http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/ en martyn.pearce@anu.edu.au Copyright 2012 2012-03-07T00:08:36+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/australias_2012_another_successful_year_chris_richardson/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/australias_2012_another_successful_year_chris_richardson/#When:00:08:36Z 2012 has so far seen a buoyant share market, rising commodity prices, positive news on the US economy and a better than expected economic position in Europe.That mix of good cheer has begun to unwind the deep drop in confidence evident in recent months among Australia’s business community and the general public. Much of the recent optimism is thanks to the cheap money that Europe’s Central Bank has made available in the last two months. Whilst it hasn’t provided a lasting solution, it does at least mean the sticky-tape holding Europe together is now stronger.2012 may well turn out better than anticipated for Australia. But there is still a definite possibility that things could start to go in the other direction, with, among other things, the economic situation in Europe and in particular Greece, still very delicate.What lies ahead on the Australian and global horizon and what are the risks that might bring to an end Australia’s charmed run without a recession? Public Lecture, Economics, ANU College of Business and Economics, Business and Economics 2012-03-07T00:08:36+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/feed_in_tariffs_for_renewable_electricity/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/feed_in_tariffs_for_renewable_electricity/#When:04:12:19Z The adoption of the EEG led directly to the phenomenally successful German feed-in tariff policy. The EEG is the foundation for the technological developments in photovoltaics, biogas, wind power and geothermal energy in Germany, which are admired throughout the world. The underlying principle of the EEG has now been copied in dozens of countries, as well as most Australian states and territories. Public Lecture, Engineering, ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology 2012-02-27T04:12:19+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/switching_the_immune_system_off_the_keys_to_autoimmunity_allergy_immune_def/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/switching_the_immune_system_off_the_keys_to_autoimmunity_allergy_immune_def/#When:02:02:35Z 2nd Annual John Curtin Lecture in  Medical Research, entitled 'Switching the immune system off: the keys to  autoimmunity, allergy, immune deficiency and cancer' Conference, Public Lecture, Biological Sciences, Medical & Health Science, Science Communication, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Medicine and Life Science 2012-02-14T02:02:35+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/why_did_we_get_the_collapse_of_the_ussr_so_wrong/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/why_did_we_get_the_collapse_of_the_ussr_so_wrong/#When:22:24:03Z It is now 20 years since the sudden and catastrophic collapse of the former Soviet Union. A huge amount of analytical effort in the West, both in academia and in the intelligence community, went into scrutinising every detail of the political, economic, military, technological, demographic and cultural progress of the USSR. And yet, when the end came it was surprisingly quick and ranks as one of the great intellectual and intelligence failures of the 20th century.This lecture examines the reasons why we failed to see the end of the military superpower that was the former USSR. It looks at such issues as preconceived views of Soviet Communism’s strengths, the tendency not to see the intellectual wood for the trees, and the enormous pressures to conform with the conventional wisdom about Soviet strengths. It concludes by asking the question: can there be a recurrence of simplistic, straight-line extrapolations about another rising power, such as China? Public Lecture, Economics, Humanities, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2012-01-29T22:24:03+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/professor_don_rothwell_speaks_about_the_sale_of_uranium_to_india/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/professor_don_rothwell_speaks_about_the_sale_of_uranium_to_india/#When:00:17:25Z Professor Don Rothwell of The Australian National University's College of Law speaks with Fairfax correspondent Tim Lester about the sale of uranium to India and the possible implications of the treaty of Rarotonga. International Law, News & Media, ANU College of Law, Law 2011-11-29T00:17:25+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/professor_li_narangoa_mongolian_language_culture_and_studies_at_anu/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/professor_li_narangoa_mongolian_language_culture_and_studies_at_anu/#When:00:26:03Z Professor Li Narangoa Introduces The Australian National University's new Mongolia Studies Centre, some common Mongolian phrases and some things you may not know about the country.The first centre of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, the centre in the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific will enhance growing Australian interest in Mongolia as well as strengthen the increased links between the two countries. It will host guest researchers working on Mongolia, organise seminars on Mongolian topics, provide a support network for Australian researchers on Mongolia and promote Mongolian studies in Australia in general. The launch of the Mongolia Studies Centre coincides with the Mongolian Studies Open Conference which brings scholars from around the world to examine the country's history, culture, anthropology, international relations, business and archaeology. More information and a full program is available athttp://chl.anu.edu.au/mongolianstudies/events.php Public Lecture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2011-11-28T00:26:03+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/gay_marriage_as_important_as_race_raimond_gaita/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/gay_marriage_as_important_as_race_raimond_gaita/#When:23:46:51Z The Herbert & Valmae Freilich Foundation Annual Lecture in Bigotry and Intolerance 2011When gays ask to be granted the right to marry, they are not asking for something that can be adequately conceptualised by an ideal of equality that demands equal access to good and opportunities for all citizens of a polity. Nor do they ask for something that can adequately be expressed in classical liberal ideals. They ask, I believe, for the recognition, by their fellow citizens, of the depth and dignity of their sexuality; and they ask it from those of their fellow citizens who appear to believe that gay sexuality does not have the kind of depth that deserves to be celebrated in marriage. Married love, such people believe, deepens sexual love, but it can do so only for sexuality that has the potential for such deepening. They believe, therefore, that gay marriage is a kind of conceptual absurdity, even when they do not find it morally distasteful. There are many kinds of opposition to gay marriage: this kind has, limited but interesting, analogies with the incapacity of racists to see depth in the lives of the victims of their denigration. Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, ANU College of Law, Law 2011-11-27T23:46:51+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/sophie_mcneill_reporting_from_conflict_zones_telling_the_stories_of_the_vic/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/sophie_mcneill_reporting_from_conflict_zones_telling_the_stories_of_the_vic/#When:00:38:06Z Sophie McNeill is an award winning foreign correspondent who has covered some of the world’s most difficult and dangerous stories from areas such as Iraq, Kurdistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Gaza and she has been based most recently in Jerusalem, Beirut and New York. Sophie’s incredible talent, her courage as a journalist and her commitment to tell the stories of those affected by conflict and injustice have been recognised in the wide range of awards she has received, including a Walkley Award – the highest honour for an Australian journalist. Sophie has also been a 2006 New York Film Festival finalist; been honoured as the 2008 YEN Young Woman of the Year and YEN Journalist of the Year; and been awarded Western Australia's Young Person of the Year Award (when she was just 16). Her work has been praised as ‘exceptional’ by leading journalists such as John Pilger. Sophie’s achievements are particularly remarkable given this seasoned foreign correspondent made her first documentary in a conflict zone when she was 15 years of age and is only 26.  