Past Events
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
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.
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Indiginomics - Developing Capacity and Representation in Indigenous Economics
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Oct 29, 2025, 5:30 pm
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
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.
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ESA YP After-work drinks
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Oct 23, 2025, 5:30 pm
Join us for after-work drinks and a discussion featuring young economists and experts as we explore public transport pricing in Australia.
This event will be a great opportunity to mingle with fellow young economists, expand your professional circle, and enjoy a delightful evening in good company.
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Inside the Economist’s Mind – A Conversation with Cherelle Murphy
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Oct 23, 2025, 5:00 pm
The Economic Society of Australia (SA), Women in Economics Network (SA), and Young Economists Network (SA) invite you to our next collaborative event:
Inside the Economist’s Mind – A Conversation with Cherelle Murphy
This is not your standard economics lecture.
Instead, we are turning the tables: three young economists will lead an interactive conversation with Cherelle Murphy, Chief Economist at EY Oceania. Together, they will explore the big issues shaping our economy and the skills shaping our profession.
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Inside the Economist’s Mind – A Conversation with Cherelle Murphy
Date: Thursday Oct 23, 2025, 5:00 pm
Cherelle Murphy is EY Oceania’s Chief Economist, where she helps clients interpret the economic backdrop, providing timely insights and identifying risks and opportunities across the business cycle. She is a trusted advisor on economic and policy issues and publishes regularly.
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Economics on the Swan with Danielle Wood
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Oct 23, 2025, 7:30 am
The Economic Society of Australia (WA) is hosting a breakfast presentation in its Economics on the Swan series on Thursday 23 October 2025. The speaker is Danielle Wood, Chair of the Productivity Commission, and her topic is “Australia’s productivity challenge”.
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Economic Impact of Women's Health
Date: Wednesday Oct 22, 2025, 6:00 pm
The Women in Economics Network (QLD Branch) is hosting an after-work event on October 22nd focused on the economic impact of the persistent gap in women's health research and funding. This event will explore critical issues such as the underfunding in health research and Medicare services for women, and the broader economic consequences of these disparities.
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WA Women in Economics Network (WEN) - Wine and Cheese Event with Danielle Wood
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Monday Oct 20, 2025, 5:00 pm
The WA Women in Economics Network (WEN) invites ESA/WEN members to a wine and cheese event with Danielle Wood, Chair of the Productivity Commission. This is an informal boardroom style event where we will hear from Danielle about her career and key insights she can offer to fellow economists over a glass of wine. WEN members will also have an opportunity to ask questions regarding her career and juggling work-life balance.
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The Roads to Development: Work, Markets and Institutions
Event Type: Workshops/Conferences
Date: Monday Oct 20, 2025, 12:00 am
The Roads to Development is a two-day conference bringing together a number of leading academics with the aim to revisit the concept of development and consider the conditions that make it possible in the present state of the world. Among our keynote speakers we will have worldwide known economists as Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, Jeffrey Sachs, Stefano Zamagni, Juan Francisco Jimeno, and Albino Barrera, as well as sociologist Allison Pugh.
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Young Economist – Competition Policy Event
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Oct 14, 2025, 5:30 pm
Please join us to hear from a panel of competition policy experts, to discuss how declining competition in Australia and rising market power have weighed on productivity growth. The event will be catered with food and drink, so be sure to RSVP to secure a spot at this exciting event.
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Talent Misallocation and the Productivity Puzzle
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Oct 9, 2025, 5:30 pm
Join Professor Ufuk Akcigit, of the University of Chicago as he explores the productivity slowdown in the US and other high-income countries, including Australia, and examines how talent misallocation contributes to this challenge. He will discuss how higher education, retraining initiatives, and R&D policies can work together to drive productivity growth.
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.
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The timing of this event is AEDT (SYD/CBR/MEL).
