Options must be internal (but don’t blame me if I don’t always do what I ought) - Toby Solomon
Seminar
Speaker: Toby Solomon Abstract: Many people believe that ought implies can. However, when the ``ought’’ in question is the ``ought’’ of ``rationally ought’’ there is a tension between this thesis and another—that the demands of rationality should be first-person accessible. Or, in other…
Lessons from Robodebt; Relations between the APS and Ministers
Seminar
The presentation will summarise the findings of the Royal Commission, highlight the issues and recommendations relating to relations between the APS and ministers, and comment on them. It will also comment on the Government's Public Service Act Amendment Bill now before the Parliament.Andrew Podger…
Sounds of Summer: Slip! Slop! Slap! and the history of anti-skin cancer campaigns in Australia
Seminar
Australians suffer and die from skin cancer more than citizens of any other country - a sad fact recognised since the 19th century. Skin cancer is intimately tied with our national values, characteristics, and behaviours: it has been called “Australia’s Cancer”. However, in spite of the causal…
Indigenous Tourism - A cultural Circus or a Sustainable Development Tool?
Seminar
Recording available here Overview Tourism - the practice of traveling for pleasure, or the business of encouraging and serving such travelling - has long been promoted by governments and advisors as being one of the top economic development options for Indigenous peoples; especially where…
A demographic perspective on forced migration: The reasons for and implications of population displacement from Afghanistan
Seminar
The increasing discussion of international migration is focused almost entirely on voluntary migration, and little attention is given to the reasons, consequences, and potential of forced migration. Yet, forced migration, especially refugees, makes up a significant proportion of international moves…
Knowledge and Algorithmic Predictions in the Legal Realm - Eleonora Cresto
Seminar
Speaker: Eleanora Cresto In this talk I discuss the epistemic status of algorithmic predictions in the legal realm. I make two main claims. My first claim is that algorithmic predictions do not give us knowledge – not even probabilistic knowledge. The situation, however, is relevantly…
Power by Proxy: Explaining Innovation and Imitation in RCEP
Seminar
Fifteen countries recently signed the RCEP and formed the world’s largest trade bloc between some of the globe’s largest and fastest growing economies. Employing a text-as-data analysis, Nicholas Frank systematically compares the text of RCEP to the previous agreements of RCEP’s members to…