Bivariate Outcome Small Area Estimation using Spatial Bayesian Hierarchical Models
Seminar
Abstract TBC. Join Zoom meeting: https://anu.zoom.us/j/89587321433?pwd=MzhpUU1MRnRaNHovL0RTejJMeWpHUT09Meeting ID: 895 8732 1433 Password: 306745Join by Skype: https://anu.zoom.us/skype/89587321433
Reproduction Now! Workshop
Workshop
On Friday Nov 17th, Celia Roberts and Mary Lou Rasmussen (Sociology) will host a one-day interdisciplinary workshop to explore feminism and reproduction in the current moment. Today, we see increasing numbers of people making decisions to not have children, in part because of concerns related to…
Women, Gender and Authority Workshop
Workshop
The one-day event will explore the relationship between gender and authority, and how the exercise of power affected the daily lives of women. Investigating the experiences of secular and monastic women, papers will focus on a range of themes, including marriage and widowhood, marital sex, mobility…
Pandemic lottery preparedness: Preparing to ethically, fairly, and systematically allocate scarce resources in response to future infectious disease outbreaks
Seminar
Speaker: Gerard Vong Using the recent COVID-19 and MPox international outbreaks as examples, Dr Vong argues that when distributing a public health resource that is too scarce (or logistically challenging) to allocate to all of a group of equally-worthy potential beneficiaries (even when/if…
Speech Acts on Social Media: Algorithms, Amplifiers, and Affordances
Seminar
Speaker: Michael Randall Barnes A great amount of communication now occurs on social media platforms. And sometimes these communicative acts cause and/or constitute harmful acts. The harms of social media raise a number of questions concerning the processes and aims of content moderation—the…
Launch of the 2023 Mapping Social Cohesion Report
Lecture
Since 2007, the Scanlon Mapping Social Cohesion Research series has been tracking Australians' attitudes to important social cohesion issues including belonging, migration, democracy and the economy.In 2023, Australians have been faced with challenging national and global circumstances, economic…
Sharing insights on policy and evaluation to deliver better outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Seminar
Commissioner Mokak will share insights drawn from 30 years of work across several sectors. He will reflect on his work as a public servant within both State and Commonwealth governments, as head of National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peak organisations, and most recently as a…