Past Events
Productivity Commission Summer Internership Program
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Sunday Aug 9, 2026, 8:30 am
Have you heard about the Productivity Commission's Paid Internship Program? Running from 4 January to 12 February 2027, the program offers students the opportunity to gain hands-on paid work experience solving real-world policy problems.
The Productivity Commission is currently seeking applications from students who are studying economics or other fields relevant to public policy who will have completed at least 2 years of their degree by the end of 2026.
Applications close on 9 August 2026
Further information is available on the Productivity Commission's website.
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View...WEN Book Club -July
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Monday Jul 27, 2026, 5:30 pm
Imagine reading a book and then getting to grill the author (nicely) over a drink and snacks.
That’s the WEN book club for July – the Hon. Dr Andrew Leigh MP, with The Shortest History
of Economics, live and in the room!
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View...Eminent Speaker Series: Prof. Leah Boustan - ONLINE ONLY
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Jul 22, 2026, 8:00 am
Where are the streets of gold? Intergenerational mobility of immigrants across destination countries.
This talk will introduce patterns for intergenerational mobility of the children of immigrants across fifteen destination countries. In most destinations, the daughters of immigrants experience higher mobility than daughters of locals. Sons of immigrants enjoy an advantage in Anglosphere destinations (including Australia) but not in continental Europe.
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View...Post ACE Celebration
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Friday Jul 10, 2026, 4:45 pm
ESA ACT is pleased to invite its membership to celebrate the success of the ACE 2026 Conference. Join us for a drink and a chat with colleagues as we reflect on the huge benefits of taking time to discuss, debate and share the contemporary issues in Economics.
See you at UCX Bar at the University of Canberra.
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View...Eminent Speaker Dinner - Alan Auerbach
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Jul 8, 2026, 6:15 pm
ESA ACT is thrilled to invite you to a special dinner event with Professor Alan Auerbach, University of California, Berkeley.
He will present a talk on the Future of U.S. Economic Policy.
During the second Trump Administration, U.S. economic policy so far has included several strong steps, some of which represent sharp breaks from past practice.
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View...WEN: Building Your Personal Brand
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Jun 30, 2026, 5:30 pm
WEN Grounds for Growth - Skills workshop : Building Your Personal Brand
The Women in Economics Network ACT Branch is pleased to invite WEN ACT members to attend our inaugural skills workshop, focussed on Building Your Personal Brand. The interactive session, led by Dr Fiona Scotney, will be held from 5.30PM on Tuesday 30 June at the National Press Club.
Refreshments provided.
Numbers are limited so register fast to avoid missing out!
This is a free, in-person only event.
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View...IEA World Congress, Belgrade
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Monday Jun 22, 2026, 12:00 am
Contrasting World Visions: Globalism v Nationalism, Multilateralism v Bilateralism, and Democracy v Autocracy.
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...An Evolving Record
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday Jun 17, 2026, 5:30 pm
Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Economic Society of Australia with the publication of the Centennial History of the Economic Society of Australia, by Dr Alex Millmow.
An Evolving Record : A Cenntennial History of the Economic Society of Australia
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View...Alison Booth- Uneven Rewards Book launch
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Thursday Jun 4, 2026, 5:30 pm
Alison Booth - Book Launch
Uneven Rewards: Milestones in Labour Economics
Join Alison as her book is launched by the ANU Research School of Economics with Professor Martine Mariotti as MC, and Professor Bruce Chapman giving the launch address.
This is a free event, but reservations are essential.
Please RSVP with your name and telephone number via rsvp@thestreet.org.au. by Tuesday 2 June
WEN Speed Mentoring
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday May 28, 2026, 5:30 pm
CULTIVATING CONNECTIONS: WOMEN IN ECONOMICS ( SPEED ) MENTORING
The Women in Economics Network ACT Branch is thrilled to invite you to attend our upcoming speed mentoring event on Thursday 28 May 2026.
The event connects early to mid-career women economists and students with mentors from across the public service, private sector and academia.
This is a free, in-person only event.
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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...Federal Budget 2026-27 Analysis
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday May 14, 2026, 7:30 am
The ESA ACT Branch invites you to attend a presentation on the 2026-27 Federal Budget Anaylsis.
This year's briefing will be delivered by Pat Bustamante from Westpac.
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View...YE Network: Careers in Economic Consulting
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Wednesday May 6, 2026, 6:30 pm
The Young Economist Network of the ACT and the Research School of Economics, ANU invites you to attend a panel discussion on
Careers in Economic Consulting: A Panel Event for Economics Students and Early Career Economists.
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View...WEN Book Club
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Apr 30, 2026, 7:30 am
WEN ACT committee warmly invites you to the next instalment of our quarterly book club.
This is a free, in person event.
See the attached poster for more details.
Look forward to seeing you there!
Alicia and Mary
Your WEN Book Club Hosts
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View...YE Network: The many sides of Intergenerational equity
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Tuesday Mar 31, 2026, 5:30 pm
The Young Economist Network of the ACT invites you to a panel discussion onThe Many Sides of Intergenerational Equity.
Intergenerational equity is a growing issue and a topic among public policy experts across Australia and the world.
A panel of some of these experts will discuss the different approaches and elements contributing to intergenerational equity, from the tax and transfer system to climate change.
This is a free event hosted by the Young Economists Network ACT.
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View...YE Network: Academic careers in Economics
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Monday Mar 23, 2026, 6:30 pm
The Young Economist Network of the ACT and the Research School of Economics invites you to a Academic Careers in Economics panel discussion.
Are you interested in working as an academic in the economics space?
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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...WEN: Launching your career in Economics
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Monday Mar 16, 2026, 6:00 pm
WEN ACT : Launching your career in Economics
You are invited to join ACT Women in Economics (WEN) at ANU on Monday 16 March 2026 6-8pm at the Fred Gruen Room, H.W. Arndt Building 25A, the Research School of Economics.
This is an in person event only.
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View...Meet the Author
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Thursday Feb 26, 2026, 6:00 pm
ESA members are invited to attend the ANU event - Meet the author.
Dr Andrew Leigh will be in conversation with Anna -Maria Arabia on his new book The Shortest History of Innovation.
This event is free but registration is required
View...Transport Economics - Where are we headed?
Event Type: ESA Event
Date: Thursday Feb 26, 2026, 5:30 pm
You are invited to a book launch of Dr Cameron Gordon's latest book:
Transport Economics: Understanding transport economics through economic first principles
Transport economics in its most widely applied form is drawn from an elaborated system of theory, (typically labelled neoclassical economics), which models the choice of whether to engage in transport or not; and also the closely related choice of where to locate activity.
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View...Grounds for Growth
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Thursday Feb 26, 2026, 5:30 pm
WEN ACT is excited to kick off our 2026 Grounds for Growth series in February, with a timely conversation on the macroeconomic outlook with Dr Angelia Grant, Deputy Secretary of the Macroeconomic Group at the Australian Treasury.
Registration is via linkedin
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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...Meet the Author
Event Type: Partner Event
Date: Tuesday Feb 3, 2026, 6:00 pm
ESA members are invited to attend the ANU event - Meet the authors. This is a new book on the first Albanese Government.
This newly published book covers a wide range of issues including the government's economic policies.
This event is free but registration is required
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