Public Lecture, Journalism 2011-11-16T00:38:06+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/dr_judith_ajani_native_forests_for_bioenergy_or_biodiversity/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/dr_judith_ajani_native_forests_for_bioenergy_or_biodiversity/#When:00:27:33Z Australia’s forestry industry and foresters argue that, from a climate change perspective, we should substitute fossil fuels and emission-intensive products with native forest wood, highlighting the fact that trees re-grow. Ecological and other scientists oppose this view, highlighting the carbon stocks in native forests and the potential for previously logged native forests to draw down substantial amounts of carbon if allowed to regenerate undisturbed by further logging. They also emphasise the biodiversity values of native forests.This seminar brings both arguments face to face.The historical context of both views and their core concepts will be made explicit. Then, through scenario analysis grounded in today’s Australian native forest industry reality, the climate change implications of the two opposing views will be quantified. Public Lecture, Economics, Environment, Society & Culture 2011-11-16T00:27:33+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/dr_dan_arvizu_global_renewable_energy_trends/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/dr_dan_arvizu_global_renewable_energy_trends/#When:00:18:23Z Dr Dan Arvizu, the Director of the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) provides an overview of US and global technical and market trends with renewable energy. This will include a review of progress with renewable energy research and development and deployment along with the technical and economic potential of these technologies.He will also highlight examples of success stories with renewable energy research and market penetration. In addition, he will describe NREL’s research, analysis, commercialization, and deployment programs.NREL (http://www.nrel.gov/) is the USA’s primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development (R&D), and has a budget of approximately $540 million. NREL's R&D areas of expertise are:• Renewable electricity• Renewable fuels• Integrated energy system engineering and testing• Strategic energy analysis Public Lecture, Engineering, ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology 2011-11-16T00:18:23+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/dr_susan_west_common_artistry_releasing_the_musician_within_us_all/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/dr_susan_west_common_artistry_releasing_the_musician_within_us_all/#When:23:49:09Z The ANU School of Music is developing a different model for musical engagement that gives concrete form to the idea of ‘Common Artistry’, particularly with regard to music making. It is widely acknowledged and accepted that human beings are a compulsively musical species, yet most of us do not engage actively with music making. Indeed, many of us believe that we are not ‘allowed’ to make music at all because we have transferred our musical ‘rights’ into the hands of those we regard as experts. Perhaps one of the stresses of modern life is not just our inability to connect via music, as we are supposed to do, but that we actively suppress our natural, core instinct to be musical together.The concept of ‘Common Artistry’ has arisen through an approach to music making that prioritises the social importance of shared music making, not the perceived talent or skill level of the music maker. It provides a simple, concrete pathway that allows anyone and everyone to engage with music immediately, whether trained or otherwise. It incorporates ways by which the trained can share their skills in a way that is meaningful to both giver and receiver but also highlights the ways in which we can all learn from the so-called ‘untrained’, be it a four-year-old singing with all heart and no noticeable tune, or an eighty-four year old who believes he has no ‘voice’ but carries a repertoire of hundreds of songs in his head. Public Lecture, Creative Arts 2011-11-15T23:49:09+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/centre_of_research_excellence_round_3_information_session/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/centre_of_research_excellence_round_3_information_session/#When:23:41:04Z The Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute held an Information Session for prospective applicants for funding to establish Centres of Research Excellence in primary health care. Applications for this third round of Centres of Research Excellence will open in early November 2011. Up to five new Centres of Research Excellence will be awarded funding to commence research in 2013. Each Centre is expected receive a grant of around $2.5m over four years.APHCRI's Centres of Research Excellence aim to produce relevant research and enhance primary health care research capacity. They are expected to focus on the priority areas identified by the National Primary Health Care Strategy.APHCRI's Centres of Research Excellence are required to be a collaborative effort between two or more separate institutions. At least one of the collaborating institutions must not be a previous recipient of APHCRI funding.Prospective applicants are invited to attend this Information Session. The session will also be available via podcast and vodcast onhttp://www.anu.edu.au/aphcri. Public Lecture, Medical & Health Science, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Medicine and Life Science 2011-11-15T23:41:04+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/alice_giles_introduces_anu_school_of_musics_new_harps/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/alice_giles_introduces_anu_school_of_musics_new_harps/#When:23:30:07Z Associate Professor Alice Giles, Head of Harp Area at the Australian National Universities School of Music, introduces the School of Music's two newly acquired harps. Exhibition, Creative Arts, News & Media 2011-11-15T23:30:07+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/dr_garth_pratten_attacks_from_within/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/dr_garth_pratten_attacks_from_within/#When:23:16:59Z Dr Garth Pratten speaks with Fairfax Media's Tim Lester about recent attacks on Australian soldiers from within the Afghan National Army. News & Media 2011-11-15T23:16:59+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/assessing_counter_insurgency_and_state_building_efforts_in_afghanistan/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/assessing_counter_insurgency_and_state_building_efforts_in_afghanistan/#When:05:44:16Z Ambassador Karl Eikenberry discusses current counter-insurgency and state-building efforts in Afghanistan. He examines the challenges posed over time by discontinuities in strategies, something he experienced first hand during his three tours of duty in Afghanistan beginning in 2002. He also addresses problems that international civilian and military actors have encountered establishing realistic and sustainable institutional goals. Lastly, Ambassador Eikenberry speaks about the prospects of achieving transition to Afghan security by the objective date of 2014. Public Lecture, Society & Culture 2011-10-25T05:44:16+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/non_proliferation_disarmament_and_australian_security/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/non_proliferation_disarmament_and_australian_security/#When:05:13:31Z In recent years Australia has taken a leading role in national, regional and international non-proliferation and disarmament, in particular through the Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference in May 2010 and the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND). This seminar addresses three key themes in the relationship between national security and non-proliferation: the state of international non-proliferation regimes, Australia’s non-proliferation commitments, and consequent regional security issues. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2011-10-24T05:13:31+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/nation_religion_king_ep3/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/nation_religion_king_ep3/#When:02:48:06Z Three of the pillars of Thai society are in the spotlight in this new vodcast series titled ชาติ ศาสนา พระมหากษัตริย์: Nation, Religion, King. This is episode three of three.The third and final episode focuses on Phramahakasat - King. The panel - Dr Tyrell Haberkorn, Dr Pavin Chachavalpongpun, Dr Patrick Jory and Professor Charnvit Kasetsiri - discuss the role of the monarchy in Thai life and the lese majeste law.This three part series brings together some of the world's leading experts on Thailand. The series is presented by ANU Southeast Asia specialist Dr Nicholas Farrelly from the College of Asia and the Pacific, and is produced in cooperation with the annual Thailand Update and the National Thai Studies Centre. Philosophy & Religion, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2011-10-13T02:48:06+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/nation_religion_king_ep2/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/nation_religion_king_ep2/#When:00:47:17Z Three of the pillars of Thai society are under the spotlight in a new vodcast and podcast series titled ‘Chat, Sasana, Phramahakasat: Nation, Religion, King’. This three part series brings together some of the world’s leading experts on Thailand. The series is presented by ANU Southeast Asia specialist Dr Nicholas Farrelly from the College of Asia and the Pacific, and is produced in cooperation with the annual Thailand Update and the National Thai Studies Centre. Economics, Humanities, Philosophy & Religion, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2011-10-06T00:47:17+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/professor_brian_schmidt_nobel_prize_for_physics_press_conference/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/professor_brian_schmidt_nobel_prize_for_physics_press_conference/#When:03:50:58Z The Australian National University is celebrating the awarding of the Nobel Prize for Physics to Professor Brian Schmidt. Announced in Stockholm, Sweden overnight, the award is shared with two US scientists – Professor Adam Riess from Johns Hopkins University and Professor Saul Perlmutter from the University of California, Berkeley. