Mariana Mazzucato - The Mission-Led Australia Tour - Sydney Lecture

Event Type: Wide/Public Interest

Date: Monday Mar 11, 2024, 6:00 pm

Professor Mariana Mazzucato, who has gained global prominence through books like The Entrepreneurial State, Mission Economy and – most recently – The Big Con, will provide an address on industrial development and innovation in a less secure, more geopolitically fraught, post-Covid global environment.

Andrew Leigh - The Shortest History of Economics - Book Launch

Event Type: Wide/Public Interest

Date: Monday Mar 4, 2024, 12:00 pm

From ancient times to the modern world, The Shortest History of Economics unearths the hidden economic forces behind war, innovation and social transformation. Join us for the Sydney launch of "The Shortest History of Economics" at UNSW on 4 March 2024.

Leah Armstrong Scholarship Award Ceremony

Event Type: Partner Event

Date: Tuesday Feb 27, 2024, 5:30 pm

First Nations Economics and First Nations Foundation warmly invite you to attend the Awards Ceremony to celebrate the Leah Armstrong Scholarship and its recipients. 

ABE Annual forecasting conference - Geopolitical turmoil and implications for the global economy

Event Type: Partner Event

Date: Tuesday Feb 13, 2024, 7:15 am

ABE are pleased to present our annual forecasting conference on geopolitical turmoil and implications for the global economy.

68th Annual Conference of AARES

Event Type: Partner Event

Date: Tuesday Feb 6, 2024, 12:00 am

From: Central Council

The 68th Annual Conference of AARES will be held in Canberra, Australia from 6 to 9 February 2024.

The AARES 2024 Annual Conference will explore the grand challenges that are facing the Australasian region and beyond, such as biosecurity, climate change, environmental degradation, energy system transitions, and food security. The conference will provide a forum for our Society to explore new opportunities for research and development, and policy practice that can address these grand challenges in securing efficient, effective, and equitable outcomes. Distinguished researchers and professionals will present keynote presentations to inspire and stimulate discussion.

Australian Gender Economics Workshop 2024

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Thursday Feb 1, 2024, 9:00 am

From: Central Council

The 7^th annual Australian Gender Economics Workshop (AGEW2024), hosted by the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) will be held in person at the UTS campus, on the 1 – 2 February 2024. Registration will open later in the month.. For more information please visit: https://sites.google.com/uts.edu.au/agew-2024/home.  

Registration must close 24 January.

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Housing Prices and Rents in Australia 1980-2023

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Jan 31, 2024, 12:15 pm

The recent explosion of professional, political and public discussion on housing prices focuses on immediate events and often presents a partial explanation. In this seminar, Peter Abelson will take a longer term view, and will throw some light on the facts starting in 1980.

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Policy Priorities to Reach Net Zero - ONLINE ONLY

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Monday Jan 29, 2024, 12:00 pm

From: Central Council

There is concern that Australia may not reach its net-zero goals, due to challenges in energy generation, transmission and storage, and the uneven decarbonisation of different sectors of the economy.

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Tis the Season: The Economics of Hope   - ONLINE ONLY

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Monday Dec 18, 2023, 5:00 pm

From: Central Council

An End of Year Webinar from the National Committee of the Women in Economics Network

In a year that has seemed too often to be void of hope, end your year with some fresh perspectives on the importance of hope through the ages and what it means in modern economic thought.

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IEA World Congress

Event Type: Partner Event

Date: Monday Dec 11, 2023, 12:00 am

From: Central Council

Call for Papers

The President of the International Economic Association (IEA) and Program Chair of the Twentieth World Congress of the IEA, invites you to submit a paper to the contributed sessions of this triennial congress, jointly organized with Universidad EAFIT, that will be held in Medellin, Colombia from December 11 to 15, 2023.

Expertise, Artificial Intelligence, and the Work of the Future - ONLINE ONLY

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Dec 6, 2023, 12:00 pm

From: Central Council

The ESA Central Council is delighted to announce that Professor David Autor, MIT will be joining us for what promises to be an interesting and insightful webinar.  You are invited to join the discussion.

