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A more sustainable Australia: let’s get creative about productivity
Cities are the key to our productivity | Source: Flickr/mugley Read: The article in the Conversation by Professor Christopher Findlay published on 28 August. Just follow the link: http://theconversation.com/a-more-sustainable-australia-lets-get-creative-about-productivity-12459 The Conversation is an independent source of news and views, sourced from the academic and research community and delivered direct to the public.
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Using Social Media as an Election Predictor
Ground Breaking Event for Social Media Author: Jacky Charles I recently conducted an online election poll. This survey was conducted by observing a historical event occurring on the island of Saint Lucia within one the major political parties, that being the United Workers Party (UWP). The poll was conducted in order to predict the outcome […]
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We’re not out of the productivity slump just yet
Dean Parham, University of Adelaide Alumni and research economist specialising in productivity analysis, has written an article for The Australian Financial Review: “Some commentators have latched onto a recent uptick in labour productivity growth, but overall (multifactor) productivity continues to flatline. because capital productivity continues to decline.” The full article can be read here: The […]
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Economics achieves a 4 in ERA rankings
University of Adelaide ranks equal second in Australia for Quality of Research in Applied Economics On December 6 the Australian Research Council released the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) 2012 results, which assess research excellence across the nation’s higher education sector by assigning research fields a ranking between 1 and 5. An ERA score […]
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Australia-India Services Dialogue Roundtable Workshop at the University of Melbourne
Head of School, Associate Professor Mandar Oak, convened an Australia-India Services Dialogue Roundtable Workshop at the Australia-India Institute, University of Melbourne, on November 2nd, 2012, sponsored by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Commonwealth of Australia. Researchers and policy makers from Australia and India exchanged their research and ideas in the development […]
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How to feed the planet?
Prof Kym Anderson presented his research at the ‘Circle of Economists’ session 13 at the 2012 ‘Les Rencountres Economiques’ in Aix-en-Provence, France. Watch Prof Anderson’s talk and read his paper on What roles for farm technology and trade policies in feeding the planet?
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Borders Blurred: the changing nature of trade in a globalised world
A new report on the economic aspects of globalisation on Australia was launched by South Australian Premier Jay Weatherhill at the University of Adelaide in late July 2012. ‘Borders Blurred: the changing nature of trade in a globalised world’, was written by Christopher Findlay, Narelle Kennedy, Faqin Lin, Dean Parham and Tim Harcourt. Learn more […]
Fishy Business: Dr Stephanie McWhinnie on the Economics of International Fisheries
There’s something a bit fishy about School of Economics lecturer Dr Stephanie McWhinnie…like the fact her research involves fish. Specifically – sea creatures. Crabs, lobster, whales, sharks, ugly unlovable blob fish…you name it. But Stephanie works in Economics, right? Yes, you read correctly. Stephanie is not a Marine Biologist – she is an Economist. Even […]
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Podcast – Prof Pardey, Agricultural Investment and R & D Returns
Listen to Prof Phil Pardey from the University of Minnesota speak on research compiled with Prof Julian Alston, UC-Davis on how agricultural investors get their biggest return from their R & D investment.
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