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Eminent Speaker Dinner - Ufuk Akcigit
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Oct 8, 2025, 5:45 pm
From: Australian Capital Territory
As part of Central Office's Eminent Speaker Series, Professor Ufuk Akcigit from the University of Chicago is visiting Canberra.
This is a rare opportunity to hear him speak.
“When More Isn’t Better: Talent Misallocation and the Productivity Puzzle”.
This event is open to all members and non-members. Seating is limited.
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An intimate conversation with Westpac’s Chief Economist Luci Ellis
Date: Wednesday Oct 8, 2025, 5:30 pm
Join the WEN New South Wales for an inspiring evening with Luci Ellis, Chief Economist of Westpac Bank, followed by an opportunity to network with your fellow WEN members.
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View...Economics on the Swan with Professor Robert Breunig
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Friday Oct 3, 2025, 7:30 am
The Economic Society of Australia (WA) is hosting a breakfast presentation in its Economics on the Swan series on 3 October 2025. The speaker is Professor Robert Breunig, and his topic is “Reflections on the Economic Reform Roundtable and prospects for tax reform”.
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A Future for Private Health? - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Oct 1, 2025, 12:00 pm
Australia’s private health sector is confronting a period of significant challenge, marked by rising operational costs, persistent workforce shortages, stagnant demand, and increasing out-of-pocket expenses for consumers. These pressures have resulted in declining profitability, hospital closures, adversarial insurer-provider relationships, and a lack of transparency, with confidence further undermined by the collapse of Healthscope. There are growing concerns that instability in the private sector will increase pressure on Australia’s already overburdened public system.
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View...Tas Behavioural Lab Round Table
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Friday Sep 26, 2025, 5:00 pm
Hobart Round Table
This month ESA Tas has joined with the Tasmanian Behavioural Lab! The September Behavioural Roundtable is organised jointly with the Economic Society of Australia (ESA), bringing together members of both communities for an exchange of research and practice.
No need to sign up or book, you can simply turn up! Come and hang out with a bunch of other people who love economics, behavioural science and its applications.
For more information on the tasbenet and their great work please go to https://www.utas.edu.au/research/institutes-and-centres/tasmanian-behavioural-lab)
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YE Network - Intergenerational equity
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Sep 25, 2025, 5:30 pm
From: Australian Capital Territory
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ESA NSW Branch - AGM 2025
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Sep 25, 2025, 5:15 pm
Notice is given that the Annual General Meeting of the ESA NSW Branch will be held on Thursday 25 September 2025 at 5.15pm sharp.
All members are encouraged to attend in person. The AGM will be followed by a social function, including a talk on USAID Cuts, Australia, and the Future of International Aid and Development, by Roland Rajah, Lead Economist at the Lowy Institute, and Director of its Indo-Pacific Development Centre.
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View...FREEDOM TO CHOOSE CONFERENCE 2025
Event Type: Workshops/Conferences
Date: Tuesday Sep 23, 2025, 9:00 am
This year’s Freedom to Choose (FTC) conference is the fifteenth in a sequence of annual one day conferences devoted to exploring the effectiveness of free-market policies. FTC is supported by the Mannkal Economic Education Foundation and hosted by the University of Notre Dame Australia.
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Cost Benefit Analysis Forum 2025
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Sep 23, 2025, 8:15 am
Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) is a key tool for supporting evidence-based decision making and ensuring public accountability.
This year's event include reflections on the first two years of the Australian Centre for Evaluation, new developments in NSW Treasury guidelines, the First Nations Investment Framework, CBA and AI, water quality, resilience, health, cultural heritage, distributional issues, and more.
The program will conclude with demonstrations of CBA and AI in practice and a panel exploring opportunities, risks and future directions.
The Forum will be relevant for experienced practitioners, newcomers to CBA, and all who use it to inform decisions.
As an in-person event, participants are able to connect and exchange ideas with colleagues, peers, and industry experts from a wide range of sectors.
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