Past events
The wall with a view of Europe: two long years of the EU–Belarus border crisis
The humanitarian crisis on the EU-Belarus border has been unfolding since mid-2021, mostly out of public sight. Increasingly anxious about the raising numbers of people dying on the forested border,...
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...
Sticky or stuck: the role of policy networks in creating path dependency in Australia’s health care financing system
Policy change does not exist in a vacuum. This research explores the role of a network of actors in locking down the financing mechanisms in the health system in Australia. The aim is to gain a...
Extinction thwarted? The nexus between climate change, social equity and health
Please join us for the [Planetary Health Equity Hothouse](https://hothouse.anu.edu.au/)’s inaugural annual Policy Symposium, titled ‘Extinction thwarted? The nexus between climate change, social...
The emergence of environmental migration and displacement management ‘best practices’ in the Pacific
In 2022, 32.6 million people fled their homes in response to environmental stressors, which disproportionately affect Pacific communities and households (IDMC, 2023; IPCC, 2018). So, how are Pacific...
Predicting the economic outcomes of Australian permanent migrants
This research seeks to understand the extent that migrant characteristics (such as age, gender, education and English language skills, geographic location, permanent visa category, temporary visa...
Political investorism: conceptualising investment-based market lobbying for social change
Social movement organisations mobilise shareholders and other investors to lobby corporations on a range of issues including climate change, modern slavery, and migration, utilising tactics including...
Migrant welfare workers (1970-90s) and the frontlines of Australian multiculturalism
The perspectives of ethnic-minority and migrant-background women are pivotal to understanding the history of multiculturalism as an access and equity issue. This paper draws on oral histories...
Risk, reward, and resilience
**THIS SEMINAR WAS OIRGINALLY PUBLISHED WITH THE TITLE _RISK, REWARD, AND RESILIENCE – APPLYING AI AND LLMs_. THE PRESENTER, TITLE AND CONTENT OF THE SEMINAR HAS SINCE CHANGED.** Striking a...
Untangling refugee bodies and navigating through ‘crisis’ in humanitarian protection
**Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been cancelled. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience.** The paper begins with a discourse analysis of the deployment of the...
TPR: Transnational advocacy networks in treaty-making
Fossil fuels are responsible for 86% of carbon dioxide emissions, however until relatively recently, the dominant focus of both domestic and international climate policy has centred on curbing demand...
Frontiers of belonging: understanding everyday acts of anti-migrant boundary drawing
In this presentation Annika will engage with the question of what role migration researchers might play in creating a more nuanced understanding of the backlash against refugees and migrants...
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...
Modelling the age-sex profiles of net international migration
In our paper, we present a methodology to infer the age and sex profiles of net migration. This research supports the United Nations Population Division’s estimation and population projection...
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. Given the relational nature of restorative justice, his findings are based on...
Inside the International Court of Justice
This informal talk will explain how the International Court of Justice (ICJ) works, focussing on its deliberative methods. This presentation is jointly hosted by the Centre for International...
Regulation and the digital welfare state: transformations of crisis response in Lebanon
Challenges in emergency contexts, including systemic problems in the humanitarian sector, require dedicated labour to carry out efforts on the ground. Jenna focuses on crisis response in Lebanon to...
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...
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...
Unpacking advocacy strategies for impact in the commercial determinants of health
While much is known about the barriers that prevent policy and governance for public health, less is known about the strategies and conditions that can enable effective public health advocacy. In...
