Past Events

ChatGPT and other AI: whose job is it coming for?, Joshua Gans
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Mar 15, 2023, 5:30 pm
As part of the ESA Central Council Eminent Speaker Series, Professor Joshua Gans, University of Toronto, will be presenting "ChatGPT and other AI: whose job is it coming for"?
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WEN NSW Branch - AGM 2023-24 - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Mar 14, 2023, 12:00 pm
Notice is hereby given of the Annual General Meeting of the Women in Economics Network (NSW Branch).
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ABARES Outlook 2023
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Tuesday Mar 7, 2023, 8:30 am
From: Australian Capital Territory
ESA invites members to attend a partner event: The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) Outlook 2023 conference.
Register on ABARES website: https://www.agriculture.gov.au/abares/outlook/register-today
Outlook 2023: two days of conversation on economic trends and significant issues for the agriculture sector
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WEN Graduate Program 2024 Online Panel Discussion - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Monday Mar 6, 2023, 12:00 pm
From: Australian Capital Territory
It’s hard to believe it is already time to apply for 2024 graduate programs!
The Women in Economics Network (WEN) wants to support university students studying economics to understand the opportunities available to undertake graduate programs, and how the application process works.
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WEN Graduate Program 2024 - ONLINE ONLY
Date: Monday Mar 6, 2023, 12:00 pm
It’s hard to believe it is already time to apply for 2024 graduate programs.
The Women in Economics Network (WEN) wants to support university students studying economics to understand the opportunities available to undertake graduate programs, and how the application process works.
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Equity to Equality: How to accelerate women’s financial progress - ONLINE ONLY
Date: Monday Mar 6, 2023, 9:00 am
You are invited to attend the virtual launch of the latest Financy Women’s Index, a quarterly measurement of women’s financial progress and the path to gender equity in Australia.
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FIRST FRIDAY ECONOMICS - March
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Friday Mar 3, 2023, 5:30 pm
From: Australian Capital Territory
Dr Gordon, Economics of Fast Rail
First Friday Economics (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. Refreshments are provided free of charge. Please register one week in advance to assist with catering.
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Book Launch - Optimally Irrational, Prof. Lionel Page
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Mar 2, 2023, 5:15 pm
In Optimally Irrational, Lionel Page proposes an ambitious overhaul of our understanding of behavioural “biases” and what they mean. While behavioural economics has been very successful to help us understand how people really make decisions in the real world, the discipline is often presented as having shown that people are “irrational” and poor at making decisions. Lionel argues against this vision.
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Labour markets since Covid: the expected and the unexpected
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Mar 1, 2023, 5:30 pm
You are invited to join the ESA Victoria branch for an evening with the University of Melbourne's Professor Jeff Borland who will be discussing labour markets since COVID.
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WEN (South Australia) AGM & Women in Leadership Event (1 March 2023)
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Mar 1, 2023, 5:00 pm
WEN (SA) networking event and AGM 2023
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ANU Goldsmith Lectures: Artificial Intelligence
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Tuesday Feb 28, 2023, 5:30 pm
From: Australian Capital Territory
ESA invites members to attend the next Australian National University (ANU) Goldsmith Lecture on Artificial Intelligence, presented by Professor Thomas J. Sargent, to be held at the ANU, Research School of Economics. Please see the ANU link for details and registration:
Goldsmith Lectures | Research School of Economics (anu.edu.au)
The Goldsmith Economic Research Endowment was established in 2004 through a bequest by the estate of Barry Goldsmith. The Endowment is used to support scholarships at undergraduate and postgraduate levels as well as academic posts in the ANU College of Business and Economics.
It also provides the opportunity to hold public lectures to advance the study in the discipline of economics.
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Book Launch: Economic Innovations: creating New Instruments to improve economic life
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Feb 21, 2023, 5:30 pm
You are invited to join us for this event, where Professor Beth Webster and Bill Scales AO will discuss their recent book:
Economic Innovations: creating New Instruments to improve economic life (Routledge 2022).
