Past Events
IEA World Congress, Belgrade
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Monday Jun 22, 2026, 12:00 am
Eminent Speaker Series: Prof. Anna Salomons - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Jun 18, 2026, 4:00 pm
What Makes New Work Different from More Work? This talk presents new insights on the role of expertise in new work - defined as novel occupational roles that have emerged as technological and economic conditions evolved, based on newly available 1940 and 1950 Census Complete Count files and confidential America Community Survey data from 2011-2023.
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View...The Economics of Human Extinction - Hobart and Online
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday May 21, 2026, 5:30 pm
The Economics of Human Extinction
Andrew Leigh explores the economics of existential risk and what it will take to respond before it’s too late.
The 2026 Annual Giblin Lecture will be delivered by The Honourable Dr Andrew Leigh MP, Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury, and Federal Member for Fenner (ACT).
In this year’s lecture, Dr Leigh explores the economics of existential risk, asking why societies are often slow to respond to catastrophic threats and what economic thinking can contribute to better prevention and preparedness.
View...Eminent Speaker Series: Prof. Nick Bloom - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday May 14, 2026, 12:00 pm
This presentation will discuss how working from home has fared post-pandemic and what the future is. Using US and international data the presentation will show how hybrid working has become common post-pandemic for managers and professionals.
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View...Tas Behavioural Lab Round Table
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Saturday May 2, 2026, 5:30 pm
Hobart Round Table
Tasmanian Behavioural Lab is inviting all ESA Tasmania members to join them at their April/May Behavioural Roundtable, 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 or check out their LinkedIn Group https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14248741/
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International Women's Day Event - Speaker: Swee-Hoon Chuah
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Mar 18, 2026, 5:30 pm
Speaker: Swee-Hoon Chuah
To celebrate International Women's Day ESA Tas and WEN Tas are hosting a joint event at the new UTAS building. The event will feature a talk from Professor Chuah, followed by nibbles, drinks and an opportunity to connect.
Professor Chuah will be presenting on her recent work on Intra-Household Power, Behavioural Frictions and Public Policy Design: Evidence from Maternal Health in Timor-Leste.
Focuses on the question Why do utilisation gaps persist even when services are available and subsidised? Drawing on fieldwork and policy collaboration in Timor-Leste, this talk examines maternal health as a case study in intra-household decision-making and behavioural frictions within public systems. It argues that supply-side interventions often under-specify household bargaining, trust, and the transaction costs embedded in real-world service use. Bringing a behavioural economics lens to public policy design, the discussion considers how policy can be structured around socially embedded decision environments rather than abstract models of choice.
(To get to The Branch, enter through the front door, take a right to the East Wing, and go the the end of the hall - we will have signs/someone to assist)
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View...Eminent Speaker Series: Prof. Jesse Rothstein - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Mar 17, 2026, 1:00 pm
How do neighborhoods and firms affect intergenerational mobility?
Children’s incomes tend to resemble their parents', a relationship that is particularly pronounced in higher-inequality societies like the United States. However, the mechanisms behind this intergenerational earnings transmission are not well understood. We use a new data resource to study intergenerational economic transmission in the U.S., focusing on two potentially important factors: neighborhoods and firms.
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View...Tas Behavioural Lab Round Table
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Friday Mar 13, 2026, 5:00 pm
Hobart Round Table
Tasmanian Behavioural Lab is inviting all ESA Tasmania members to join them at their March Behavioural Roundtable, bringing together members of both communities for an exchange of research and practice.
The March Special guest is Prof Uwe Dulleck, a behavioural economist and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Business, Government and Law at the University of Canberra.
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 or check out their LinkedIn Group https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14248741/
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View...Eminent Speaker Series: Prof. Alan Manning - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Feb 11, 2026, 8:00 am
Immigration policy is hard, involving difficult decisions and trade-offs. But, as Alan Manning – former chair of the UK's Migration Advisory Committee – makes clear, this doesn't mean that we can't do much better.
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View...AGEW 2026
Date: Wednesday Feb 11, 2026, 12:00 am
The Australian Gender Economics Workshop (AGEW) is a premier conference dedicated to advancing gender economics in Australia. Now in its ninth year, AGEW is held in collaboration with the Women in Economics Network (WEN), and brings together a diverse mix of scholars and policymakers from both Australia and abroad.
View...Evaluating Income Support Programs: Lessons from JobKeeper and Cash Flow Boost
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Feb 5, 2026, 5:30 pm
Join us for a discussion on How Australia evaluated the administration of major COVID-19 income support programs presented by the ever-insightful Josh Parry.
This presentation will explore methods used to measure program integrity and effectiveness, including payment gap analysis, ARIMA modelling, and randomised control trials. Learn how these approaches informed policy evaluation and built trust during unprecedented economic challenges.
Josh Parry is Acting Assistant Commissioner at the Australian Taxation Office, where he works at the intersection of taxation, strategy and real-world behaviour. With a background spanning economics, law and behavioural insights, Josh brings a sharp, practical lens to tackling complex problems in tax administration.
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View...EVENT CHANGED: Casual economics catch-up!
