12-20 September 2026
For six decades, AJPS has published the research that has shaped how we understand Australian and international politics. To mark the journal’s 60th anniversary, we are bringing together editors, authors, international experts, and readers — past and present — for a...
Please join us for the annual E.L. ‘Ted’ Wheelwright Memorial Lecture held to commemorate the pioneering role that Ted Wheelwright played in developing studies in Political Economy in Australia. Guest Speaker: Geoff Mann is a Distinguished Professor at Simon Fraser...
2025 marks the 80th anniversary of two pivotal events in modern history: the end of the Second World War and the establishment of the United Nations. Born from the ashes of global conflict, the UN represented a collective hope for peace, security, and international...
Join us for a special evening to mark 50 years of PNG independence, featuring a film screening from the early election period, panel discussion led by PNG academics based in Gimuy, Cairns and the launch of a new exhibition showcasing PNG memorabilia with stories of...
Join us for a dynamic showcase of emerging research by Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students and students across the social sciences or a Masters with a thesis component involving social science research. In short, engaging presentations (3 minutes, 3 slides),...
Robodebt is more than a tale of automation-gone-bad. It is more than a ‘few bad apples’. It revealed deep cultural and systemic problems, not limited to DSS or Services Australia. As Robodebt demonstrated, being able to recognise and speak about ethical concerns is a...
Corporations and capitalism are often blamed for environmental problems, and on climate change we are often told that there needs to be a ‘balance’ between economic and environmental outcomes. This suggests they are mutually contradictory, and therefore that the...
The 2023 Plimsoll Lecture by Australian economist, and political prisoner Dr Sean Turnell. Even before Sean Turnell spent 650 days of wrongful imprisonment in Myanmar, his story was remarkable. From humble working-class beginnings in the suburbs of Sydney, Sean...
The WA Migration Update one day conference, now in its 8th year, brings together academia, communities, not-for-profits, the private sector and government, to share experiences and research on migration and settlement, and improve understandings of these critical...
Join us for one or both of two online seminars exploring transformative justice and peace on the African continent. Session 1: Transformative Justice and the African Union: Unsettling the Dominant Discourse and Practice of Transitional Justice 4 September, 1-2 pm...