Kirsty is Wissing is an anthropology PhD student  researching the cultural politics of cleanliness and purity in relation to water in Ghana.  Building on work in other areas of the ANU by  Professor Quentin Grafton from Crawford School of Public Policy, as well as by Associate Professor James Pittock and PhD Candidate Adegboyega Adeniran, both based at the School

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Four Corners on ABC TV ‘Crime and Panic, reported by Sophie McNeill and presented by Sarah Ferguson, goes to air on Monday 5th November at 8.30pm. It is replayed on Tuesday 6th November at 1.00pm and Wednesday 7th at 11.20pm. It can also be seen on ABC NEWS channel on Saturday at 8.10pm AEST, ABC

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ANU School of Demography Seminar Date and Time: Friday 9 November 2018 – 3.00pm – 4.00 pm Location: Jean Martin Room, Beryl Rawson Bldg #13, Ellery Crescent, ANU Presenter: Drs Bernard Baffour and Dorothy Ononokpono Title: Mapping the distribution of maternal health and service delivery in West Africa Abstract: Improvement in maternal and new born

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From https://crawford.anu.edu.au/news-events/events/13176/how-bad-government-can-ruin-country-case-zimbabwe Speaker: David Gadiel is a Senior Fellow in the Health Program at The Centre for Independent Studies. He emigrated from Zimbabwe (then Southern Rhodesia) in the 1960s and is a former development economist. Date & time: Tuesday 30 October 2018 2.00pm–3.30pm Venue: Seminar Room 2, Crawford School of Public Policy, 132 Lennox Crossing,

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Australian aid stakeholder survey For those who haven’t had completed it yet, the deadline for the ANU’s  Devpolicy  2018 Australian aid stakeholder survey has been extended to Monday 22 October. The survey focuses on the effectiveness of the Australian Government aid program and will provide suggestions for its improvement. The survey is open to anyone

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Revised topic for the second talk in the  African Discussion Group series “Examining Recent African Mining Conferences: Lessons learnt re Governments, the African Union, Corporates, NGOs and communities. It will include a joint round table discussion of what are essentially Africa wide governance issues, with the students (and others) contributing from their own country’s experiences,

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The September 2018 issue of  the Research Supplement of The Australian was devoted to ‘The Stars of 2018’. Pages 36-38 were devoted to Australia’s Australia’s Research Field Leaders and Institutions in the Humanities, Arts and Literature. Dr Ceri Shipton of the ANU was named as the Field Leader in African Studies and History, while Charles

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This is the first of the ANU’s African Discussion Series Topic: Lighting the way? Understanding energy and development in Kenya Date: Friday September 28, 2018 Speaker Dr Edwina Fingleton-Smith. Edwina is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Fenner School of Environment and Society. Prior to starting her PhD at Fenner, Edwina completed a Masters of Environmental

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The ACFID NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2018 will be held 30-31 October 2018 at USW, Sydney. ACFID is the Australian Council for International Development and this year’s theme i is People, Planet Peace. For more details see https://conference.acfid.asn.au/ It is always a pleasant surprise when Africa gets a mention, and this year Dr. Jose Ramos-Horta , ‘Known internationally for his

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2018 Caldwell Fellow Seminar Postnatal Care in Nigeria: Does it Really Matter Where Women Live? Speaker: Dr Dorothy Ononokpono, University of Uyo, Nigeria Date: Thursday 20 September 2018, 12.30-1.30pm Venue: Bob Douglas Lecture Theatre, Building 62a Research School of Population Health, 62 Mills Road, ANU Enquiries to Ellie Paige and Rachael Rodney Harris via seminars.rsph@anu.edu.au

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