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Science Communication, ANU College of Science, Physical Science 2011-10-05T03:50:58+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/nation_religion_king_ep1/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/nation_religion_king_ep1/#When:07:28:27Z Three of the pillars of Thai society are in the spotlight in this new vodcast series titled ชาติ ศาสนา พระมหากษัตริย์: Nation, Religion, King. This is episode one of three. Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2011-10-03T07:28:27+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/proud_past_bright_future_john_faulkner/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/proud_past_bright_future_john_faulkner/#When:06:26:17Z Senator John Faulkner presents the annual Archives lecture reflecting on the history of the labour movement in Australia. His talk also opens the ‘labour history and its people’ conference hosted by the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History in association with the National Centre for Biography.Senator John Faulkner has been a Senator for New South Wales since 1989 and served as a minister in the Keating and Rudd Labor governments and as Minister for Defence in the Gillard government till September last year. He was the parliamentary representative on the National Archives Advisory Council from 1996 to 2008 and was reappointed in September 2010. Senator Faulkner is an advocate for government accountability through Freedom of Information and Archives legislation and has authored publications on representative government and the history of the Australian Labor Party. Public Lecture, Humanities, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture 2011-09-20T06:26:17+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/what_is_quality_teaching_dr_john_minns/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/what_is_quality_teaching_dr_john_minns/#When:23:51:59Z Recent public debate about educational quality and standards raises questions about which teaching styles are most effective in supporting student learning. Of all forms of teaching, the lecture isthe most traditional. It also has the potential to be the most tedious experience for students. This talk makes the argument that it is still possible for the lecture to be an important part of a high-qualitylearning experience. With creativity and flexibility on the part of the lecturer, the lecture can be stimulating and rewarding. But for this to happen we have to adjust to the different ways that students,especially young students, find and absorb knowledge compared to those from the past. So what exactly is a quality lecture? Public Lecture, Education 2011-09-07T23:51:59+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_9th_hw_arndt_memorial_lecture_globalisation_and_its_discontents_an_indo/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_9th_hw_arndt_memorial_lecture_globalisation_and_its_discontents_an_indo/#When:06:26:37Z These are good times for Indonesia. Commodity prices are high, the economy is buoyant,  and the 2008-09 global financial crisis had little impact. The economic and democratic  reforms instituted in the wake of the Asian financial crisis have been bedded down  successfully. The country is increasingly important on the regional and global stage,  through ASEAN, the G20 and many other fora. Yet the skeptics in the country’s influential  political, business and NGO communities towards an open, liberal international economic  order are as vocal and vociferous as ever. This Lecture, by the country’s Minister of Trade  and one of its pre-eminent authorities on the subject, canvasses these and related issues. Public Lecture, Economics, International Business, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Business and Economics, Business and Economics 2011-09-06T06:26:37+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/child_soldiers_and_child_protection_in_african_conflicts/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/child_soldiers_and_child_protection_in_african_conflicts/#When:05:25:15Z The global number of child soldiers has grown significantly in the course of the last two decades, despite a series of protocols designed to curb their numbers. Used by both governments and rebel groups, child soldiers epitomize many of the problems associated with states at risk: intergenerational violence, poverty and the failure of efforts to instill the rule of law. Explanations for the sustained number of child soldiers have proliferated amongst both members of the scholarly and humanitarian community. But these arguments have often not relied on good data, nor have the policy implications derived from available evidence been analyzed in great depth. Using extensive data drawn from nineteen African conflicts, I will present and evaluate contrasting arguments about the causes of child soldiering Public Lecture, Humanities, International Law, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2011-08-24T05:25:15+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/number_theory_and_the_circle_packings_of_apollonius/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/number_theory_and_the_circle_packings_of_apollonius/#When:06:11:26Z Like many problems in number theory, the questions that arise from packing the plane with mutually tangent circles are easy to formulate but difficult to answer. Professor Sarnak will explain the fundamental features of such packings and how modern tools from number theory, algebra and combinatorics are being used to answer some of these old questions. Public Lecture, Mathematical Sciences, ANU College of Science 2011-08-23T06:11:26+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/vienna_in_canberra_concert_and_book_reading/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/vienna_in_canberra_concert_and_book_reading/#When:05:19:01Z International tenor and Chief Cantor of the Vienna Jewish Community, Shmuel Barzilai will be performing works by M. Machtenberg, A. Elstein, S. Secunda , S. Zim, Pollack/Yellen, S. Malavsky, M. Yardeni, L. Low and B.Z. Shenker in two parts. On the night, James Huntingford will accompany Cantor Barzilai on piano.Tim Bonyhady will discuss his new book Good Living Street: The Fortunes of my Viennese Family – an enthralling story of three generations of women, spanning a century of upheaval, which saw his family go from high society in fin-de-siècle Vienna to a small flat in Sydney; from patrons of Gustav Klimt and Josef Hoffmann to refugees from the Holocaust. Concert, Public Lecture 2011-08-23T05:19:01+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/how_much_is_enough_making_decisions_that_help_us_to_thrive/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/how_much_is_enough_making_decisions_that_help_us_to_thrive/#When:06:47:12Z Why do happy people make better investors and better entrepreneurs? Why do most investors achieve less than half the returns they should? Why are lottery winners no happier than the rest of us? What makes mature women better investors than young men? How do we develop emotional resilience and financial responsibility in our children? And how can we have more money and more happiness?We are what we think. But what causes us to think in the way that we do? And why does this lead us to make choices that do not make us either happy or wealthy? Public Lecture, Economics, Humanities, Society & Culture, ANU College of Business and Economics, Business and Economics 2011-08-18T06:47:12+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/five_months_after_311_japans_triple_disaster_and_the_challenges_of_japanese/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/five_months_after_311_japans_triple_disaster_and_the_challenges_of_japanese/#When:06:35:34Z On 11 March, Japan was hit by unprecedented triple disasters, a massive earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0, 30-meter-high tsunami and the explosion of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. Damages have been tremendous. As of 26 July, 20,444 people are confirmed dead or missing, and more than 100,000 people are still in evacuation. It seems Japan cannot return to the days before 11 March in many senses. What impact have the triple disasters had on the Japanese society, and how has the Japanese civil society dealt with the challenges it has faced? What lessons can be learnt from these disasters? This lecture will explore these questions from the perspectives of the Association for Aid and Relief (AAR) and Japan Platform, two of the best-known humanitarian NGOs in Japan which have been actively involved in the disaster relief. Public