Diversifying Australia: Immigration and demographics in the post-White Australia policy era
Seminar
A free public lecture on how immigration has shaped the changing face of Australia since the end of the White Australia policy era Australia has one of the largest percentages of immigrant populations in the developed world with a highly regulated system of immigration control, and regular…
Diversifying Australia: Immigration and demographics in the post-White Australia policy era
Lecture
A free public lecture on how immigration has shaped the changing face of Australia since the end of the White Australia policy era Australia has one of the largest percentages of immigrant populations in the developed world with a highly regulated system of immigration control, and regular…
Russia in Asia and the World: A Symposium dedicated to Yevgeny Primakov
Symposium
The ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (The Middle East and Central Asia) will hold a symposium on Friday, October 25, entitled 'Russia in Asia and the World: A Symposium dedicated to Yevgeny Primakov'. Yevgeny Primakov (1929 – 2015) was an outstanding Russian scholar and statesman. Having…
Diversification of causes of death in low mortality countries
Seminar
Lifespan variation has been decreasing in industrialised societies, as individuals became more homogeneous in their age at death. But are individuals also becoming more homogeneous in their causes of death? In this paper, we study the variation of causes of death and show that, due to the major…
Dr Anna Olsen PhD - The social life of naloxone
Seminar
Hardon, van der Geest and Whyte, anthropologists who study medicines, contend that like other commodities, medicines acquire meaning as they enter into the life of people. As such, it is fruitful to follow medicines around in order to study their culturally situated uses. Medicines transform not…
Fernando Martinez Coma - Transaction Costs in Electoral Coordination: How Turnout Shapes Party System Change
Seminar
This presentation examines the forces shaping party system change. We argue that the transaction costs in electoral coordination depend on the turnout level in the previous election. The greater the number of peripheral voters entering the electorate, the less likely a change in the party system in…
Mass incarceration of First Nations people: the legacy of invasion for Australia’s criminal justice system
Seminar
Abstract “The justice system is broken” is a common phrase heard in advocacy regarding the over-incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. However, today’s criminal justice system was built on colonial policies of dispossession, slavery, discrimination and oppression of First…