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About us
The Centre focuses on the processes of economic, technological and
social change in the contemporary world. It seeks to understand the
causes and consequences of these processes, and the appropriate
policy responses for different situations.
The Centre has two main activities:
- research on long-term economic, social and technological
issues
- postgraduate teaching.
The Centre's founding and current director is Prof. Peter Sheehan.
He has held various positions including senior researcher at the
Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at Melbourne
University and Director General of the former management and budget
department in the Victorian Government. He has also held a wide
range of board positions with Australian companies, particularly in
high-technology areas. The Centre's mission is to:
- address long-term, strategic economic and social issues of international
concern
and significance;
- consider, in doing so, the role of both general ideas and specific institutions, and the relationship between them;
- develop a specific focus on basic issues relevant to Australia's future, with special reference to
the Asian region; and
- develop and train a body of graduate students with the
motivation and skills to address these strategic issues in the future.
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