Lecture, Humanities, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2011-08-18T06:35:34+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/predators_reapers_and_post_heroic_war_professor_christian_enemark/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/predators_reapers_and_post_heroic_war_professor_christian_enemark/#When:03:58:10Z Are air strikes using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or ‘drones’) changing the character of war? The United States has recently carried out drone strikes against targets inside Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Libya. The use of hunter-killer drones like the Predator and the Reaper is a means of engaging distant foes in a post-heroic, risk-free manner. As such, this mode of killing challenges traditional notions of what it means to be a combatant and the status of war as something morally distinguishable from other forms of violence. Arguably, the peculiar characteristic of war is that it is a potentially lethal contest in which one combatant using force against another does so in a relationship of mutual self-defence. Unlike the pilots of in-theatre aircraft, ground-based drone operators on the other side of the world experience no physical danger and are thus not required to exercise courage when using lethal force. Although the military profession is supposedly one whose defining and much-admired characteristic is risk-taking, drone operators manifest paradoxically as disembodied warriors. Is this an aberration or a transformation in military affairs? Public Lecture, Humanities, International Law, Society & Culture, Statistics, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2011-08-15T03:58:10+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/surf_turf_and_curf_a_sustainable_regional_future/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/surf_turf_and_curf_a_sustainable_regional_future/#When:01:47:24Z A new national urban policy, climate change, regional development and sustainable population statements dominated the 2011 federal budget. All will have an impact on the future shape and design of our cities and regions. On the ground, managing urban growth in the context of sustainability and climate change is also requiring more innovative responses that transcend traditional boundaries. This talk will explore how these national policies intersect and to what extent they facilitate regional and local action for more sustainable solutions. A particular focus will be on innovative regional responses in managing urban growth including planning for climate change. The talk will then discuss what the implications are for the Canberra region from Kosciusko to the coast and the key planning challenges in implementing a low carbon and resilient urban future. To conclude there will be a discussion of CURF, a collaborative response by UC and ANU for a more sustainable regional future. Public Lecture, Environment, University 2011-08-08T01:47:24+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/coordinating_public_private_sector_efforts_to_improve_healthcare_quality_pe/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/coordinating_public_private_sector_efforts_to_improve_healthcare_quality_pe/#When:01:12:46Z Improvements in healthcare quality, safety and efficiency require the coordinated involvement and contributions of diverse stakeholder groups, including government agencies, NGOs, professional associations and communities, healthcare delivery organisations and others. Each of these groups has its own constituencies, goals and constraints, and reconciling these to achieve optimal coordination is challenging. Dr Brian Mittman will introduce key challenges encountered by the US Department of Veterans Affairs and other large reform-oriented delivery systems in the US, and will discuss strategies employed to successfully overcome selected challenges as well as barriers still to be addressed. Public Lecture, Medical & Health Science, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Medicine and Life Science 2011-08-08T01:12:46+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/tales_of_stars_and_stellar_systems_helmut_jerjen/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/tales_of_stars_and_stellar_systems_helmut_jerjen/#When:01:52:39Z Mt Stromlo Centenary Celebrations - Tales Of Stars and Stellar SystemsAstronomy has arguably the single largest impact on the development of science, human society and culture over the past 10,000 years. On our journey through space and time we will explore the glorious life of our sun, learn how astrophysical knowledge acquired 100 years ago can help to solve the energy crisis on Earth today, and find out why we should rightfully call ourselves the children of the stars. The discovery of exoplanets is a regular topic in the international news. I will explain how astronomers measure the faint signal from these distant island worlds, show where our place in the Milky Way is, and disclose how the Universe grew a million times bigger on the night of October 6, 1923. Public Lecture, Astronomy & Astrophysics, ANU College of Science, Physical Science 2011-08-01T01:52:39+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/homo_prometheus_discovery_of_fire_by_prehistoric_humans_to_climate_change/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/homo_prometheus_discovery_of_fire_by_prehistoric_humans_to_climate_change/#When:05:13:54Z Homo is the only genus to have mastered fire—becoming its blueprint in terms of its effect on nature, physical, mental and imaginative powers, myths and legends, cultural evolution, agriculture and the rise of civilization. Burning and cultivation since about 6000 years ago are marked by a rise in CO2 and methane, culminating with the burning of fossil biospheres hundreds of millions of years old, with critical effects on the composition of the atmosphere-ocean-cryosphere system. The significance of this unique development in the history of nature is explored, among other in terms of little understood biological principles and of entropy. Public Lecture, History & Archeology, ANU College of Science 2011-07-29T05:13:54+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/china_in_the_world_professor_geremie_r_barme/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/china_in_the_world_professor_geremie_r_barme/#When:06:48:10Z Professor Geremie Barme gives the Inaugural CIW Annual Lecture, Australia and China in the World: whose literacy? This video was recorded at The Australian National University on 15 July 2011.This lecture seeks to address anxieties over 'China Literacy' in an age of Chinese economic ebullience, historical revival and national aspiration. In doing so it recalls some of the concerns of founding figures of Chinese Studies at The Australian National University, while advancing ideas related to the Australian Centre on China in the World, which was established in 2010. Public Lecture, Humanities, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2011-07-25T06:48:10+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/professor_stephen_koslow_translational_research_and_personalised_medicine/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/professor_stephen_koslow_translational_research_and_personalised_medicine/#When:05:50:25Z Professor Stephen Koslow - Translational research and personalised medicine A formula for Success for psychiatry and mentally ill patients Medicine and Life Science 2011-07-15T05:50:25+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/malcolm_horne_plasma_alpha_synuclein_as_risk_marker_for_parkinsons/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/malcolm_horne_plasma_alpha_synuclein_as_risk_marker_for_parkinsons/#When:05:46:41Z Professor Malcolm Horne - Plasma alpha synuclein as risk marker for Parkinson's disease Symposium, Medical & Health Science, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Medicine and Life Science 2011-07-15T05:46:41+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/colim_masters_biomarkers_inform_therapeutic_strategies_in_neuropsychiatry/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/colim_masters_biomarkers_inform_therapeutic_strategies_in_neuropsychiatry/#When:05:42:48Z Professor Colim Masters - Biomarkers inform therapeutic strategies in neuropsychiatric disease Symposium, Medical & Health Science, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Medicine and Life Science 2011-07-15T05:42:48+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/professor_ian_everall_gene_expression_in_schizophrenia/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/professor_ian_everall_gene_expression_in_schizophrenia/#When:05:37:46Z Professor Ian Everall - Gene expression in schizophrenia: Mechanism and biomarkers Symposium, Medical & Health Science, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Medicine and Life Science 2011-07-15T05:37:46+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/1st_national_symposium_on_translational_psychiatry_keynote_address/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/1st_national_symposium_on_translational_psychiatry_keynote_address/#When:05:34:41Z 1st National Symposium on Translational Psychiatry - Keynote Address A sneak peak at the future of psychiatry Symposium, Medical & Health Science, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Medicine and Life Science 