Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday May 21, 2026, 5:30 pm
🍺🍷 Join us for a relaxed after work drinks in the CBD. No long speeches, no agenda, just an informal chance to meet new people, catch up with familiar faces, and ease into the evening with good conversation.
Come for 20 minutes or stay the whole time, whatever suits.
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Date: Thursday May 21, 2026, 4:30 pm
🎤 Join us for our first practical, hands-on workshop for early- to mid-career economists, policy professionals, and university students.
👥🛠️ This skills-focused session is designed to help you strengthen your communication capabilities in applied economics and policy roles.
The workshop will be led by Professor David Orsmond, President of ESA NSW.
Limited to 30 participants
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View...Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday May 14, 2026, 12:00 pm
This presentation will discuss how working from home has fared post-pandemic and what the future is. Using US and international data the presentation will show how hybrid working has become common post-pandemic for managers and professionals.
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View...Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday May 13, 2026, 12:30 pm
👉 Can we predict serious youth adversity early?
✨ Drawing on a decade of linked data research, Professor Stefanie Schurer (USYD) shows how we can identify youth at risk of adversity. She highlights the critical role of family factors; and the unintended harms of coercive policy.
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If you are a member of ESA in another state, you may join this event for free. Please email admin@esansw.org.au and ask for the Promo Code.
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Date: Wednesday Apr 29, 2026, 12:30 pm
📱Professor Kevin Fox, Director of the Centre for Applied Economic Research at UNSW Sydney, will challenge how we measure the economy in his latest work on “Productive Screentime” — arguing that much of the value we create online is invisible in GDP.
đź“Š Drawing on his AEJ: Macro paper “GDP-B,” he makes the case for expanded measures of economic activity that could reshape how we think about growth and productivity.
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If you are a member of ESA in another state, you may join this event for free. Please email admin@esansw.org.au with your first name, last name, email address and state.
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View...Event Type: Co-hosted event
Date: Thursday Apr 16, 2026, 6:00 pm
Connect. Learn. Build your network. The first drink is on us!
🍺🥂 Join us for a casual networking evening bringing together economics students and economists from government, industry, and the private sector. Meet professionals, learn about career pathways, and build valuable connections in a relaxed setting.
Open to early career economists and students from all universities and faculties. Feel free to bring your friends
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View...Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Apr 15, 2026, 12:30 pm
🏠How does monetary policy affect who gets to own a home?
James Graham explores how changes in interest rates shape home buying decisions in Australia, particularly for first home buyers. Using a detailed model of Australian households, it examines how rising mortgage rates, changing incomes, and shifts in house prices interact to influence whether people buy, rent, or delay entering the housing market.
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Date: Thursday Apr 9, 2026, 1:00 pm
đźš—Following a High Court of Australia ruling on Victoria’s EV charge and growing concern over declining fuel excise revenue, national momentum for reform is building. This session explores practical pathways for road pricing reform in Australia, with insights from international experience.
đźš— Join us to hear directly from one of Australia’s most experienced economic thinkers and Distinguished Speaker, David Hensher, AM
Due to popular demand, NSW Treasury has opened up more places for this event
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View...Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Mar 25, 2026, 12:30 pm
Tariffs are back. After decades in the policy wilderness, tariffs are now front-page news.
Join Professor David Orsmond as he explores the new arguments for protectionism, how they compare with conventional economic thinking and what Australia should do to respond in this uncertain global trade climate.
Join in-person at 123 Pitt St, Sydney or Online. Please let us know how you plan to attend when registering.
The timing of this event is AEDT (SYD/CBR/MEL)
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View...Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Mar 19, 2026, 5:30 pm
The ESA and Young Economists Network (YEN) invites you to After Work Drinks in March
Join us for a relaxed after work drinks in the CBD on Thursday 19 March. No long speeches, no agenda, just an informal chance to meet new people, catch up with familiar faces, and ease into the evening with good conversation.
Come for 20 minutes or stay the whole time, whatever suits.
We are keeping numbers small to help conversations flow, so registrations are encouraged to ensure we have space.
We look forward to seeing you at our first After Work drinks of the year!
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View...Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Mar 17, 2026, 1:00 pm
How do neighborhoods and firms affect intergenerational mobility?
Children’s incomes tend to resemble their parents', a relationship that is particularly pronounced in higher-inequality societies like the United States. However, the mechanisms behind this intergenerational earnings transmission are not well understood. We use a new data resource to study intergenerational economic transmission in the U.S., focusing on two potentially important factors: neighborhoods and firms.
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View...Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Mar 11, 2026, 12:30 pm
Join Professor Christopher Gibbs for a practical session on how to critically assess research and navigate today’s crowded evidence landscape.
Learn how to judge the strength of evidence, identify credible and seminal work, spot predatory journals and bias in reports, and use AI tools effectively to support your literature reviews.
Online Only
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View...Event Type: Women in Economics Event
Date: Monday Mar 9, 2026, 12:00 pm
Join the Women in Economics Network (WEN), in collaboration with AMP, for a special International Women’s Day panel featuring Alexis George (CEO, AMP Limited), Sarah Hunter (Assistant Governor (Economic), Reserve Bank of Australia) and Phil O’Donaghoe (Chief Economist, Deutsche Bank).
The panel will explore leadership, career journeys, economic empowerment and the outlook ahead, moderated by Diana Mousina (Deputy Chief Economist, AMP).
Held at AMP’s Sydney offices, places are limited for this in-person only event. Networking and refreshments will follow.
This is a FREE event for all.
If you sign up and can no longer attend, please email us at admin@esansw.org.au to let us know.
