Past events
EuroScience at Questacon
Other
From the heroes of European science history through to space exploration and the future of world energy generation, discover ground-breaking scientific achievements and collaborations between Europe and Australia. Over six days, Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre, in…
CAP CASS HDR Supervision Development Workshop
Workshop & workshop
This workshop seeks to fulfil a need for College-Level training and support for supervisors and associate supervisors working with HDR students. The sessions and activities detailed in this schedule endeavour to build on supervision development workshops run by the ANU during 2016, and to expand…
A 'Third Mission'?: Reimagining University-Indigenous Relationships across Australia
Lecture
CASS Annual Public Lecture on Future Directions in Indigenous Research 2017 by Tony Dreise 5:00 Musical performance by Ms Brenda Gifford and Dr Christopher Sainsbury (School of Music) 5:20 Welcome to Country by Dr Matilda House 5:30 Introduction by Dr Deirdre Howard-Wagner (Centre for…
Brexit and the (Possible) Break-up of the UK: A Study in Failed Federalism
Lecture
The ANU Centre for European Studies and the Australian Centre for Federalism are pleased to present this public lecture by Professor Iain McLean. The vote in the UK’s 2016 referendum on leaving the European Union was regionally diverse. London, Scotland, and Northern Ireland voted to Remain, the…
Sexual selection and primate multilevel societies
Seminar
Primates live in diverse social organizations that differ markedly in their sizes and composition. Primates also vary substantially in the degree to which they express sexual dimorphism in body mass and secondary sexual traits (ornaments). In this seminar I explore the evolutionary drivers of…
Using multi-criteria decision analysis to assess expert and stakeholder preference on adolescent illicit drug policy options in Hong Kong
Seminar
Multiple-criteria analysis (MCA) has been applied to many complex decisions to assist in risk assessment and selection of alternative operators or policy options. Using the MCA techniques, key expert preferences for 19 drug interventions in Hong Kong were examined. Significant differences in…
Addressing God in European Languages: Different Meanings, Different Cultural Attitudes
Lecture
Speakers of different European languages tend to address God in different ways – and consequently, they relate to God in different ways. For example, addressing God in German as “Herr” is different from addressing God in English as “Lord” or in Russian, as “Gospodi”. Even terms of address based…