Will recent advances in AI complement human expertise, thereby increasing its value? Or will AI render expertise increasingly unnecessary, thus reducing its market value -- even if jobs are not in net eliminated?

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The Perils of Economic Reform: A Cautionary Tale from Myanmar - ONLINE ONLY

Event Type: co-hosted event

Date: Friday Dec 1, 2023, 12:00 pm

Please join our special guest Sean Turnell for The Perils of Economic Reform: A Cautionary Tale from Myanmar

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The Perils of Economic Reform: A Cautionary Tale from Myanmar - ATTENDING IN-PERSON ONLY

Event Type: co-hosted event

Date: Friday Dec 1, 2023, 12:00 pm

Please join our special guest Sean Turnell for The Perils of Economic Reform: A Cautionary Tale from Myanmar

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Inflation, productivity and wages: what is the link? - ONLINE ONLY

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Nov 29, 2023, 5:30 pm

From: Central Council

The Reserve Bank of Australia has made a number of statements about productivity in discussing monetary policy decisions. But is the role of productivity well understood?

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ABE Annual Dinner with Michele Bullock, Governor, RBA

Event Type: Partner Event

Date: Wednesday Nov 22, 2023, 6:00 am

ABE are please to present a briefing and discussion at the annual dinner with Ms Michele Bullock, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia on the economic outlook and monetary policy. 

ABC Q&A

Event Type: Wide/Public Interest

Date: Monday Nov 20, 2023, 8:30 pm

This week on Q+A… Australia’s cost-of-living crisis. As families battle to make ends meet, navigating the tough economic climate and a raft of rate rises, it’s set to be a bleak festive season for some. How much more pressure can they take?

Professional Ethics for Economists

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Nov 15, 2023, 12:30 pm

Join us for this event with Professor Paul Oslington from Alphacrucis University College as he considers the basis and content of economists’ moral responsibilities, codes of ethics for economists, and whether the Economic Society has a role in devising and enforcing such codes.

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YEN End Of Year Networking Drinks

Event Type: co-hosted event

Date: Friday Nov 3, 2023, 5:30 pm

Please join us for the Young Economists Network End of Year Drinks. As we look to another big year in the world of economics, this is an opportunity to unwind, and network with like minded colleagues from across academic, public and private sectors.

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Briefing: Breast cancer awareness - Economics informed policy

Event Type: Partner Event

Date: Thursday Oct 26, 2023, 12:15 pm

To mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month, ABE has organised a panel of leading experts from the fields of economics, business and healthcare to canvas the economics of breast cancer.

Childcare Choices: What Parents Want

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Oct 25, 2023, 12:15 pm

Joel Bowman will be sharing the insights from the NSW Productivity Commission’s recent report Childcare choices: what parents want.

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Competition Economics: Is It Broken?

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Oct 11, 2023, 12:15 pm

In this session, Dr Lilla Csorgo, Chief Economist of the ACCC will present on the topic Competition Economics: Is It Broken?. This lunchtime event will include an interactive Q&A session.

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WEN professional development workshop: Communicating economics  - ONLINE ONLY

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Monday Oct 9, 2023, 12:00 pm

From: Central Council

Do you wish you had more opportunities to share your ideas about economics? Is there research you’ve done, a blog you’re about to write, or just a general observation about the world that could be promoted and shared to a public audience or via social media?

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Panel Discussion: Gas Price Caps - ONLINE ONLY

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Thursday Oct 5, 2023, 5:30 pm

From: Central Council

Gas Price Caps: Are they meeting their short-term goal of reducing gas prices? Are they hindering longer-term goals such as achieving net zero?

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Unpacking the Economic Impacts of Climate Change in Australia

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Sep 27, 2023, 12:15 pm

EVENT FULLY BOOKED - Contact us to be added to the wait list. 

Professor Tom Kompas from The University of Melbourne, Emma Richardson from the Commonwealth Treasury, and Nicki Hutley, Independent Economist, will unpack different aspects of the Economic Impacts of Climate Change in Australia.

ESA NSW Branch - AGM 2023

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Tuesday Sep 19, 2023, 6:00 pm

Notice is given that the Annual General Meeting of the ESA NSW Branch will be held on Tuesday 19 September 2023. 

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