Events

Session 1. The nuts and bolts: Australia's system of government and the policy process

Join us for this Lowy Institute webinar with Ben Bland in conversation with the UQ Centre for Policy Futures own Dr Greta Nabbs-Keller. This webinar takes a look at how Joko Widodo rose from a riverside shack to the top of Indonesian politics on a wave of hope for change, and his struggle to deliver the reforms that Indonesia desperately needs in the midst of crises.

The University of Queensland’s Centre for Policy Futures ‘Getting Research into Policy and Practice’ workshop helps researchers navigate Australia’s policy landscape.

Presented by Angus Veitch, RMIT University

Presented by Angus Veitch, RMIT University

The presentation will explore frameworks the Grattan Institute has developed for prioritising reforms in response to policy issues.

Dr Kiah Smith will discuss SDG2 - Zero Hunger, as part of the Centre for Policy Futures' SDG Seminar Series.

Conservation and broader environmental policy-making is often regarded as involving complex and ‘wicked’ problems, with policy-makers facing considerable challenges in finding robust and defendable policy solutions.

Register now for 'Getting Research into Policy and Practice' - a one-day workshop designed to help UQ researchers navigate Australia's policy landscape and how connect their research with policy and program development.

We live in an era of almost unprecedented technological change, perhaps rivalled only by the industrial revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries. Comparisons to the past, if anything, serve only to foreshadow potential disruptive and destabilising effects, especially if the technology and behaviours arising from that change are poorly regulated.

Interactive a panel discussion on law reform priorities with the potential to shape the future of Australian law.

The University of Queensland and Carbon Market Institute Careers in Climate Forum will bring together emerging professionals and tomorrow’s leaders to hear from a panel of leading professionals working in fields that are developing and driving innovation and solutions to ensure a just, effective and sustainable response to climate change in Queensland, across Australia and globally.