End of Year Celebration

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Thursday Dec 4, 2025, 5:30 pm

From: South Australia

The ESA, WEN, and YEN committees are excited to invite you to our End of Year Celebration!

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The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics: A Conversation on Innovation, Technological Progress and Creative Destruction

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Dec 3, 2025, 6:00 pm

From: New South Wales

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 Sedláček 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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ESA Christmas Get Together

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Dec 3, 2025, 5:30 pm

From: Tasmania

We’d love to see you at the ESA Tas & WEN Tas Christmas drinks! Join us for a casual catch-up and feel free to bring friends — the more the merrier. 

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Chinese Economics Society Australia

Event Type: Workshops/Conferences

Date: Monday Dec 1, 2025, 12:00 am

Hosted by Deakin Business School in Melbourne, Australia, the 35th Annual Conference of the Chinese Economics Society Australia (CESA) aims to explore the impact of the artificial intelligence (AI) in reshaping China’s economic landscape and its profound implications for the global economy. The conference welcomes both theoretical and empirical contributions, with particular emphasis on interdisciplinary perspectives that bridge economics, policy analysis, and technological foresight.

Evaluation Methods Workshop

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Thursday Nov 27, 2025, 9:00 am

From: Victoria

The Economic Society of Australia, Victorian Branch, warmly invites you to a one-day workshop focused on two key methodologies for policy evaluation.

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ESA/WEN End of Year Sundowner

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Nov 26, 2025, 5:30 pm

From: Western Australia

We welcome members and non-members to join us for our end of year sundowner. Canapés will be served and drinks can be purchased at the bar.

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WEN x RBA Gender Equity ERG Panel: Career Insights from Leading Women in Economics

Date: Wednesday Nov 26, 2025, 4:15 pm

From: New South Wales

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.

📍 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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Comview 25 Conference & Expo

Event Type: Wide/Public Interest

Date: Monday Nov 24, 2025, 8:45 am

From: Victoria

Register for Comview25 to hear from expert presenters from:
Australian Taxation Office (ATO), Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ),
Melbourne Airport, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), the Supreme Court of Victoria...

And many more!

For further details and registration please click here.

Women in Economics Annual General Meeting 2025 - ONLINE ONLY

Date: Friday Nov 21, 2025, 12:00 pm

From: Women In Economics

The meeting is an opportunity to celebrate another busy year across WEN Branches and nationally, and we are excited that Danielle Wood, Chair of the Productivity Commission, will join us to provide her insights on the economic challenges facing Australia.

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WEN: Coffee Meet-Up

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Thursday Nov 20, 2025, 7:45 am

From: Victoria

The Women in Economics Network in Victoria is excited to extend a warm invitation to our final coffee meet-up for 2025. This is a chance for members to catch up informally over a cup of coffee and meet fellow friends and economists, including our November guest economist, Monique Champion.

If AI takes most of our jobs, money as we know it will be over. What then?

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Nov 19, 2025, 12:30 pm

From: New South Wales

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.

Registration and Joining this Webinar

To register please book online below. The link to join this event will be automatically generated and sent within your confirmation invoice.

The timing of this event is AEDT (SYD/CBR/MEL).

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Gender Equality Evidence Hub - ONLINE ONLY

Date: Monday Nov 17, 2025, 4:00 pm

From: Women In Economics

The Hub is an open-access website that gathers the data and academic research on “what works” to advance gender equality, and translates it into practical actions for businesses, policymakers and the wider community. It helps turn technical jargon into real world impact.

LinkedUP! November

Date: Thursday Nov 13, 2025, 5:30 pm

From: Queensland

It’s time for another LinkedUP! The WEN Queensland branch invites you to join us for an informal networking evening. Come along to connect or reconnect with old and new WEN members.

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2025 AGM AND ESA VIC AND WEN END OF YEAR EVENT

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Thursday Nov 13, 2025, 5:30 pm

From: Victoria

Join us for a night of networking and discussion at our end of year celebration for all economists.  We will hear from our guest speakers, Luci Ellis and Janine Dixon for a panel discussion on The Outlook for Productivity, Incomes and Wellbeing in Australia.

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Technical Lunchtime Discussion – Opportunities to Improve Productivity in the Queensland Construction Industry

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Nov 12, 2025, 12:00 pm

From: Queensland

This lunchtime discussion is an opportunity for ESA (Qld) members to hear from the Productivity Commissioner and the QPC team members who conducted the analysis. It will also be an opportunity to discuss the inquiry and issues raised by stakeholders.

