Book Launch: 'True Biographies of Nations?'
Book launch
Please join the NCB as it launches the latest ANU.Lives book ‘True Biographies of Nations?’: The Cultural Journeys of Dictionaries of National Biography, edited by Karen Fox. The book brings together practitioners from around the English‑speaking world to reflect on national biographical…
A Treaty Together: How We Move Forward to Heal the Nation
Seminar
Alwyn Doolan a Gooreng Gooreng Wakka Wakka man has met with over 50 indigenous sovereign First Nation Peoples on his 8500km Message Stick Walk to Canberra. He has come to hand over three message sticks and a Tribal Lore notice to the Australian Government with the message that a treaty must be…
Language ecologies: a tool for understanding linkages between Indigenous languages and well-being
Seminar
Abstract There has been growing acknowledgement of a connection between First Nations people’s languages and their well-being, based on Indigenous voices and other research, in Australia and overseas. However, the evidence that connects and quantifies the relationship between the use of Indigenous…
Europa Policy Lab: Contributing to the Transition from Linear to Circular Urban Water Management
Seminar
This Europa Policy Lab is supported by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. View the slides from this seminar (PDF) The ‘cradle to cradle’ economic model for resource use and management provides many more opportunities for sustainable development than the current ‘cradle to grave’…
Persian short course in the Autumn
Continuing education
CAIS is offering a four-week course in Elementary Persian II. Elementary Persian II aims at improving the students’ ability to read, write and speak Modern Standard Persian. They will also have the opportunity to acquire post-elementary conversation skills to interact in routine aspects of…
Introducing more flexible modelling of regional household consumption and saving decisions into the dynamic GTAP model
Seminar
This event is hosted by the Crawford School of Public Policy and the East Asian Bureau of Economic Research at The Australian National University. A dynamic version of the GTAP model of the global economy became available in 2012. The dynamic version known as GDyn, introduced partial adjustment…
Europa Policy Lab: Making Elections Work for Citizens: Optimising Electoral Ergonomics and Engaging First Time Voters
Seminar
This Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Europa Policy Lab is a closed event. If you would like to attend, please email europe@anu.edu.au with your name and affiliation. Professor Michael Bruter and Dr Sarah Harrison are returning to ANU for a follow-up of their previous Policy Lab entitled ‘Making…