The Eminent Speaker Series provides a unique opportunity for you to hear from the world’s leading economists in an open forum.  The Economic Society of Australia was founded in 1925, making it one of the oldest professional associations in Australia. One of the main objectives of the society is to encourage the teaching, study and application of economics and related disciplines in Australia and to encourage the research and public debate of economic questions. To meet this objective, the Economic Society of Australia launched the Eminent Speaker Series in 2010.

The Economic Society has for many years run an Eminent Speaker series, bringing high-profile academics to Australia. The series has run in a limited form since Covid.  The Society would like to shift to a more collaborative model, in which it co-funds visitors to various Economic Departments. This will allow us to support universities to bring visitors they want, and to share the costs of bringing a visitor to Australia (and the time involved in entertaining a visitor).

Read more about past visiting eminent economists.