Past Events
Australia's Energy Future: Where Are We Headed? - ONLINE ONLY
Date: Thursday Feb 27, 2025, 12:00 pm
Seminar Series on Energy Transition - Session Two
The Australian electricity sector is undergoing a transformation. Our energy demand is growing, and critical policy and investment decisions are needed to ensure our energy future is reliable, sustainable and affordable. With the 2025 federal election on the horizon, decisions made now will shape the nation’s economy, infrastructure and workforce for decades to come. They will also have budgetary outcomes for successive governments to come.
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View...POSTPONED Electricity Price Trends and Energy Wallet - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Feb 20, 2025, 12:00 pm
This event is postponed - the new date will be advised as soon as possible
Seminar Series on Energy Transition - Session One
The energy transition is unfolding rapidly. The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has recently published a 10-year outlook for residential electricity prices, with a focus on projecting how each cost component might change over the next decade. Beyond just examining electricity costs, the analysis also considers how households' total energy costs (or their 'energy wallet’) will change as they electrify transportation, heating and cooking, transitioning from other fuel sources to electricity.
View...Special General Meeting (SGM)
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Feb 13, 2025, 6:00 pm
Special general meeting followed by social event
Reason: Constitution Amendment for Economics Society of Australia (Tasmania Branch) Incorporated (The Society)
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View...Working from Home and the Gender Wage Gap, Alison Preston, UWA - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Feb 12, 2025, 11:00 am
Join us for this webinar during which Alison Preston examines the impact of working at home on the wages of men and women using data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey.
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View...AGEW 2025
Date: Thursday Feb 6, 2025, 12:00 am
The 8th Australian Gender Economics Workshop (#AGEW2025) is hosted by the University of Wollongong in partnership with the Women in Economics Network and is organised by Alfredo Paloyo. The workshop will take place on 6‒7 February 2025 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Wollongong is in Dharawal Country.
View...Green Innovation and Climate Policies, David Hémous - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Monday Dec 2, 2024, 7:00 pm
Climate change already has a negative impact on the environment and our societies, and this impact will get worse over the course of this century.
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View...End of the Year social catch-up WEN/ESA
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Tuesday Nov 19, 2024, 5:15 pm
Join us for the final WEN/ESA event for 2024! As a special Christmas treat, our very own Mary Bennett will be speaking on the topic "What is an economist anyway?". Which will then be followed by an informal networking drinks.
As always, this is an opportunity for anyone with an interest in economics to catch up informally for drinks, connections and thought-provoking discussion. Members of WEN, ESA Tas and the Tasmanian Behavioural Network are warmly invited. No need to register - just come along.
View...Eminent Speaker Series - Prof. Dr. Martin Peitz, University of Mannheim
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Monday Nov 18, 2024, 12:00 pm
Industrial policy and competition policy
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View...Women in Economics Network AGM - ONLINE ONLY
Date: Friday Nov 15, 2024, 12:00 pm
The National WEN Committee will hold its AGM on 15 November 2024 from 12.00pm-1.30pm (AEDT) via Zoom, and invites all WEN Members to register via the link below. The meeting is an opportunity to celebrate another busy year across WEN Branches and nationally, and we are excited that the Hon Allegra Spender MP will join us to provide her insights on the economic challenges facing Australia.
View...Eminent Speaker Series: Susan Athey - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Friday Nov 8, 2024, 12:00 pm
NEW TIME - NOW FRIDAY 8 NOVEMBER AT 12.00PM AEDT (SYD/CBR/MEL)
Identifying Challenges and Improving Outcomes for Labor Market Transitions Using Machine Learning
This talk will review several recent papers that focus on labor market transitions. The first project analyzes worker resilience in response to layoffs, using administrative data from Sweden.
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View...Labour Market Outcomes of Graduates in Economics in Australia - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Nov 6, 2024, 12:00 pm
The discipline of economics encompasses broad skill-sets with diverse applications in employment markets and industries. Studies of labour market prospects for economics graduates are relatively dated particularly in the light of developments such as declining interest in economics in high school and university. Join the discussion with our guest speaker, Professor Ian Li, Curtin University.
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View...WEN Mentoring Retreat 2024
Date: Wednesday Nov 6, 2024, 12:00 am
The Women in Economics Network, part of the Economics Society of Australia, is hosting the 2024 Women in Economics Retreat as an in-person event, to be held from Wednesday 6 to Friday 8 November at The Hilton, Surfers Paradise, Queensland.
View...The impact of Industrial Relations changes on workers – do economists agree? - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Friday Oct 18, 2024, 12:00 pm
The last few years have seen significant legislation changes in the area of industrial relations. The prior decade also saw significant changes in firms’ hiring practices, and an explosion of platform work, considered by some to be a loophole in current labour legislation.
