sharing Canada’s experience on the UNDRIP Implementation Act and global governance

Indigenous diplomacy is not limited to global governance and state mechanisms.

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Tue, 25 Jul 2023

Regulation and the digital welfare state: transformations of crisis response in Lebanon

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Image credit: sewing machine from Kohei Take (Adobe Stock)
Thu, 24 Aug 2023

Migrant welfare workers (1970-90s) and the frontlines of Australian multiculturalism

This series is spearheaded by the ANU Migration Hub hosted at RegNet, in collaboration with the School of Archaeology and Anthropology.

 

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Image credit: Photo of Canberra from top of Mount Ainslie by Sam Ilić from flickr, used under (CC BY-NC 2.0) licence.
Tue, 10 Oct 2023

Restorative cities: what, why and how?

What does it mean for a city to be restorative, why would this be a good thing, and how can we make it happen?

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Legs of a couple standing opposite each other divided by the yellow asphalt line top view by adzicnatasa, Adobe Stock
Thu, 10 Aug 2023

Frontiers of belonging: understanding everyday acts of anti-migrant boundary drawing

This series is spearheaded by the ANU Migration Hub hosted at RegNet, in collaboration with the School of Archaeology and Anthropology.

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Image credit: Illustration of stylized human figures in networks, by opensource.com from flickr, (CC BY-SA 2.0) licence.
Thu, 14 Sep 2023

Sticky or stuck: the role of policy networks in creating path dependency in Australia’s health care financing system

How do policy actors go about influencing financing policy in Australia’s Health Care system, and what does this mean for the healthcare system?

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Photo credit: By Marcin on Adobe Stock
Thu, 21 Sep 2023

The wall with a view of Europe: two long years of the EU–Belarus border crisis

This series is spearheaded by the ANU Migration Hub hosted at RegNet, in collaboration with the School of Archaeology and Anthropology.

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Image credit: Abstract illustration of human brain, face and radiating waves by geralt on pixabay, free to use under pixabay licence.
Thu, 19 Oct 2023

‘De novo’ global governance: the construction and contestation of global neurotechnology governance

In this mid-term doctoral candidature presentation, Walter explores the social and political dynamics of the emerging system of global governance for neurotechnologies.

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Image of female robot head against a background of programming code by Gerd Altmann on pixabay, free to use under pixabay licence.
Tue, 22 Aug 2023

Risk, reward, and resilience

This presentation explores an integrative framework, called the risk, reward and resilience framework, which synthesizes insights from diverse disciplines and domains.

Achalie Kumarage_RegNet
Achalie Kumarage_RegNet
01 September 2022

Achalie Kumarage wins AsianJLS-ALSA Paper Competition

We are delighted to announce that PhD scholar Achalie Kumarage has won the 2022 Asian Journal and Law Society (AsianJLS)-Asian Law and Society Association (ALSA) Graduate Student Paper Competition.
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Image credit: Illustration of a mobile phone scanning a geometrically stylized face by Mike MacKenzie on flickr (CC by 2.0 licence)
Tue, 8 Aug 2023

Adopting a science and technology studies lens to situating facial recognition “best practices” in Australia

Australia is contending with a slew of new facial recognition technologies and their uses, in the context of regulatory gaps and insufficient understanding of the historical, social, and cultural c

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Image credit: Image of a rally for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty at the United Nations Environment Program Stockholm+50 conference, from Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative 3 June 2022 press release.
Tue, 15 Aug 2023

TPR: Transnational advocacy networks in treaty-making

This research aims to understand the role of non-state actors in the formation of new international treaties, applying a case study approach to understand what factors lead to the success of transn

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Tue, 11 Jul 2023

Armed conflict, warfare, rape and kidnapping in Hela Province, Papua New Guinea: how to support local-led initiatives for peacebuilding

Violent and armed conflict in Hela Province has significantly worsened over the past few years, despite the continued efforts of various development organisations in trying to make a difference to

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Image credit: wind and solar renewable energy sources by seagul on pixabay, free to use under pixabay licence.
Tue, 17 Oct 2023

The political economy of export-credit agencies in the energy transition

How are countries using state-owned banks to accelerate (or hinder) the global energy transition away from fossil fuels?

