Past events

21
Sep
2023

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

Dr Kasia Williams, Deputy Director, Centre for European Studies, ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences

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,...

Photo credit: Marcin on Adobe Stock
19
Sep
2023

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

Blayne Haggart and Natasha Tusikov

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...

'The new knowledge: information, data and the remaking of global power' bookcover, supplied by Natasha Tusikov
14
Sep
2023

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

Jodette Kotz

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...

Illustration of stylized human figures in networks, by opensource.com from https://flic.kr/p/7Efwam (CC BY-SA 2.0)
13
Sep
2023

Extinction thwarted? The nexus between climate change, social equity and health

Various

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...

12
Sep
2023

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

Lakshmin Mudaliar

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...

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 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:As_an_extremely_low-lying_country,_surrounded_by_vast_oceans,_Kiribati_is_at_risk_from_the_negative_effects_of_climate_change,_such_as_sea-level_rise_and_storm_surges,_2011._Photo-_Erin_Magee_-_DFAT_(12426392094).jpg (CC BY 2.0)
31
Aug
2023

Predicting the economic outcomes of Australian permanent migrants

Professor Robert Breunig and Dr Peter Varela, both from ANU Crawford School of Public Policy

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...

Photo credit: Lightfield Studios on Adobe Stock
29
Aug
2023

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

Erin O'Brien

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...

Greenpeace protest at Nestle AGM from https://flic.kr/p/7TJ8ni (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 licence)
24
Aug
2023

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

Dr. Alexandra Dellios, ANU Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies

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...

Photo credit: Dellios on Adobe Stock 467633988
22
Aug
2023

Risk, reward, and resilience

Anthea Roberts

**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...

Image of female robot head against a background of programming code by Gerd Altmann from https://pixabay.com/photos/artificial-intelligence-robot-ai-2167835/, free to use under pixabay licence
17
Aug
2023

Untangling refugee bodies and navigating through ‘crisis’ in humanitarian protection

Professor Bina D'CostaCoral Bell School of Asia-Pacific Affairs, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific

**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...

Photo credit: Michael on Adobe Stock 545537146
15
Aug
2023

TPR: Transnational advocacy networks in treaty-making

Rebecca Byrnes

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...

Image of rally for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty at the UNEP Stockholm+50 conference, from Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative 3 June 2022 press release https://fossilfueltreaty.org/youth-s50
10
Aug
2023

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

Dr. Annika Lems, ANU School of Archaeology & Anthropology

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...

08
Aug
2023

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

Ausma Bernot

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...

Illustration of a mobile phone scanning a geometrically stylized face by Mike MacKenzie from https://flic.kr/p/MZCqyH (CC by 2.0 licence)
03
Aug
2023

Modelling the age-sex profiles of net international migration

Professor James Raymer, ANU School of Demography

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...

03
Aug
2023

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

Reynol Cheng

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...

image of Taiwanese flag in a fingerprint pattern by CatsWithGlasses from https://pixabay.com/illustrations/taiwan-flag-fingerprint-country-653170/  and ‘Restorative Justice’ Chinese calligraphy output from https://chinese.gratis/tools/chinesecalligraphy/
01
Aug
2023

Inside the International Court of Justice

Hilary Charlesworth

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...

View of the ICJ courtroom on 1 Dec. 2022, from  https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/multimedia-galleries/20221201_chb/01.jpg, free to use for educational institutions
25
Jul
2023

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

Jenna Harb

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...

Mural art in Lebanon photographed and supplied by Jenna Harb
11
Jul
2023

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

James Komengi and Michael Main

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...

Armed clan near Komo, Hela Province, Papua New Guinea, photographed and supplied by Michael Main.
07
Jul
2023

Designing for justice? Generative questions about the challenges of AI

Various

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...

This image shows a portrait of a simulated middle-aged white woman against a black background. The scene is refracted in different ways by a fragmented glass grid. This grid is a visual metaphor for the way that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies can be used to simulate and reflect the human experience in unexpected ways. A distorted neural network diagram is overlaid, familiarising the viewer with the formal architecture of AI systems.
27
Jun
2023

Unpacking advocacy strategies for impact in the commercial determinants of health

Belinda Townsend

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...

Image of "ADVOCACY" in white font against black background by Julia Wee, no copyright is claimed.

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