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ANU scholars contribute to discussions on the future of critical materials
Nick Bainton and Jenna Harb joined international researchers and collaborators to explore the challenges and opportunities of supplying critical materials for the energy transition.
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Can restorative justice reshape institutional culture in prisons?
Brazilian judge Decildo Ferreira Lopes shared insights from an ongoing study exploring how restorative justice may contribute to cultural change within the Brazil's prison system.
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Growing Restorative Regulation explores restorative approaches to regulatory practice
In Growing Restorative Regulation, Miranda Forsyth and Felicity Tepper present a practical framework for using restorative approaches to address harm and build accountability in regulatory settings.
RegNet staff and students

The RegNet Upstairs Downstairs Cup: Where pigeons, papers and pride collided
The inaugural RegNet Upstairs Downstairs Cup brought staff, academics and students together for an afternoon of friendly competition and community connection.
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Christian Downie awarded ARC Linkage Project grant to support Australia’s clean energy future
Congratulations to Professor Christian Downie on receiving an ARC Linkage Project grant for a collaborative project examining Southeast Asia’s energy transition and Australia’s role within it.
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Jade Hutchinson co-authors new book on social work and countering violent extremism
Jade Hutchinson’s new co-authored book examines social work’s role in countering violent extremism, focusing on its theories and approaches.
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Anthea Roberts launches Harvard project on AI, complex decision-making and the future of the legal profession
Anthea Roberts has launched a major new research project at Harvard Law School examining how artificial intelligence is structurally reconfiguring the global legal profession.
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Welcoming Sarah Boddington
Sarah joins RegNet supporting the HDR portfolio, bringing both academic insight and a strong interest in how research connects to real-world impact.

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Can a name drive peace?
Peacebuilders should pay attention to names. They can alert us to whether a community is still harbouring grievances or starting to release them, writes Miranda Forsyth.

Drones, cables, and the Indonesia–Australia maritime frontier
A series of meetings between Indonesian and Australian maritime security institutions in the past two months has sought to strengthen bilateral cooperation, writes Aristyo Darmawan .

The “hiremen” inside PNG’s market for Highlands violence
The guns for hire ravaging Papua New Guinea’s Highlands are a symptom – the patronage networks funding them are the disease, write Sinclair Dinnen and Miranda Forsyth.

Angus Taylor’s tough talk on migration puts politics over policy and risks feeding damaging stereotypes
he more the Coalition leans into tough talk about migration, the more it risks feeding damaging stereotypes while alienating business groups that rely on migration, writes Alan Gamlen.

When the ocean is sacred: Pacific theology and the governance of deep-sea mining
People do not decide whether to be accountable to land or sea in the way one might adopt a policy position; accountability is a condition of their being, write Jaap Timmer, Emilka Skrzypek and Nick Bainton.

Australia’s borders: resilience, migration and national security

In this special Studio Dialogue, Lachlan Colquhoun hosts Michael Outram and Alan Gamlen to discuss Australia’s borders as both a national security and economic asset in resilience.

Simon Corden wrote the playbook on regulatory governance – now he’s asking whether anyone reads it
Simon Corden shares insights from a wide-ranging conversation about the craft of regulation, what makes reviews work, and why Australia's arrival card is a national embarrassment.

PNG's frontier judges: peace-building from the bench
In Papua New Guinea's most conflict-torn provinces, an unlikely group of actors is stepping into the peacebuilding breach: reisdent National Court judges, write Sinclair Dinnen and Miranda Forsyth.

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Saving the World Webinars
Thu, 25 Jun 2026

Designing a wellbeing economy for Australia: the politics and the possibilities

Episode 30 of the Saving the World webinar series features Chelsea Hunnisett, Hothouse PhD Candidate and Senior Government Relations Specialist.
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Gary Marchant
Gary Marchant
Tue, 30 Jun 2026

Governance of AI Through Enterprise-Wide Private Standards

Governance of AI Through Enterprise-Wide Private Standards
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Saving the World Webinars
Thu, 30 Jul 2026

Painting the pastures green: corporate co-optation of regenerative agriculture

Episode 31 of the Saving the World webinar series features Dr Anja Bless discussing her research on corporate co-optation of the regenerative agriculture movement.
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Eco friendly environmental lawyer or business man
Tero Vesalainen
Tue, 18 Aug 2026

Please note this seminar has been cancelled. The seminar will be rescheduled to a later date in semester 2.

How unconventional climate advocates build support for climate policy
Saving the World Webinars
Thu, 8 Oct 2026

Redesigning business and finance to unlock economic transformations

Episode 34 of the Saving the World webinar series features Erinch Sahan discussing how to transform businesses for planetary health equity.
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Saving the World Webinars
Thu, 5 Nov 2026

Public power for planetary health equity: why ownership matters

Episode 35 of the Saving the World webinar series features Dr Matt Ryan, UTS Chancellor's Research Fellow and Hothouse Future Leaders Program Fellow (2024).
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Planetary Health Equity Future Leaders Program
Mon, 16 Nov - Fri, 27 Nov 2026

Planetary Health Equity Future Leaders Program 2026

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

Past events
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Tue, 23 Jun 2026

Regulating Networks: A Comparative Study of Export Control Regimes of Rare Earths and Semiconductors

This seminar is Mengjie Xiang's confirmation of candidature presentation.
Tue, 23 Jun 2026

Shifting Goalposts, Moving Players: displacement & return at moments of regime change in conflict contexts

This seminar is Christopher Foulkes confirmation of candidature presentation.
Tue, 23 Jun 2026

The “infrastructuring” of Digital Public Infrastructure in India: What is the role and influence of non-State actors?

Suvradip Maitra Confirmation of Candidature
Tue, 23 Jun 2026

How do Australian public Service Commonwealth entities respond to performance reporting regulations?

This seminar is Holly Noble's confirmation of candidature presentation.
Tue, 9 Jun 2026

Nagana Yarrbayn: The Water Protectors - film screening and panel discussion

The Planetary Health Equity Hothouse presents the documentary Nagana Yarrbayn: The Water Protector
Tue, 9 Jun 2026

AI through Dragonfly Eyes: Agentic AI and Complex Decision-Making

Nine competing narratives about AI, mapped through compound vision and the multi-agent systems built to hold them in view at once, while agentic AI transforms analytical work itself.
Thu, 4 Jun 2026

Artificial Intelligence and the Unseen Burden on Australian Charities

    
Tue, 2 Jun 2026

The commercial determinants of planetary health equity

Corporate power and profits are killing people and the planet.

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