2011-07-15T05:34:41+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/professor_ian_hickie_predictors_of_illness_progression_in_young/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/professor_ian_hickie_predictors_of_illness_progression_in_young/#When:05:30:31Z Professor Ian Hickie - Neuropsychological and circadian predictors of illness progression in young people with mood disorders  Symposium, Medical & Health Science, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Medicine and Life Science 2011-07-15T05:30:31+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/philip_mitchell_a_high_risk_study_of_offspring_of_patients_with_bipolar/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/philip_mitchell_a_high_risk_study_of_offspring_of_patients_with_bipolar/#When:05:25:44Z 1st National Symposium on Translational Psychiatry Professor Philip Mitchell - A high risk longitudinal study of offspring of patients with bipolar disorder Symposium, Medical & Health Science, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Medicine and Life Science 2011-07-15T05:25:44+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/symposium_on_translational_psychiatry_round_table_panel_discussion/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/symposium_on_translational_psychiatry_round_table_panel_discussion/#When:05:18:21Z 1st National Symposium on Translational Psychiatry - Round table discussion The future of scienctific publishing: When to go to new venues, When to stick to traditioanl journals. Chaired by Julio Licinio, Professor Gin Mahli and Professor Bernhard Baune. Symposium, Medical & Health Science, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Medicine and Life Science 2011-07-15T05:18:21+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/perminder_sachdev_new_research_criteria_for_vascular_cognitive_disorders/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/perminder_sachdev_new_research_criteria_for_vascular_cognitive_disorders/#When:05:14:05Z New research criteria for vascular cognitive disorders: Toward a VASCOG consensus Symposium, Medical & Health Science, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Medicine and Life Science 2011-07-15T05:14:05+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/michael_berk_early_intervention_neuroprogression_and_neuroprotection/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/michael_berk_early_intervention_neuroprogression_and_neuroprotection/#When:05:09:03Z Early in tervention neuroprogression and neuroprotection: Pathways to progressive brain changes and novel therapeutic targets. Symposium, Medical & Health Science, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Medicine and Life Science 2011-07-15T05:09:03+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/helen_christensen_from_population_trials_to_public_health_practice/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/helen_christensen_from_population_trials_to_public_health_practice/#When:05:04:09Z From population trials to public health practice: An example of a Global Health Service Symposium, Medical & Health Science, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Medicine and Life Science 2011-07-15T05:04:09+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/1st_national_symposium_on_translational_psychiatry_welcome_and_overview/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/1st_national_symposium_on_translational_psychiatry_welcome_and_overview/#When:04:58:56Z Welcome and overview, 1st National Symposium on Translational Psychiatry Symposium, Medical & Health Science, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Medicine and Life Science 2011-07-15T04:58:56+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/creating_the_conditions_for_radical_public_service_innovation_david_albury/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/creating_the_conditions_for_radical_public_service_innovation_david_albury/#When:07:13:27Z Public services are facing an unprecedented combination of challenges and opportunities: demographic, technological, public expectations, fiscal constraint, local and global "wicked issues". The need for radical innovation - innovation that achieves significantly better outcomes for significantly lower costs - has perhaps never been greater.This lecture will draw on international research, experience and case studies to discuss the policy, system and organisational dynamics and relationships necessary to foster innovation and stimulate diffusion of ‘proven’ innovations.Among the questions to be explored will be: What are the required leadership characteristics? In what ways can funding regimes be developed to reward the adoption of innovation? How should users and the public be engaged in the processes of innovation? What regulatory frameworks hinder or enable innovation? Public Lecture, Economics, International Business, ANU College of Business and Economics, Business and Economics 2011-07-07T07:13:27+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/rescuing_the_united_states_from_fiscal_crisis/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/rescuing_the_united_states_from_fiscal_crisis/#When:02:13:51Z The US owes $14.4 trillion or $129,000 per taxpayer in debt, and every year into the future will add another $1.3 trillion in debt from budget deficits. The very viability of the nation is not only at risk, but other economies around the world are in jeopardy.In his only public speaking engagement in Canberra, Professor Steve Redburn, one of the leading experts in the US on the fiscal crisis, asks, What options can the US pursue to return itself to fiscal solvency? How much “pain” is expected versus the “gain” realized from various options? and, what are the politics of the current standoff in the US in Congress and Obama Administration in resolving the issues? Public Lecture, Economics, ANU College of Business and Economics, Business and Economics 2011-06-27T02:13:51+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/nasa_revealing_the_unknown/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/nasa_revealing_the_unknown/#When:06:19:03Z NASA’s vision is to reach for new heights and reveal the unknown so that what it doesand what it learns will benefit all humankind.What is NASA’s vision for space communication in the 21st Century?As we explore more of the unknown, how do we manage the vast volumes of data that new flight projects produce in the quest to explore our own solar system, and the systems beyond that?What is NASA’s vision for robotic space exploration?It’s a year of launches in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at NASA: a major Earth satellite, Aquarius; a mission to Jupiter, Juno; twin spacecraft called GRAIL that will study the gravity of Earth’s moon; NASA’s next-generation rover, Mars Science Laboratory; and the Dawn spacecraft will go into orbit around the protoplanet Vesta this summer.  Public Lecture, Engineering, ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology 2011-06-24T06:19:03+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/meet_the_author_series_2011_an_eye_for_eternity_the_life_of_manning_clark/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/meet_the_author_series_2011_an_eye_for_eternity_the_life_of_manning_clark/#When:23:03:39Z Canberra Times ANU Literary Event, Meet the Author Series 2011 in association with Manning Clark House, Canberra present: Professor Manning Clark (1915-1991), one of ANU’s cultural giants, was a complex, demanding and brilliant man. Professor Mark McKenna’s compelling new biography is informed by his reading of Clark’s extensive private letters, journals and diaries—many that had never been read before. An Eye for Eternity paints a sweeping portrait of the man who gave Australians the signature account of their own history. It tells of his friendships with Patrick White and Sidney Nolan. It details an urgent and dynamic marriage, ripped apart at times by Clark’s constant need for extramarital romantic love. A son who wrote letters to his dead parents. A historian who placed narrative ahead of facts. A doubter who flirted with Catholicism. A controversial public figure who marked slights and criticisms with deeply held grudges. To understand Clark’s life is to understand twentieth century Australia. And it raises fundamental questions about the craft of biography. Public Lecture, History & Archeology, Humanities, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2011-06-02T23:03:39+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/an_hour_with_rick_gekoski/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/an_hour_with_rick_gekoski/#When:23:49:03Z Dr Gekoski, one of the most entertaining speakers in the book world, discusses the Man Booker International Prize, the future of the book and his life and times in antiquarian book selling.   