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(L-R) Romulo Nayacalevu, Anna Fieldhouse and Reynol Cheng.

Congratulations to our Class of 2026 graduates!
We are proud to celebrate the achievements of our 2026 graduating cohort and wish them all the best in their future endeavours.
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Shaping environmental migration: Lakshmin’s PhD journey at RegNet
At RegNet, Lakshmin’s PhD journey was shaped as much by intellectual community and mentorship as by her research on environmental migration in the Pacific.
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Listening for justice: Reynol’s PhD journey at RegNet
Reynol’s PhD journey at RegNet explores how restorative justice is understood and practiced in Taiwanese juvenile justice, bridging professional experience with academic research.
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Special Mention for Unravelling the Crime-Development Nexus
Jarrett Blaustein’s book on the global crime-development nexus has received a Special Mention in the 2024 ACUNS Book Award.
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From regulation to reform: Sithong Chanthasouk’s PhD journey
Completing his PhD at RegNet has been a transformative experience for Sithong, providing him with the academic and technical authority to advise on the design of national strategies and frameworks.
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Professor Kent (fourth from left, front row) at the Afterlives street art walking tour with Fearless collective. Photo credit: Kar Yen Leong

ARC Future Fellowship outcomes: making sense of the missing
Through her ARC Future Fellowship, Associate Professor Lia Kent amplified the voices of families in Timor-Leste and Sri Lanka, demonstrating how local approaches can reshape policy and practice.
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Job opportunity: Project Officer
The School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) is seeking a Project Officer to support the Balzan Prize Project and the Centre for Restorative Justice.
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An end of year restorative pause
RegNet's Centre for Restorative Justice closed the year with a week-long restorative drop in, creating space for calm, creativity and connection.

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How Bad Bunny’s power pole dance spotlighted the colonial legacy of energy poverty
When Bad Bunny and his dancers scaled power poles during the Super Bowl, he wasn’t just entertaining millions — he was highlighting Puerto Rico’s chronic power outages as a legacy of colonisation, write Jenna Harb and Kirsty Anantharajah.

Rethinking what it means to be a regulator
Veronica Taylor and Adam Slater on rethinking what it means to be a regulator and how The Professional Regulator, RegNet and NRCoP are changing practice in Australia and New Zealand.

From dream to PhD: Nayacalevu breaks ground at ANU
Romulo Nayacalevu gaduated with a Doctor of Philosophy in Law from the Australian National University, becoming the first iTaukei and Pacific Islander to achieve the milestone at the prestigious institution.

If this is to be the year for positive change for planetary health equity, what will it take?
Sharon Friel and Chelsea Hunnisett and outline key opportunities in 2026 for promoting planetary health equity through strategic, ambitious and sensible governance.

These voices are the loudest in Australia’s ‘climate wars’
Every time a climate policy is put on the table, supporters and opponents come out in force and duke it out, writes Christian Downie.

What happened to happiness?
When the government is sufficiently motivated, they’ll execute with governance arrangements and resources, commented Chelsea Hunniset, on Australia’s wellbeing economy.

Academia against genocide: providing spaces for hard conversations
Giorgia Dalla Libera Marchiori, John Noel Viana and Isabelle Zhu‑Maguire call for universities to foster open discussion on the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

The international lawyer teaching AI to war game
Former international lawyer turned tech start-up founder Anthea Roberts argues her artificial intelligence tool forces humans to think harder.

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Thu, 9 Apr 2026

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

This presentation marks Roxana's Mid-Term Review, where she will present her ongoing research, including preliminary findings from her fieldwork across Europe.
Tue, 31 Mar 2026

Wellbeing and Indigenous Rights

                                                        

 
Thu, 26 Mar 2026

Sugar-coated sustainability: Deceit, disclosure, and regulation in ultra-processed foods

Episode 28 of the Saving the World webinar series features Roxana Claudia Tompea, Hothouse PhD Candidate.
Wed, 25 Mar 2026

The Treasury View: Development of a wellbeing economy in Australia

This presentation outlines Chelsea’s progress and preliminary findings for her Mid-Term Review.

 
Tue, 24 Mar 2026

Radical Reform of the International Investment Treaty Regime: An opportunity for Australian leadership in creating a new global order

Australia has an opportunity to help build a values-based global order through reform of the investment treaty regime.

Mon, 23 Mar 2026

‘Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels’ Roundtable

The Embassy of the Republic of Colombia, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the ANU GET Lab invite you to join an expert roundtable on Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels.
Tue, 17 Mar 2026

Building Support: Authoritarian Regimes and the Politics of Economic Performance

I analyse how autocratic elites credibly commit to performance legitimation using a formal model, data on >80,000 power plants and >300,000 survey responses, and evidence fr
Wed, 4 Mar 2026

Interagency collaboration in Global South migration governance

This study investigates interagency collaboration in migration governance in Ethiopia and Kenya, focusing on how national, regional, and international actors interact to shape mig

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