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Book Launch
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Feb 15, 2023, 5:00 pm
The Economic Society of Australia (Queensland Branch) will host the launch of Professor Lionel Page's book Optimally Irrational at Queensland University of Technology’s Gardens Point campus on Wednesday 15 February at 5pm. The event is free to attend. Advance registration is required for catering purposes.
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Annual forecasting conference Outlook for policy, politics and markets. And energy
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Wednesday Feb 15, 2023, 7:15 am
Featuring three keynotes: Guy Debelle, Fortescue Future Industries; Marion Kohler, Reserve Bank of Australia; Chris Richardson, Rich Insight; and a panel of leading market economists.
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WEN Lunchtime online seminar on Violence Against Women in Australia - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Feb 9, 2023, 12:00 pm
Economic Society of Australia (ESA) and Women in Economics Network (WEN) members and associates warmly invite you to a lunchtime event with special guest speaker, Professor Deborah Loxton, Director of both the Centre for Women’s Health Research and the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health at the University of Newcastle. Professor Deborah Loxton, will present on the following topic: Violence Against Women in Australia.
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Australian Gender Economics Workshop 2023
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Feb 9, 2023, 9:00 am
The aim of AGEW is to foster a community of economic researchers who can collectively contribute to the evidence base needed to guide the pursuit of more gender equitable outcomes in society. The AGEW will include a program of research presentations and a policy symposium session. We look forward to reconnecting with many of our members, as well as new and returning faces.
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Reconciliation, Opportunities for, and Wellbeing of First Nations Peoples: Yarning and learning together - Call for Papers
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Thursday Feb 2, 2023, 12:00 am
The Reconciliation, Opportunities for, and Wellbeing of First Nations Peoples: Yarning and learning together Workshop will be held at the Charles Perkins Centre, Camperdown Campus, University of Sydney on Thursday 2 February and Friday 3 February 2023. Call for papers closes on 25 November 2022. Further information can be found by clicking this Call for Papers link.
View ...Economic Society of Australia (South Australia) - Notice of AGM 20 December 2022 - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Dec 20, 2022, 5:30 pm
Economic Society of Australia (South Australia) - Notice of AGM 20 December 2022
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End of year event and AGM
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Dec 15, 2022, 5:00 pm
The Economic Society is looking forward to getting together in person, and promoting connection among our members and those interested in contemporary economic issues and debate.
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End of Year Event 2022 at the Ship Inn
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Dec 14, 2022, 5:30 pm
The Queensland Branch of the Economic Society of Australia, in a joint event with Women in Economics Network (Qld) and Young Economists Qld, invites all members and guests to end of year celebrations at the Ship Inn on Wednesday 14 December form 5.30pm to 8pm.
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Seminar on labour economics and end-of-year WEN (SA) wrap up
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Dec 8, 2022, 12:00 pm
Economic Society of Australia (ESA) and Women in Economics Network (WEN) members and associates are warmly invited to a lunchtime seminar organised by the Centre for Markets, Values and Inclusion (CMVI), University of South Australia (UniSA). Dr Ishita Chatterjee, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics, University of Western Australia Business School will present on the following topic: Degree recognition, network quality and the labour market outcomes of migrants in Australia
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ANU Workshop on Modelling Economic Sanctions
Event Type: Workshops/Conferences
Date: Monday Dec 5, 2022, 9:00 am
The ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods is hosting a workshop on Modelling Economic Sanctions on 5 December 2022. It is a hybrid event taking place in person at the Australian National University and online via Zoom.
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ESA ACT: Christmas Drinks 2022
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Dec 1, 2022, 6:30 pm
From: Australian Capital Territory
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View ...End of Year Sundowner ESA WA and WEN WA
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Dec 1, 2022, 5:30 pm
The ESA and WEN WA network invite you to attend our end of year sundowner drinks to celebrate the fantastic achievements we have made this year. This is a great informal event to catch-up with old friends and to make some new connections.
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End of Year Sundowner ESA WA and WEN WA
Date: Thursday Dec 1, 2022, 5:30 pm
The ESA and WEN WA network invite you to attend our end of year sundowner drinks to celebrate the fantastic achievements we have made this year. This is a great informal event to catch-up with old friends and to make some new connections.
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