Public Lecture, Humanities, Language & Linguistics, Librarianship & Curatorship, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2011-05-30T23:49:03+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/space_science_and_climate_change/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/space_science_and_climate_change/#When:03:59:06Z As part of Mt Stromlo’s centenary celebrations for 2011, this lecture series provides an opportunity to hear from experts in space science technology. In order to understand fully the causes of climate change we must understand the complex interactions that control our environment on a global scale. Space assets provide the most effective way of studying the conditions, composition and changes of our atmosphere/biosphere on a planet-wide scale. This talk will first explore what is 'known' about climate change and then explain how space technology can deliver the precision and coverage that will be necessary to give confidence to our model-based predictions of the future. Climate mitigation strategies begin with understanding. Space technology can provide that knowledge. Public Lecture, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Earth & Marine Sciences, Environment, Physics, ANU College of Physical Sciences, Physical Science 2011-05-20T03:59:06+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_arab_spring_implications_for_australias_national_security/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_arab_spring_implications_for_australias_national_security/#When:03:49:10Z Recent months have seen the people of the Arab world from Yemen to Egypt, and most recently in Libya, seeking to shake off decades of repression and political dictatorships to embrace rapid transformation. From the less violent transitions which have occurred in Jordan and Bahrain, to the brutal civil war prevailing in Libya, the international community has become involved in the moves toward security as well as individual and collective rights for the Arab people. This National Security College public seminar brings together leading experts on the region to discuss the events, key drivers of change, the military action, the Responsibility to Protect, and energy politics. The panel will also consider the national security implications for Australia. Public Lecture, History & Archeology, Humanities, Journalism, News & Media, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2011-05-20T03:49:10+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/2011_allan_martin_lecture_slavery_at_thomas_jeffersons_monticello/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/2011_allan_martin_lecture_slavery_at_thomas_jeffersons_monticello/#When:05:58:11Z Thomas Jefferson enslaved over 700 people over the course of his adult life.  Most lived and worked at his famous home, Monticello.  This paper examines Jefferson's complicated relationship to slavery - what he wrote about it and how he lived it at the plantation that occupies an iconic place in the American imagination. Public Lecture, History & Archeology, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2011-05-18T05:58:11+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/michael_kirby_paradoxes_and_principles/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/michael_kirby_paradoxes_and_principles/#When:01:46:09Z 'Michael Kirby Paradoxes and Principles' is the first biography of the honourable Michael Kirby AC CMG; written by one of Australia's leading public law and polictical science acholars, AJ Brown. Public Lecture, Humanities, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, ANU College of Law, Law 2011-05-02T01:46:09+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/diffusion_spread_sustainability_of_proven_innovations_in_health_care_pt2/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/diffusion_spread_sustainability_of_proven_innovations_in_health_care_pt2/#When:23:25:14Z In this masterclass Professor Jonathan Lomas draws on his extensive work in the field to examine the diffusion, spread and sustainability of proven innovations in health care. Professor Lomas’ masterclass is based on the concept of an innovation adoption chain involving the three interlinked stages of production/evaluation, dissemination and final adoption of innovations. The ideas within the class are drawn from the principles of effective knowledge translation and exchange. The focus is on both individual and organisational issues in creating a more receptive context for innovation through changed structures, processes and cultures.   Public Lecture, Medical & Health Science, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Medicine and Life Science 2011-04-18T23:25:14+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/diffusion_spread_sustainability_of_proven_innovations_in_health_care_pt1/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/diffusion_spread_sustainability_of_proven_innovations_in_health_care_pt1/#When:23:20:24Z In this masterclass Professor Jonathan Lomas draws on his extensive work in the field to examine the diffusion, spread and sustainability of proven innovations in health care. Professor Lomas’ masterclass is based on the concept of an innovation adoption chain involving the three interlinked stages of production/evaluation, dissemination and final adoption of innovations. The ideas within the class are drawn from the principles of effective knowledge translation and exchange. The focus is on both individual and organisational issues in creating a more receptive context for innovation through changed structures, processes and cultures.   Public Lecture, Medical & Health Science, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Medicine and Life Science 2011-04-18T23:20:24+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/information_for_prospective_applicants_to_cre/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/information_for_prospective_applicants_to_cre/#When:02:07:13Z The Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute (APHCRI) at The Australian National University (ANU) has opened the second round of funding to establish up to seven additional Centres of Research Excellence (CREs) in Primary Health Care. This information session for prospective applicants was presented at the ANU on 21 March 2011. Public Lecture, Medical & Health Science, The University, Training & Development, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Medicine and Life Science 2011-04-18T02:07:13+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/betty_churcher_notebooks_public_lecture/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/betty_churcher_notebooks_public_lecture/#When:05:36:19Z Join Betty Churcher on a personal tour of her most beloved works, including masterpieces by Rembrandt, Goya, Manet, Velázquez, Courbet, Vermeer and Cézanne. Public Lecture, Creative Arts, Humanities, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2011-04-15T05:36:19+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/asia_pacific_report_on_rural_poverty/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/asia_pacific_report_on_rural_poverty/#When:06:33:35Z The President of The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) - Dr Kanayo F Nwanze will present key messages from IFAD's 'Asia-Pacific Report on Rural Poverty'. Public Lecture 2011-04-11T06:33:35+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/professor_sir_michael_marmot_in_conversation_with_anu_academics/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/professor_sir_michael_marmot_in_conversation_with_anu_academics/#When:03:33:13Z Three internationally renowned speakers discuss how environmental, political, economic and cultural characteristics of societies shape conditions in which people live, work and age.Inequities in these factors play a major role in producing health inequities in Australia, across the Asia Pacific region and globally. If set up well, economic development, trade, working conditions, urbanisation and health care for example could simultaneously improve development, social inclusion and health, but if done badly these factors can all increase health inequities. Public Lecture 2011-04-05T03:33:13+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/money_and_health_the_tie_and_what_policy_can_do_to_untie_them_barbara_wolfe/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/money_and_health_the_tie_and_what_policy_can_do_to_untie_them_barbara_wolfe/#When:22:42:18Z In this lecture, Professor Wolfe will examine the relationship between income and health in the US and in Australia. In both nations, negative health behaviours are concentrated among the less educated and low income earners. Data from both nations show a clear income gradient of health posing the question of whether more income is tied to better health or is better health tied to more income. Professor Wolfe will then offer her views on the some possible interventions to address the problem and will explore the implications of the US Medicaid legislation for the health of the poor and the near poor. Professor Wolfe has published widely in the economics of health as well as poverty and social policy. She is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), has served on numerous panels and boards for the IOM and is currently serving as a member of a committee studying how to improve access to oral health care. Current projects include work on better measurement of the income gradient of health, work with psychologists on trying to understand how poverty influences the brain, a project on understanding infant mortality disparities and a project on the influence of growing up with a sibling who has a disability on one‘s own human capital.   