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Friday Jan 16, 2026, 5:00 pm
Event has been changed to be a catch-up. Come talk economics with fellow economics enthusiasts!
*Image is a picture I took while on holiday down the coast because finding a free to use 'economics' picture that doesn't involve money or a graph is more difficult than it should be.
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View...ESA Christmas Get Together
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Dec 3, 2025, 5:30 pm
We’d love to see you at the ESA Tas & WEN Tas Christmas drinks! Join us for a casual catch-up and feel free to bring friends — the more the merrier.
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View...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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View...In Conversation with Rod Maddock - Young Economist Event - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Aug 26, 2025, 11:30 am
The Productivity Commission Seminar Team is organising an event which may be of interest to young economists, who are invited to join this session via Teams.
Rod Maddock is one of very few economists who has worked across major corporates, government, universities, and lobbyists. He has pursued economics from econometrics to macroeconomics, and then to economic history, economic development, regulatory economics, public policy, finance, and regional planning.
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View...The Future of Money - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Aug 20, 2025, 12:00 pm
Rapid changes in technology and in the preferences of firms and households are features of the Australian economy, nowhere else more so than in the payments system. How are central banks, including the RBA, thinking about the future of money, both digital and physical cash? What could be the role of central bank digital currencies, stablecoins and tokenised bank deposits in supporting innovation, and what are the financial stability risks? And how could the demand for physical cash evolve in the future?
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View...2025 Annual Dinner and AGM with Alex Millmow
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Aug 7, 2025, 5:45 pm
Join us for our Annual General Meeting along with a Special Address on the Origins of the Tasmanian Branch
We are excited to welcome special guest speaker, Alex Millmow, who will delve into the early history of the Tasmanian Branch of the Economic Society of Australia. Discover how this small but significant chapter played a vital role in shaping the direction and impact of the broader Society in its formative years. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to reflect on the Branch’s legacy and its lasting influence on economic thought and collaboration across Australia.
Nominations for the Committee
Are you interested in the development and organisation of events for the Economic Society? If you answered yes, consider nominating for the Committee.
The Committee and Executive Roles (President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary) will be voted in at the upcoming AGM. You can nominate to join the Committee or an Executive Role in advance, via email (admin@esatas.org.au), or on the night, in person. Committee members are required to hold an active ESA membership, be willing to attend regular meetings and assist in the organisation of events.
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View...Beyond the Breadwinner - Hobart and Online
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Jul 2, 2025, 6:00 pm
Beyond the Breadwinner
What does it mean to be a man, and what has that got to do with the economy?
While economists have long studied how expectations about women’s roles shape their education, job choices and place in the workforce, they’ve largely overlooked the flip side: the powerful economic effects of masculinity. These culturally constructed ideas about what it means to be a ‘real man’ can quietly, yet profoundly, shape everything from labour supply to mental health, political attitudes, and beyond.
Now, new research is revealing that these norms, often inherited from the past, are more than personal beliefs. They are key economic and social drivers, as influential as education or income. Drawing on global data from 70 countries, and a striking case study drawn from Australia’s convict past, this talk explores how notions of masculinity have been formed, transmitted, and entrenched, and how they continue to affect life today.
Secure your spot now to uncover the surprising economic story behind masculinity, past and present. Tickets are free but limited and essential.
View...Price Discovery in Auctions: how different types of auctions aggregate dispersed information - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Jun 17, 2025, 6:00 pm
As part of the Eminent Speaker Series, the Economic Society of Australia Victoria Branch join with Melbourne Business School in extending a warm invitation to this engaging seminar by Professor Songzi Du on price discovery in auctions.
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View...Reframing the Tax Reform Debate - Who Lifts and Who Leans, Really?
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Jun 11, 2025, 5:15 pm
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View...Panel Discussion - The Impact of Trump's Tariffs - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Apr 24, 2025, 12:00 pm
The tariffs announced on April 2nd have disrupted many firms' strategies and thrown financial markets into chaos. Further announcements have increased tariffs on China and reduced other tariffs pending negotiations. What will be the impact of greater uncertainty and volatility on world trade, business investment in Australia, the US and China and other macroeconomic variables?
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View...Where Have All the Economics Students Gone - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Apr 8, 2025, 12:00 pm
The size and diversity of the economics student population has declined sharply since the early 1990s, raising concerns about economic literacy in society and the long-term health of the economics discipline. Interest in studying economics at university is low, even for those who studied economics in Year 12.
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View...Globalization and the Environment - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Apr 3, 2025, 12:00 pm
For many countries, the race to net zero interacts in complicated ways with trade policy. There has long been research on how globalisation and international economic policy affect the environment: How do tariffs affect greenhouse gas emissions? Does globalisation cause a “race to the bottom” in environmental policy?
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View...PANEL: Housing Affordability and Housing Policy: Where to Next? - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Friday Mar 21, 2025, 12:00 pm
Australia is in the grips of a housing crisis, driven by rising costs in construction, the adjustment to working-from-home, and other factors. Rental affordability has worsened in the last few years, and rental affordability had been growing worse for the bottom quintile of earners over the last decade.
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