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2011 Public Conference
THE RESOURCES BOOM

The Centre for Strategic Economic Studies (CSES) hosted a one-day conference on Wednesday 23 February 2011 examining the impact of the current resources boom. The conference featured key policy makers and academics, focusing on the policy challenges it raises in the current economic context.

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2010 Report
UPDATING MELBOURNE'S WEST

This report documents the continuing growth and transition of the Western Region identified in the 2004 report by the CSES ‘Investing in Melbourne’s West: A Region in Transition’ (by Sheehan and Wiseman). It develops strategies that seek to better integrate the Western Region into the knowledge economy.

This project was jointly funded by the Victorian Department of Industry, Innovation and Regional Development (DIIRD) and the Department of Planning and Community Development (DPCD), together with Victoria University.

Research team: Bruce Rasmussen, Andrew Van Hulten, Neelam Maharaj, Peter Sheehan, Alison Welsh and Sally Weller from CSES, with the collaboration of Kathleen Hurley  from DIIRD (Victoria).

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2010 Conference
ENERGY EFFICIENCY, CLIMATE AND CHINA’S DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
Realising Technological Innovation and Effective Policy Implementation
Beijing, 9-10 September 2010

China has introduced a comprehensive range of policy measures and ambitious targets aimed at reducing energy intensity, slowing emissions growth and rebalancing its economic structure. The successful realisation of these measures is of immense importance to China and the world. The Centre for Strategic Economic Studies (CSES) of Victoria University and the Energy Research Institute (ERI) of the National Development and Reform Commission have been working together to help build the knowledge base for effective implementation of this vision of sustainable development.

China’s attempt to rebalance its pattern of development – from rapid energy intensive growth to a low carbon economy delivering improved living standards for its people – raises many unprecedented issues for policy and policy implementation. Achieving this rebalancing is vital for China’s economic and social ambitions and also for the international effort to contain global warming. This conference sharply focused on these implementation issues. It brought  together senior government officials, academics, industry leaders, economists, policy makers, environmental management experts and others to identify and analyse policy issues in four areas:

• achieving future growth in a low carbon economy;
• achieving technological leadership in key areas;
• reshaping the economy to much lower energy use; and
• increasing the role of natural gas in China’s energy mix.

Presentations and more details.
 

MELBOURNE CLIMATE CHANGE FORUM
29 October - 3 December 2009

After many years of debate, climate policy has moved squarely into the implementation stage. The next six months will be critical, both in Australia and internationally, in determining what policies will be will be put in place and how effective they will be in containing global warming.
As a contribution to rational, evidence-based debate the Melbourne Climate Policy Forum (MCPF) is hosting six briefing seminars on the key policy issues facing Australia, set in the context of the global decision making process.
Each of the briefings will provide an assessment of current knowledge and its implications for the policy issue in question, based in part on the ongoing research activities of the MCPF partners. Following the briefing, two distinguished external discussants will review the briefing provided, comment on the policy issue and introduce general discussion.

More details.
 

KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE
June 2009

Comparative report on Costs and Benefits of Open Access. Click here for details.

Open Access seminar Brussels 22 June 2009. Click here for details.
 

CONFERENCE 2009
Melbourne, 15 April 2009

Emerging From the Global Storm: Growth and Climate Change Policies in Australia. Click here for details.
 

REPORT ON OPEN ACCESS LAUNCHED IN THE UK
27 January 2009

The report titled: Economic Implications of Alternative Scholarly Publishing Models: Exploring the Costs and Benefits was launched in the UK on 27 January 2009. It was prepared jointly by the CSES at Victoria University and Information Science, LISU and Economics at Loughborough University (UK). It reports on the findings of a research project for the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) (UK).
More details and links to report.
Press release.

CSES RESEARCHER'S SUCCESS IN ARC FUNDING FOR 2009
November 2008

Professor Tran Van Hoa was successful in his application for a grant from the ARC Linkage Projects scheme for funding commencing in 2009. The project title is: China's Exports and Growth and Major East Asia Summit Economies: Exploring Regional Impact and Policy Responses.

Chief Investigators on the project are Prof. Tran Van Hoa (CSES) and Prof. Peter Sheehan (CSES), with Partner Investigator Dr Nguyen Van Lich, Director General of the Vietnam Institute for Trade (VIT) (Ministry of Trade, Vietnam). Industry partners in the project are VIT and TradeData International. Total funding received was $300,000 for the period 2009-2011.

The project aims to provide a much stronger substantive analysis of the China effects on trade, growth and economic relations in four countries, namely Australia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam.

LSIF FRAMEWORK PAPER PRESENTED IN PERU
August 2008

The Life Science Innovation Forum (LSIF) is one of 9 APEC groups which work to support APEC's goals. These groups have a unique relationship to the APEC process and do not fit into the APEC Committee or Working Group structure.

Life sciences innovation was recognized as a critical area of growth and socio-economic development; healthy people produce healthy economies.

The 6th meeting (LSIF VI) was held in Lima, Peru on August 2008, the theme was ‘Developing an Integrated and Innovative Approach to Emerging Health Challenges’. The meeting discussed ways for developing an integrated approach to health system resource allocation.

Professor Peter Sheehan is Academic Vice-Chair of the APEC LSIF. For LSIF VI, he prepared a framework paper with Bruce Rasmussen and Kim Sweeny  (CSES), in conjunction with the Institute of Population Research (Peking University, Beijing). This paper was presented and discussed at the forum.

Download paper: Investing in the Future: An Assessment of the Returns to Investment  in Health Innovation

STUDY ON VU STUDENT DIVERSITY AND PERFORMANCE
June 2008

In June 2008, a study prepared by CSES staff for the Vice Chancellor was released. The study titled The Diversity and Performance of the Student Population at Victoria University  was commissioned and undertaken by Victoria University to explore the success rates for different segments of its highly complex student body. Authors at CSES included George Messinis, Peter Sheehan and Zdenko Miholcic. Updates to this report are now available on Diversity of Student Population (December 2008 and  Performance of Student Population January 2009).

PHD STUDIES IN THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
2008

The Centre is seeking outstanding students for enrolment in the Centre’s 2009 PhD program, for studies which link the knowledge economy with industry structure, technological change and its implications, economic growth and trade and the changing economic, industrial and technological structure of the Asia Pacific region. 

While supervision is available in a range of topics, the Centre is currently focussed on four specific research areas:
•          pharmaceutical and health economics
•          energy use and climate change
•          converging technologies
•          governance and regional issues
Supervision within the Centre can accommodate a range of methodological approaches including potential candidates with strong economic modelling skills.

For further information about the Centre’s programs email us at csesinfo@vu.edu.au or Ph. +61 3 9919 1340.

For general inquiries, application forms and further information about postgraduate research scholarships and study at Victoria University, please contact the Postgraduate Scholarships Coordinator, Ms Lesley Birch, phone +61 3 9919 4659 or lesley.birch@vu.edu.au. Please also visit the Postgraduate Studies website at www.vu.edu.au/postgrad 

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