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Image credit: Photo of KN90 mask against a background of € notes and coins, by romanakr on pixabay, free to use under pixabay licence.
Tue, 26 Sep 2023

Making sense of EU pandemic recovery: a discursive map connecting health and economic growth

This is a presentation of Charlotte’s work-in-progress article which analyses how EU policymakers relate ‘health’ and ‘economic growth’ in pandemic recovery strategies.

 

Image credit: Screengrab of Lilly Be’soer from Voice for Change PNG homepage, used with Lilly’s permission.
Image credit: Screengrab of Lilly Be’soer from Voice for Change PNG homepage, used with Lilly’s permission.
Tue, 24 Oct 2023

Local perspectives on peace-making in Papua New Guinea’s Highlands

In this special event, Lilly Be’soer, Director of the NGO Voice for Change in Jiwaka province, PNG, will discuss the work of grassroots peace-building.

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Image credit: Abstract illustration of patent process flowchart by Adrienne Yancey for opensource.com, from flickr, used under CC BY-SA 2.0 licence
Tue, 3 Oct 2023

Patent protection and sustainable development in Latin America: conditions for policy integration

How have Latin American countries integrated patent protection and sustainable development?

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Image credit: Image of a sign on South Tarawa, Kiribati, warning of the threat of sea level rise to the island, with its highest point being 3 metres above sea level, from Wikipedia Commons, (CC BY 2.0).
Tue, 12 Sep 2023

The emergence of environmental migration and displacement management ‘best practices’ in the Pacific

How are Pacific governments responding to the growing challenge of environmental migration and displacement?

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Image credit: ‘The new knowledge: information, data and the remaking of global power’ book cover supplied by Natasha Tusikov.
Tue, 19 Sep 2023

Bookclub - The new knowledge: information, data and the remaking of global power

From the global geopolitical arena to the smart city, control over knowledge — particularly over data and intellectual property — has become a key battleground for the exercise of economic and poli

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Image by Alan Warburton / © BBC / Better Images of AI / Virtual Human / CC-BY 4.0
Image by Alan Warburton / © BBC / Better Images of AI / Virtual Human / CC-BY 4.0
Fri, 7 Jul 2023

Designing for justice? Generative questions about the challenges of AI

We are witnessing a rapid diffusion of so-called “generative AI”—that is, machine learning technologies that simulate human languages, communication, arts, and cultural expression through the stati

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Image: View of the ICJ courtroom on 1 December 2022, at the reading of the Judgement of the Court in the Dispute over the Status and Use of the Waters of the Silala (Chile v. Bolivia), from the ICJ website (free to use for educational institutions per ICJ
Image: View of the ICJ courtroom on 1 December 2022, at the reading of the Judgement of the Court in the Dispute over the Status and Use of the Waters of the Silala (Chile v. Bolivia), from the ICJ website (free to use for educational institutions per ICJ
Tue, 1 Aug 2023

Inside the International Court of Justice

This informal talk will explain how the International Court of Justice (ICJ) works, focussing on its deliberative methods.

Image credit: Greenpeace protest at Nestle Annual General Meeting on flickr, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 licence)
Image credit: Greenpeace protest at Nestle Annual General Meeting on flickr, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 licence)
Tue, 29 Aug 2023

Political investorism: conceptualising investment-based market lobbying for social change

Examining how social movement organisations mobilise shareholders, bank customers, superfund members and other investors to express their political values through their investment decisions.

Image credit: Illustration of Taiwanese flag in a fingerprint pattern by CatsWithGlasses on pixabay (free to use under pixabay licence); ‘Restorative Justice’ Chinese calligraphy output from https://chinese.gratis, used with permission.
Image credit: Illustration of Taiwanese flag in a fingerprint pattern by CatsWithGlasses on pixabay (free to use under pixabay licence); ‘Restorative Justice’ Chinese calligraphy output from https://chinese.gratis, used with permission.
Mon, 3 Jul 2023

Let love and hope flow in relationships: restorative justice in Taiwan

Reynol’s dissertation examines the implementation of restorative justice in the context of Taiwanese juvenile justice.

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