Economics, Medical & Health Science, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Business and Economics 2011-02-23T22:42:18+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/nato_in_a_globalised_world/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/nato_in_a_globalised_world/#When:01:02:28Z NATO was formed in April 1949 in response to the rapidly emerging Soviet threat to the nations of Western Europe and North America. Its founding treaty declared that an attack against one of its member states would be considered an attack against them all.Sixty two years later, the threats facing NATO's members have changed considerably. Direct attack by an outside state seems unlikely and instead the alliance currently confronts a diverse array of challenges, ranging from terrorism and nuclear proliferation to piracy, cyber attacks, and the disruption of energy supplies. It maintains a training mission in Iraq, a peacekeeping force in Kosovo, and leads the complex international effort in Afghanistan.Some argue that the end of the Cold War left NATO without a role and it has spent the past decade trying, unsuccessfully, to find a new one. Others advocate that NATO is critical to the maintenance of global peace and security in the 21st century.In his only public lecture in Australia, NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero will address the current and future role of NATO in a globalised world. Public Lecture, International Law, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2011-02-08T01:02:28+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/burma_votes_2010_episode/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/burma_votes_2010_episode/#When:00:55:06Z Amnesty International Southeast Asia researcher Benjamin Zawacki and Dr Aung Si - the grandson of former Prime Minister of the Union of Burma U Nu - are the guests in the fourth and final Burma votes 2010 vodcast from The Australian National University.Dr Aung Si, grandson of former Prime Minister U Nu, discusses his experience of campaigning with his parents who were candidates in the 2010 election. Later, Benjamin Zawacki discusses the human rights situation in Burma.Burma votes 2010 is a series of vod and podcasts from The Australian National University's College of Asia and the Pacific. It is presented by ANU researcher Nicholas Farrelly.For more on Burma and Southeast Asia politics: asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala Workshop, Demography, Humanities, International Law, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2010-12-03T00:55:06+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/attitudes_toward_health_and_ageing_part_2/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/attitudes_toward_health_and_ageing_part_2/#When:23:27:49Z The Menzies Centre for Health Policy, together with The Nous Group, has recently completed a survey of 1,200 Australians to gain insight into their attitudes towards the health and aged care system, including: *How satisfied are Australians with the system? *Do Australians support reforms? *What is the impact of financial stress? This seminar gives an overview of the initial findings of this survey. The results focused on accessibility, affordability and satisfaction. Seminar, Demography, Medical & Health Science, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment 2010-11-28T23:27:49+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/attitudes_toward_health_and_ageing_part_1/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/attitudes_toward_health_and_ageing_part_1/#When:22:55:22Z The Menzies Centre for Health Policy, together with The Nous Group, has recently completed a survey of 1,200 Australians to gain insight into their attitudes towards the health and aged care system, including: *How satisfied are Australians with the system? *Do Australians support reforms? *What is the impact of financial stress? This seminar gives an overview of the initial findings of this survey. The results focused on accessibility, affordability and satisfaction.   Seminar, News & Media, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment 2010-11-28T22:55:22+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/burma_votes_2010_episode_3/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/burma_votes_2010_episode_3/#When:22:20:09Z Former Australian Ambassador to Burma Trevor Wilson is the guest while Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim gives his reaction to the release of Aung San Suu Kyi in the third Burma votes 2010 vodcast from The Australian National University.Trevor Wilson, now a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Political and Social Change in the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, was in Burma as the polls were taking place. He discusses the atmosphere in the country, the reaction to the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and international pressure on the Burmese generals.The episode also includes an interview with Malaysian opposition leader Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim recorded at The Australian National University. He gives his reaction to the release.Burma votes 2010 is a series of vod and podcasts from the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific. It is presented by researcher Nicholas Farrelly Seminar, Humanities, International Law, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2010-11-21T22:20:09+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/art_that_is_not_language_anthony_forge_and_kamasan_painting/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/art_that_is_not_language_anthony_forge_and_kamasan_painting/#When:04:51:51Z This lecture discusses the work of Professor Anthony Forge in the field of Balinese Kamasan painting. Anthony Forge argued that art has a visual quality, summed up by a quoted line from dancer Isadore Duncan who said ‘If I could tell you what it meant, there would be no point in dancing it'. His interest in art as non-verbal communication led him to Bali and Kamasan Painting. His work in Bali allowed him to explore the ways in which his Balinese collaborators experienced the world, and to develop new aspects of the understanding of the social meaning of art. By exploring these problems of meaning and communication in Balinese art, this lecture examines the relationship between Anthropology and Art History, with a particular focus on the responses of contemporary Kamasan artists to Forge's fieldwork project. Creative Arts, History & Archeology, Humanities, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2010-11-18T04:51:51+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_case_against_health_insurance/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_case_against_health_insurance/#When:00:45:31Z Insurance has been a dominant concept in health care in the industrialized world since the late 19th century, originating in the Bismarckian welfare state. Today, insurance is a method for organizing and financing health care; more importantly it is a metaphor that heavily influences how we conceive of health and health care and the behaviours of those who govern, manage, and deliver care. This presentation argues that many of the cost, distributional, and performance problems common to all contemporary health care systems are attributable to an over-reliance on insurance concepts and principles . It contrasts an insurance conceptual foundation with as public good, public service formulation and suggest that moving away from the insurance metaphor will enhance the prospects for more needs-based resource allocation, reduced health disparities, and improved system performance. Public Lecture, Biological Sciences, Economics, The University, ANU College of Business and Economics, ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, University 2010-11-16T00:45:31+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/burma_votes_2010_episode_2/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/burma_votes_2010_episode_2/#When:22:12:25Z 'Burma votes 2010' presenter Nicholas Farrelly gives a special post-poll update to the vod and podcast series. This episode was recorded on 9 November 2010 and in the second in the series. 'Burma votes 2010' brings together experts to discuss and analyse the poll and the political landscape ahead of and after the election day. If you have questions or comments for the team you can leave them here or join in the conversation at asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala Seminar, Humanities, International Law, Language & Linguistics, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, The University, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2010-11-09T22:12:25+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/burma_votes_2010_episode_1/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/burma_votes_2010_episode_1/#When:01:37:34Z Des Ball and Morten Pedersen are the guests in the first ‘Burma votes 2010' vodcast.  