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2025 Freebairn Public Lecture - Trusted for the times: the evolution of the Australian Government and public service

Event Type: Wide/Public Interest

Date: Tuesday Nov 11, 2025, 6:00 pm

From: Victoria

CENTENARY PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES

2025 Freebairn Public Lecture 

Please join us as Dr Steven Kennedy PSM, Secretary, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet delivers the prestigious Freebairn Lecture.

Evaluating the Impact of Social Housing

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Tuesday Nov 11, 2025, 8:00 am

From: Australian Capital Territory

ESA ACT invites you to hear from Professor Guyonne Kalb on

The Importance of Evaluating the Impact of Social Housing:

NSW Future Directions as a Case Study

Providing social housing is expensive, but crucial for a growing proportion of the Australian population who are being priced out of the market.

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Public Sector Economics Conference

Event Type: Partner Event

Date: Monday Nov 10, 2025, 8:30 am

From: Australian Capital Territory

CLOSING SOON - BOOK NOW

The Faculty of Business, Government and Law at the University of Canberra and the APS Economics Community of Practice is pleased to bring you the

Public Sector Economics Conference

The conference will be held in person and take place in Canberra on

Monday 10 November 2024

This is a conference for federal and state-based public service economists and those working in the field of public sector economics, organized by the Chief Economists from across the APS. It is an opportunity to meet and reconnect with other economists from across the public service, see what others are working on, as well as present and showcase your work. The conference is a one-day event, run as a series of sessions and plenaries.

Ticket Price $230 GST Exclusive

Registrations taken by ESA ACT Branch on behalf of the conference organisers.

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ESA ACT: AGM 2025

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Thursday Nov 6, 2025, 6:30 pm

From: Australian Capital Territory

ESA ACT is pleased to invite you to our 2025 Annual General Meeting.

A FREE event.

We welcome our active members to participate and contribute to the peak professional organisation and hear about our plans for the year ahead. We are stronger together as we plan to host the ACE conference in Canberra in 2026. 

Light refreshments provided. Registration required

WEN ACT AGM at 5.30 - 6.30 followed by nibbles and drinks

ESA  ACT AGM at 7.00pm-7.30pm. Networking till 8.00pm

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WEN ACT: AGM 2025

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Thursday Nov 6, 2025, 5:30 pm

From: Australian Capital Territory

Women in Economics Network (WEN ACT) is pleased to invite you to the 2025 Annual General Meeting.

We welcome active members to support the work of the WEN ACT and hear about the plans for the year ahead.

The WEN AGM is at 5.30-6.30pm, followed by the  ESA ACT AGM starts at 7-8pm.

This is a free event. Registration and active membership required.

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The [new] economics of cancer

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Nov 5, 2025, 5:30 pm

From: Australian Capital Territory

The [new] economics of cancer with Guest speakers 

Professor Steve Robson, Surgeon and Health Economist and Discussant - Professor Emily Lancsar,

Chief Health Economist (Department of Health, Disability and Aging)

Your chances of dying from cancer are one in three, and half a million Australians are living with cancer at any given time.  More than 160,000 new cancers are diagnosed in Australia every year. Every Australian is touched by cancer in some way, and all of us have a loved one who has succumbed to cancer.

An in person event only.

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2025 Colin Clark Memorial Lecture by Professor Tim Hatton, Australian National University and University of Essex (UK)

Date: Wednesday Oct 29, 2025, 5:30 pm

From: Queensland

The School of Economics is proud to welcome Professor Tim Hatton as the 2025 Colin Clark keynote speaker. In this thought provoking address, Professor Hatton will reflect on decades of international migration and its evolving relationship with public policy.

Indiginomics - Developing Capacity and Representation in Indigenous Economics

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Wednesday Oct 29, 2025, 5:30 pm

From: Victoria

Join us for the Victorian launch of an exciting new animation designed by and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, demystifying economics and showcasing its relevance to communities. This engaging resource aims to inspire the next generation of young minds to consider economics as a pathway for creating positive change.

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Distinguished Speaker event, featuring Deborah Cobb-Clark AO

Date: Wednesday Oct 29, 2025, 2:30 pm

From: New South Wales

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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Transport Economics - Where are we headed?

Event Type: ESA Event

Date: Tuesday Oct 28, 2025, 5:30 pm

From: Australian Capital Territory

EVENT POSTPONED :  TO BE RESCHEDULED 

Book launch of Dr Cameron Gordon's latest book:

Transport Economics: Understanding transport economics through economic first principles

Transport economics in its most widely applied form is drawn from an elaborated system of theory, (typically labelled neoclassical economics), which models the choice of whether to engage in transport or not; and also the closely related choice of where to locate activity.