Date: Monday Mar 6, 2023, 12:00 pm
It’s hard to believe it is already time to apply for 2024 graduate programs.
The Women in Economics Network (WEN) wants to support university students studying economics to understand the opportunities available to undertake graduate programs, and how the application process works.
View ...Date: Thursday Feb 9, 2023, 9:00 am
The aim of AGEW is to foster a community of economic researchers who can collectively contribute to the evidence base needed to guide the pursuit of more gender equitable outcomes in society. The AGEW will include a program of research presentations and a policy symposium session. We look forward to reconnecting with many of our members, as well as new and returning faces.
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View ...Date: Thursday Feb 2, 2023, 12:00 am
The Reconciliation, Opportunities for, and Wellbeing of First Nations Peoples: Yarning and learning together Workshop will be held at the Charles Perkins Centre, Camperdown Campus, University of Sydney on Thursday 2 February and Friday 3 February 2023. Call for papers closes on 25 November 2022. Further information can be found by clicking this Call for Papers link.
View ...Date: Monday Dec 5, 2022, 9:00 am
The ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods is hosting a workshop on Modelling Economic Sanctions on 5 December 2022. It is a hybrid event taking place in person at the Australian National University and online via Zoom.
View ...Date: Thursday Dec 1, 2022, 5:30 pm
The ESA and WEN WA network invite you to attend our end of year sundowner drinks to celebrate the fantastic achievements we have made this year. This is a great informal event to catch-up with old friends and to make some new connections.
View ...Date: Wednesday Nov 30, 2022, 12:30 pm
Gender can be an important factor in determining outcomes in schools as well as in families. In collaboration with the Korean Women Economists Association (KWEA, http://www.e-kwea.or.kr/ ), the Women in Economics Network invites you to a webinar on two interesting gender economics topics.
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View ...Date: Thursday Nov 24, 2022, 5:00 pm
Jennifer Pitman, Associate Director of Economics based in Melbourne, will provide an update on labour markets and costs of living across Australia, followed by a broad discussion of some of the issues, and solutions, EY’s Economics team are working with clients on in this space.
View ...Date: Tuesday Nov 22, 2022, 4:00 pm
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted everyone’s lives – but some more than others. The Queensland branch of the Women in Economics Network in collaboration with the Griffith Business School invite you to join our free webinar, Who has COVID left behind?
View ...Date: Monday Nov 14, 2022, 8:00 am
The Bank of Canada, Bank of England, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and European Central Bank are organising the Conference on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Economics, Finance, and Central Banking to be held in-person and on-line on November 14–15, 2022. The conference is hosted by the Bank of Canada in Ottawa and it is the fourth in a series of annual conferences that primarily focuses on issues encountered by under-represented groups in economics, finance, and central banking.
View ...Date: Thursday Nov 10, 2022, 4:00 pm
WEN Queensland is excited to collaborate with Griffith University's Industry Insights for a webinar highlighting the career stories of some fabulous female economists.
Date: Tuesday Oct 18, 2022, 12:00 pm
The Jobs Summit clearly highlighted the importance of supporting women’s economic and societal outcomes; despite being better educated and living longer, women have yet to close the gap to men in terms of their labour market outcomes, earnings and careers. They are also still disproportionately vulnerable to domestic violence, and can still face unsafe work environments.
View ...Date: Thursday Oct 13, 2022, 5:30 pm
It’s been a long time between drinks! The WEN Queensland branch invites you to join us for an informal networking evening. Come along to connect or reconnect with old and new WEN members after too many months on Zoom.
View ...Date: Thursday Sep 8, 2022, 1:00 pm
The value of placing a “gender lens” on economic policy and budget design is gaining stronger attention in the Australian policy environment. In recognition of the growing interest in Gender Responsive Budgeting at the Federal Government level and among various State Governments in Australia, the Women in Economics Network has organised a two-part online event on the purpose and practice of Gender Responsive Budgeting.
