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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.
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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.
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CONFERENCE 2009
Melbourne, 15 April 2009
Emerging From the Global Storm: Growth and
Climate Change Policies in Australia.
Click here for details.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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).
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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:
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pharmaceutical and health economics
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energy use and
climate change
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converging
technologies
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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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