Date: 12:30-1:30pm, Thursday, 27 July, 2017 Venue: Acton Theater, J.G. Crawford Building Speaker Margaret O’Callaghan — Visiting Fellow; Resources, Environment, and Development Program (RE&D); Crawford School of Public Policy Margaret O’Callaghan formerly worked for AusAID and then for the United Nations in Papua New Guinea and Zambia. In recent years she has been researching the

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On 13 June 2017 the Senate referred the following matter to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee for inquiry and report by 14 February 2018: Australia’s trade and investment relationships with the countries of Africa. Submissions to this inquiry close on 18 August 2017. The committee invites individuals and organisations to send in

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The Foreign Minister has announced the appointment of Ms Jenny Dee as Australia’s next High Commissioner to Mauritius with non-resident accreditation to Comoros, Madagascar and Seychelles. Ms Dee is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and was most recently Director, External Budget Section. Her overseas experience includes a

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CU?IOUS FILMS A series presented by The ANU Visual Anthropology Forum A lunchtime screening of “Future Remembrance” A film by Tobias Wendl & Nancy du Plessis Subtitled “Photography and Image Art in Ghana,” Future Remembrance is a delightful documentary film about photography in a small Ghanaian fishing town. We learn about local photography from the

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 Speaker: Ambassador Andebrhan Welde Giorgis Date & time Wednesday 12 April 2017 12.30pm–1.30pm Brindabella Theatre, Level 2, JG Crawford Building 132, Lennox Crossing, ANU   “.. this lecture will discuss the basic causes of the democratic deficit in Africa today and its prospects. The discourse will focus on the concept of self-determination as a political right

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Focusing on what is important This  post is  based on extracts from a  transcript of the address given by Robyn Alders upon her acceptance of the inaugural Mitchell Humanitarian Award at the 2017 Australasian Aid Conference.  The full text of Robyn’s speech is on the Devpolicyblog  of  24 February,  2017.  See also https://devpolicy.org/australian-veterinarian-robyn-alders-wins-inaugural-mitchell-humanitarian-award-20170216/ “About a month ago, I was sitting

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The African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP) is a national network of academics, students, consultants, activists, diplomats, artists, community leaders, and others who share a mutual interest in the promotion of African Studies in Australasia and the Pacific region. AFSAAP was founded in 1978 and this will be the association’s 40th Annual

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Date and time: Fri, 31st Mar 2017, 3:00pm – 4:00pm Location:Jean Martin Room in Beryl Rawson Building Presenter: Professor George Alter, Research Professor in the Institute for Social Research and Professor of History at the University of Michigan. Title: Measuring Stopping and Spacing in Fertility Transitions: A Regression Approach Abstract: A very influential model of the

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Public Seminar Supply vs. demand? The political economy of trade, tobacco farming and tobacco control in Sub-Saharan Africa Speaker: Ronald Labonté Date: 30 March 2017 Time: 5:00 – 6.00pm Venue: Coombs Extension Building, Seminar Room 1.04, 8 Fellows Road, ANU Professor Ronald Labonté is Canada Research Chair in Globalization and Health Equity, Professor in the

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In March the ANU’s Crawford School announced Working Paper No. 2017/04 in the Working Papers in Trade and Development series. “This Working Paper series provides a vehicle for preliminary circulation of research results in the fields of economic development and international trade. The series is intended to stimulate discussion and critical comment. Staff and visitors

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