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View ...Date: Thursday Aug 18, 2022, 12:30 pm
The value of placing a “gender lens” on economic policy and budget design is gaining stronger attention in the Australian policy environment.
In recognition of the growing interest in Gender Responsive Budgeting at the Federal Government level and among various State Governments in Australia, the Women in Economics Network is organising a two-part online event on the purpose and practice of Gender Responsive Budgeting.
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View ...Date: Tuesday Jul 26, 2022, 12:30 pm
Economic Society of Australia (ESA) and Women in Economics Network (WEN) members and associates warmly invite you to a lunchtime event with special guest speaker, Professor Deborah Loxton, Director of both the Centre for Women’s Health Research and the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health at the University of Newcastle. Professor Deborah Loxton, will present on the following topic: Violence Against Women in Australia.
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View ...Date: Tuesday Jul 19, 2022, 5:30 pm
WEN Victoria invites you to join us in July for after-work drinks – an opportunity for some casual networking and to reconnect with fellow WEN members.
View ...Date: Thursday Jul 14, 2022, 12:00 am
This year the Australasian Teaching Economics Conference (ATEC22) will be hosted by the Australian National University from July 14-15 2022. Given the ups and downs we’re still experiencing (and the resulting budget issues) the conference will again be held virtually over zoom, which also means a zero cost registration!
View ...Date: Sunday Jul 10, 2022, 8:00 am
It is our pleasure to invite you to the Australian Conference of Economists (ACE) 2022 to be held from 10 to 13 July 2022 in Hobart, Tasmania as an in-person event.
View ...Date: Tuesday Jun 28, 2022, 12:00 pm
In early 2022, NSW WEN announced a writing competition to empower female voices in economics. The competition is part of the Credible Economist blog series.
WEN received a competitive array of entries covering a wide range of topics. After a rigorous and difficult judging process, the judges selected the top 3 blogs and 3 honourable mentions from the entry list.
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View ...Date: Wednesday Jun 22, 2022, 1:00 pm
This is event is presented jointly by the Economic Society of Australia (QLD) and the University of Queensland.
The energy transition is changing the nature of the whole value chain of electricity markets. Low- or no-carbon new generation technologies are dominated by fixed costs and have near-zero variable costs, while distributed technologies put more control in the hands of households who are less sophisticated and whose actions are less easily directed by market operators.
View ...Date: Tuesday May 24, 2022, 4:30 pm
The Women in Economics Network Queensland Branch Issues notice and invites all members to join us for the 2022 Annual General Meeting (AGM)
View ...Date: Monday May 9, 2022, 5:30 pm
You are invited to this national panel discussion on an independent review of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). Both major parties have committed to a broad-based and independent review, and it has been recommended by the OECD and IMF.
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View ...Date: Tuesday May 3, 2022, 12:00 pm
We invite students studying economics at universities in the ACT to join us for the first event of the Women in Economics Student Mentoring Program as we speak to early and mid-career economists from a range of areas of economics.
Date: Wednesday Apr 27, 2022, 5:30 pm
As part of our new WEN with Wine series, we are pleased to invite you to hear from Gabriela D’Souza, Senior Economist at CEDA, to talk about CEDA’s research on skilled migration. The newly released report (available here) has found that nearly a quarter of permanent skilled migrants in Australia are working in a job beneath their skill level. Join Gabriela to hear about the results of the research, the recommendations for change and the important role of migration as Australia recovers from recession.
View ...Date: Tuesday Apr 12, 2022, 12:00 pm
The NSW WEN invites you to attend a virtual panel event discussing the NSW Government's Women's Economic Opportunities Review. In February 2022, the NSW Government announced a landmark review on women's economic opportunities. The Review focuses on supporting women to enter, re-enter and stay in the workforce, drawing on the results of the 2021-222 NSW Intergenerational Report which found that the economy would be eight per cent larger if women's participation reached parity with men.
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