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Honours for CASS biological anthropologist
An ANU biological anthropologist known for her work preserving endangered species of primates has been recognised as a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy for outstanding teaching. Dr Alison Behie of the ANU School of Archaeology and Anthropology lectures at both…
ANU experts discuss the state of the election
On Saturday 2 July Australians voted in the 2016 election, with vote counting ongoing and the outcome unclear. Now some of Australia's leading politics and policy experts at ANU have explained what this current election situation means for Australia.…
Auditory display conference comes to ANU
The world’s leading audio researchers and sound designers will gather at The Australian National University (ANU) from Sunday to hear about the latest technology regarding auditory display. Held at ANU for the first time, the 22ndInternational Community for Auditory Display (ICAD) conference will…
50 years of celebrating Australian lives
The Australian National University (ANU) will celebrate 50 years of chronicling and telling the stories of Australians though the Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB) by hosting a conference on producing biographies in the digital world. The two-day conference from 30 June to 2 July, will mark…
New book traces nearly 40 years of research about Indigenous economic development
A new book from The Australian National University (ANU) maps almost 40 years of researching economic engagement in Indigenous communities by one of the country’s foremost economic anthropologists. Engaging Indigenous Economy: Debating diverse approaches was published to mark Jon Altman’s 60th…
Lessons from the Depression era in how to lose government in a single term
By Dr Benjamin T Jones, ARC Research Fellow, ANU School of History Come July 2, Bill Shorten and Labor are hoping they will party like it’s 1931. That was the last election when a first-term government was given its marching orders. While there are certainly differences between Labor’s…
ANU experts and Brexit referendum
Experts from the ANU Centre for European Studies, School of Politics and International Relations and Research School of Humanities and the Arts have been giving their comment and analysis on the Brexit referendum and its implications to Australian and international outlets, including: …