Registrations closing at 1pm today. Only 5 places left
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View...Event Type: Women in Economics Event
Date: Thursday Mar 5, 2026, 12:00 pm
Join us for an exclusive Q&A with Danielle Wood, Chair of the Productivity Commission, as she reflects on her career and shares advice for emerging economists.
Named “one of the most visible and highly regarded economists in the country,” she was CEO of the Grattan Institute, has served on key national advisory bodies, held senior roles at the ACCC and NERA Economic Consulting, and is a former President of ESA co-founder of WEN.
Chaired by Jennifer Fish, this in-person event includes light lunch and networking.
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View...Event Type: Women in Economics Event
Date: Thursday Feb 19, 2026, 12:00 am
We are thrilled to announce the 2026 edition of the NSW Women in Economics Network (WEN) Coffee Roulette program. After a successful inaugural run in 2024, we are excited to continue this initiative designed to strengthen connections and foster a vibrant community among women economists in NSW.
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View...Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Feb 18, 2026, 12:30 pm
Professor Tymula will examine why people often make financial choices that look “irrational” - avoiding the stock market, struggling with complex offers, or freezing when there are too many options - even when they want to do better? Professor Tymula will share the research from her groups suggesting that many of these behaviours are not flaws in our character or preferences, but the predictable result of how a limited brain tries to navigate a complicated economic world.
This is a hybrid event - join in-person at 123 Pitt St, Sydney or Online. Please let us know how you plan to attend when registering.
The timing of this event is AEDT (SYD/CBR/MEL)
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View...Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Feb 11, 2026, 8:00 am
Immigration policy is hard, involving difficult decisions and trade-offs. But, as Alan Manning – former chair of the UK's Migration Advisory Committee – makes clear, this doesn't mean that we can't do much better.
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View...Date: Wednesday Feb 11, 2026, 12:00 am
The Australian Gender Economics Workshop (AGEW) is a premier conference dedicated to advancing gender economics in Australia. Now in its ninth year, AGEW is held in collaboration with the Women in Economics Network (WEN), and brings together a diverse mix of scholars and policymakers from both Australia and abroad.
View...Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Feb 4, 2026, 12:30 pm
Join Professor Peter Abelson as he presents his latest work on the NSW Government’s new housing policies and what they mean for communities in Sydney and across the state.
In this session, Peter Abelson examines why additional dwellings may only have marginal price effects and challenges the idea that Australia’s housing crisis is simply about boosting supply.
This is a hybrid event - join in-person at 123 Pitt St, Sydney or Online.
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View...Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Dec 3, 2025, 6:00 pm
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences recognises Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt “for having explained innovation-driven economic growth”. Their work illuminates how technological progress and creative destruction underpin sustained improvements in productivity and living standards.
Join Professors Hugh Harley and Petr SedláÄŤek for a conversation on the ideas behind this year’s award and what they reveal about the forces driving long-run economic growth.
We invite you to stay for drinks and canapés, and the chance to chat informally with our speakers, guests and other attendees.
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View...Event Type: Women in Economics Event
Date: Wednesday Nov 26, 2025, 4:15 pm
Join the Women in Economics Network (WEN) and the Reserve Bank of Australia’s Gender Equity Employee Resource Group for a discussion with four leading economists — Dr Renée Fry-McKibbin, Sarina Lacey, Diana Mousina and Dr Pauline Grosjean.
Hear their stories, insights, and perspectives on the changing landscape of economics as a profession. The conversation will be moderated by Nalini Agarwal, Lead Analyst at the RBA.
đź“Ť Reserve Bank of Australia, 8 Chifley Square, Sydney & Online
This hybrid event is exclusive to WEN members, with limited in-person places available. Networking and refreshments will follow the panel discussion.
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View...Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Nov 19, 2025, 12:30 pm
Join Associate Professor Ben Spies-Butcher as he explores how artificial intelligence could reshape our economies. Will AI deliver abundance, drive unemployment — or both?
Drawing on lessons from past technological shifts and recent policy experiments, this talk examines how AI is transforming money, work and value — and whether its impact is technological or deeply social.
This is a hybrid event - join in-person at 123 Pitt St, Sydney or Online.
Please let us know how you plan to attend when registering.
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View...Event Type: Co-hosted event
Date: Wednesday Oct 29, 2025, 2:30 pm
We are pleased to invite you to our next Distinguished Speaker event, featuring Deborah Cobb-Clark AO, Australia's leading expert on the impact of social policy on economic outcomes.
Psychologists argue that self-control is “one of the most powerful and beneficial adaptations of the human psyche.” Yet many people struggle to follow through on their goals. Understanding when and why choices fail to align with intentions lies at the heart of behavioural economics research.
Join us for a thought-provoking discussion on the foundations of self-control in psychology and economics, new ways to study it using Australian data, and the implications for public policy and outcomes.
This is now only available online. The in-person event is at capacity. Please email admin@esansw.org.au if you want to go on the waitlist for the in-person section of the event.
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View...Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Oct 9, 2025, 5:30 pm
Join Professor Ufuk Akcigit, of the University of Chicago as he explores the productivity slowdown in the US and other high-income countries, including Australia, and examines how talent misallocation contributes to this challenge. He will discuss how higher education, retraining initiatives, and R&D policies can work together to drive productivity growth.
This is a hybrid event - join in-person at 123 Pitt St, Sydney or Online.
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View...Event Type: Co-hosted event
Date: Wednesday Oct 8, 2025, 5:30 pm
Join the WEN New South Wales for an inspiring evening with Luci Ellis, Chief Economist of Westpac Bank, followed by an opportunity to network with your fellow WEN members.
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