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View...Hobart Round Table
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Friday Aug 23, 2024, 5:30 pm
The Tasmanian Behavioural Network (tasbenet) Round Table is an informal gathering in a social atmosphere. All welcome – no confirmation required.
View...WEN After work drinks
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Friday Jul 19, 2024, 5:00 pm
Join us for an informal event hosted by WEN at Fox Friday Hobart.
An opportunity for anyone with an interest in economics to catch up informally for drinks, connections and thought-provoking discussion. Members of WEN, ESA Tas and the Tasmanian Behavioural Network are warmly invited. No need to register - just come along.
View...ACE 2024
Date: Tuesday Jul 9, 2024, 12:00 am
Registration is CLOSED. Bookings can be managed by Contacting Us.
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View...The Economics of Women's Health: Panel Event
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Jun 26, 2024, 12:30 pm
This hybrid event is being held both in-person at Macquarie University and online via Zoom.
Did you know that women report poorer health than men in almost all domains? And 2.7 million women are missing from the labour force? This is costing the Australian economy $72 billion in lost GDP annually. If you’re interested in learning more about the current economic findings/statistics on women’s health, why we need to think about women's health and the important issues in the Australian context today, then this is the event for you!
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View...2024 Giblin Lecture with Professor David Byrne - Launceston
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Jun 5, 2024, 6:00 pm
Dollars and Sense: Exposing unfair pricing
Join us in-person in Launceston as Professor David Byrne discusses why big players are able to dominate industries leaving little room for competition.
View...2024 Giblin Lecture with Professor David Byrne - Hobart and online
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Jun 4, 2024, 6:00 pm
Dollars and Sense: Exposing unfair pricing
Join us in-person in Hobart or online as Professor David Byrne discusses why big players are able to dominate industries leaving little room for competition.
View...2024 Giblin Lecture and Economists Networking Dinner, Hobart
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Jun 4, 2024, 5:30 pm
You are invited to the 2024 Annual Giblin Lecture followed by the Economists Networking Dinner.
Hosted by the University of Tasmania in collaboration with the Economic Society of Australia, Tasmania branch, you will join the speaker, Professor David Byrne, as well as industry colleagues, University of Tasmania academics and future economists, for an evening of food, drinks, insights, connections, and thought-provoking discussion.
Limited tickets are available, book now to avoid disappointment.
View...The State of Economics - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday May 28, 2024, 12:00 pm
There has been a consequential fall in the size and diversity of the economics student population in Australia. One approach to looking at the economics discipline in a structured way is to ask the following questions. Who studies economics? What is the pipeline of potential economics graduates? How are economic skills rewarded by the labour market? And what is the level of economic literacy in the community? Some high-level answers to these questions are provided in a summary of the current ‘state of economics’.
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View...Eminent Speaker Series: Mary Amiti, Federal Reserve Bank of NY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday May 22, 2024, 12:00 pm
FDI and Superstar Spillovers: Evidence from firm-to-firm transactions
Using firm-to-firm transactions, we show that starting to supply a 'superstar' firm (large domestic firms, exporters and multinationals) boosts productivity by 8% in the medium run.
Join us for this Member-Only event which is part of ESA's Eminent Speaker Series
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View...WEN After work drinks (Copy)
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Friday May 17, 2024, 5:00 pm
Join us for an informal event hosted by WEN at In the Hanging Garden, Murray Street Hobart (downstairs in the Cathedral Section)
An opportunity for anyone with an interest in economics to catch up informally for drinks, connections and thought-provoking discussion. Members of ESA Tas and the Tasmanian Behavioural Network. are warmly invited. No need to register - just come along.
View...Age, Period, and Cohort Effects in the Australian Gender Wage Gap: 2001 to 2021 - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Thursday Apr 18, 2024, 12:30 pm
Join us for this Women in Economics Network (WEN) webinar presented by Mustafa Kamal and Paul Blacklow.
View...A day in the life of an Economist: early-career information session
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Monday Mar 25, 2024, 1:00 pm
Join ACT WEN at ANU on 25 March at 1pm (also online) for a discussion with Maddie Sutch (Treasury), Ro McCrossin (DFAT), Molly Chapman (Deloitte) and Cate Everitt (Productivity Commission) sharing their reflections on life as an economist. We will be joined by the fabulous Linda Ward (Chief People Officer, DCCEEW), sharing her insights on what agencies are looking for in strong graduate applications.
Remember to let us know how you plan to attend by selecting from the drop-down box when registering.
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