This video was recorded on 2 November 2010 and is hosted by Nicholas Farrelly. It is the first in a series about the 2010 elections in Burma. ‘Burma votes 2010' brings together experts to discuss and analyse the poll and the political landscape ahead of and after the election day. If you have questions or comments for the team you can leave them here or join in the conversation at asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala Seminar, Humanities, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, The University, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, University 2010-11-03T01:37:34+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/too_much_to_do_too_little_of_you_alumni_and_friends_life_skills_seminar/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/too_much_to_do_too_little_of_you_alumni_and_friends_life_skills_seminar/#When:01:42:19Z A group of almost fifty ANU Alumni and Friends attended the inaugural Open Day Life Skills Seminar on Saturday 28 August, presented by Carole Brown, Manager of Staff Career Development at ANU and National President and Fellow of the Career Development Association of Australia.  In her seminar Too Much to Do, Too Little of You Carole spoke about many of the challenges we face today in managing our busy lives, and the often conflicting commitments we have.  Her topic resonated clearly with those present. Many generously contributed to the discussion by raising questions, providing comment and sharing challenging experiences on a number of issues, particularly around the importance of developing stress management strategies to help us with the many, and often conflicting, life commitments we face.   Seminar, Academic Skills & Learning Centre, Student Life, The University, Training & Development, University 2010-10-13T01:42:19+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/afgahnistan_on_the_brink/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/afgahnistan_on_the_brink/#When:00:49:19Z Professor Amin Saikal AM fom the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies ANU gives a public lecture on 'Afghanistan on the brink'. Afghanistan is in a state of crisis. The same applies to the current US-led population-centric counter-insurgency strategy in dealing with this crisis. Based on the available evidence, the situation continues to favour the Taliban and their supporters, most importantly Pakistan, or more specifically its powerful military intelligence agency, the Intra-Services Intelligence Agency (ISI). The US is now locked in what is shaping up as a quagmire, with an Afghan syndrome in the making parallel to the Vietnam War. Public Lecture, Demography, History & Archeology, Humanities, Language & Linguistics, Society & Culture, The University, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences 2010-10-13T00:49:19+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/lions_oratory_competition_2010/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/lions_oratory_competition_2010/#When:00:40:33Z In this year's Sixteenth Annual Lions Oratory Competition, student representatives from the ANU Colleges competed for the perpetual Oratory Trophy and prizes totaling $3,000 in cash. The objective of the competition is to give an opportunity to students to master and excel in the art of oratory by reading widely on subjects dealing with human values.To create interest in the study of the lives of great women and men who, often at enormous personal sacrifice, realise outstanding achievements which generations to come will emulate. These are people, including saints and sages from the whole world, who through their outstanding contributions enhanced the quality of life of all humanity. To cultivate in students the need for the great human values of truth, righteousness, peace, love and non-violence - the core of all major religions. Podcast timings: 00:00:00          Welcome by master of ceremonies Jennifer Zhu, Winner of the 2009 Lions Oratory Contest00:10:20          Introduction of Rebecca Jane, ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences00:11:02          Search for new truthfulness- a vindication of the postmodern mind, Rebecca Jane  00:19:45          Introduction of Jasper Lok, ANU College of Business and Economics00:20:35          Love, the important element of our life, Jasper Lok  00:28:26          Introduction of Halek Samsudin, ANU College of Engineering & Computer Science00:29:21          The bitter taste of truth, Halek Samsudin00:37:39          Introduction of Leif Eldridge-Smith, ANU College of Law00:38:50          Should you be loved?  Leif Eldridge-Smith00:47:25          Introduction of Khunkhao Khaejornbut, ANU College of Medicine, Biology & Environment00:48:45          With firm fists and a fiery heart, Khunkhao Khaejornbut00:57:34          Introduction of Courtney Landers, ANU College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences00:58:43          Why we're afraid of the 'L' word (and why your little sister isn't), Courtney Landers01:06: 57         Conclusion by Jennifer Zhu Public Lecture, Student Life, The University, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU College of Business and Economics, ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science, ANU College of Law, ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU College of Physical Sciences, University 2010-10-13T00:40:33+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/abandon_the_alliance/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/abandon_the_alliance/#When:01:55:22Z Professor Hugh White's recent Quarterly Essay, Power Shift: Australia's future between Washington and Beijing looks at Australia's strategic choices in the Asian Century. In this lecture professor white explores the implications for Australia's US alliance. He argues that we can all see how China's rise will transform Australia's economy, but we find it harder to recognize the implications for Australia's political and strategic future. We take for granted the protection that America provides, and the role it plays in keeping Asia stable. But as China's power grows, Asia is being transformed, and America's role in Asia will have to change too. As that happens, the benefits to Australia of our alliance with the US will also change, and the costs and risks of the alliance will change too. The old cost/benefit analysis which has underpinned our support for the alliance will need to be recalculated, and some of the answers might be surprising. Public Lecture, Economics, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, The University, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU College of Business and Economics 2010-09-23T01:55:22+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/smiths_in_stasiland_archival_reminders_of_an_uncomfortable_australian_past/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/smiths_in_stasiland_archival_reminders_of_an_uncomfortable_australian_past/#When:06:34:17Z Dr Peter Stanley is currently researching Australia's Great War through the experience of people with the family name Smith, and German-Australians called Schmidt. Through diaries, letters, memoirs, family histories and official records, a different history of the Great War emerges that contrasts to the interpretation usually offered. It is a history of an officious ‘Military Intelligence' bureaucracy which insinuated its way into many aspects of wartime life. It's also a history of paranoia and persecution reaching into every part of Australian society. In this lecture, Dr Stanley will talk about his research and what it suggests about the Australia of 1914-18 and also about our values today, as we approach the centenary of the Great War. Public Lecture, History & Archeology, Librarianship & Curatorship, Society & Culture, The University, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences 2010-09-16T06:34:17+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_future_of_thinking_in_an_information_age/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_future_of_thinking_in_an_information_age/#When:02:56:12Z Does the Internet really make us dumber, as some pundits argue? And dumber than what? This lecture talked about what it means to think through and with new information technologies, placing both these technologies and ‘thinking' in a historical context. Professor Cathy Davidson argues that many of the ways we teach, work, and evaluate attention, achievement, intelligence, and learning abilities or disabilities were developed for the industrial technologies of the early twentieth century. How can we develop new learning institutions and new forms of measurement suitable for a digital age? Public Lecture, Information, Computing & Communication Sciences, Society & Culture, The University, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences 2010-08-25T02:56:12+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/democratic_confidence_and_overconfidence/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/democratic_confidence_and_overconfidence/#When:06:12:52Z The historical record of democracies in dealing with crises and other threats is good: democracies win wars, avoid famines, recover from economic disasters and adapt to meet new challenges. This should give grounds for confidence in the ability of democracies to meet the challenges of the future, but when does confidence become overconfidence? Can this lead to a kind of complacency or fatalism? And how well equipped are democracies to tell the difference?This lecture explored the intellectual history of these questions over two centuries, from Tocqueville to the present. It examines the instability and reflexivity of democratic confidence. