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Helpful resources for managing the coronavirus pandemic
In addition to official health information, WEN has collated the following professional resources to help our community through the challenge of the current COVID-19 pandemic. This includes online resources to help our academics and teachers quickly switch to virtual classrooms and online teaching, resources to help workers convert to working-from-home, and weblinks to help with home schooling.
ACE2020 - to be deferred in response to COVID-19
The Australian Conference of Economists (ACE 2020) which was scheduled to be held in Perth from 8 to 10 July 2020 will be deferred by a year, so we look forward to seeing everyone in Perth in 2021.
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Australia Day Honours 2020
The following people were recognised in the Australia Day Honours 2020. Congratulations to Michael John Rice, Professor Hal Christopher Hill, Professor John Reginald Piggott and Professor Marjorie Lucy Moodie - keep reading to see their contributions.
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Awards 2019
There were a number of prestigious awards bestowed upon worthy economists at the recently held ACE2019 in Melbourne
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ACE2019
Hosted by the Victoria branch of ESA, ACE2019 was held from 14-16 July at the Pullman Melbourne on the Park. Presentations will be posted progressively.
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Emerging Economist Series - Postponed
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Apr 1, 2020, 12:15 pm
POSTPONED UNTIL LATER IN THE YEAR, COVID19 PERMITTING
Emerging Economist Series 2020 Consisting of six sit-down lunches, the Series will be held at the Reserve Bank of Australia. Attendance is by subscription to all six lunches and can be shared amongst your colleagues. Alternatively, you can purchase tickets for individual lunches, subject to availability. The program offers a fantastic professional development opportunity for economists. The first lunch will take place on Weds 1 April with Dr Cassandra Goldie as our special guest. REGISTER NOW
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ESA (ACT) FIRST FRIDAY ECONOMICS - May 2020
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Friday May 8, 2020, 5:30 pm
From: Australian Capital Territory
FFE is an exciting initiative aimed at enriching the professional and social lives of Canberra economists. We aim to provide a congenial setting, on the first Friday of every month, to allow the interaction of mainly young Canberra economists, with a major Canberra economist invited to give a short address. Finger food and drinks provided free of charge.
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IEA World Congress, Bali Indonesia
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Friday Jul 3, 2020, 12:00 am
Message from the Organising Committee (March 2020) We continue to work on the organization of the congress as planned while we monitor the situation and spread of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). There is no postponement of the IEA World Congress at this stage. However, we kindly request you not to purchase your flight ticket to Bali as yet. We will communicate with you again on this matter no later than 31st March, when a final decision is taken.
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RIDGE Summer School in Economics - XIX International Economic Association (IEA) Congress
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Friday Jul 3, 2020, 12:00 am
The Summer School will take place in the framework of the World Congress of the International Economic Association (IEA) between 3-7 July 2020 in Bali, Indonesia with the support of the Ministry of Finance of Indonesia.
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Australian Statistical Society and NZ Statistical Association Conference - ANZSC 2020
Event Type: Workshops/Conferences
Date: Monday Jul 6, 2020, 12:00 am
This conference brings together four leading statistical communities in the region – the Statistical Society of Australia, the New Zealand Statistical Association, the International Institute of Business Analysis (Special Interest Group for Business Analytics), and the Australian Conference on Teaching Statistics.
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ACE 2020 - Deferred until 2021
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Jul 8, 2020, 12:00 am
The Australian Conference of Economists (ACE2020) which was scheduled to be held in Perth from 8 to 10 July 2020
Partner Event: History of Economic Thought Society Conference
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Wednesday Sep 30, 2020, 9:00 am
Welcome
Welcome to the National website of the Economic Society of Australia (The Society). The Society is primarily concerned with promoting discussion and debate of economic issues within Australia.
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