Speaker: Ntina Tzouvala, Australian National University Lawyers are latecomers in discussions about dollar hegemony and its effects on international relations and order. The overt weaponisation of the US Dollar in the past 10-15 years has made this reality impossible...
Corporations, Markets and Climate Change: Opposition or Opportunities?
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...
Wealth And Giving In Australia: An Examination Of The Evidence And Policy Implications
This presentation from Professor Paul Flatau (Director, Centre for Social Impact, University of Western Australia) will examine trends in the distribution of income and wealth in Australia including by high net wealth and ultra-high net wealth individuals and...
Wealth And Giving In Australia: An Examination Of The Evidence And Policy Implications
This presentation from Professor Paul Flatau (Director, Centre for Social Impact, University of Western Australia) will examine trends in the distribution of income and wealth in Australia including by high net wealth and ultra-high net wealth individuals and...
Wealth And Giving In Australia: An Examination Of The Evidence And Policy Implications
This presentation from Professor Paul Flatau (Director, Centre for Social Impact, University of Western Australia) will examine trends in the distribution of income and wealth in Australia including by high net wealth and ultra-high net wealth individuals and...
16th Annual Wheelwright Lecture, ‘Not Going Away: First People and the Australian Economy’
The 16th Annual E.L. ‘Ted’ Wheelwright Memorial Lecture The annual E.L. ‘Ted’ Wheelwright Memorial Lecture is held to commemorate the pioneering role that Ted Wheelwright played in developing studies in Political Economy in Australia. Not Going Away: First People and...
Climate finance: taking a position on climate futures
The 2023 Paul Bourke Lecture presented by Dr Sophie Webber, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney. Climate change is increasingly conceptualised in financial terms. In policy and politics, climate change is viewed as a problem of bridging ‘financing’ gaps...
Secondary students: this event is for you!
Did you know that the social sciences are key to helping us understand and address some of humanity’s biggest challenges? They shape how our society functions, and focus on big issues like: How do we want to live? How can we learn...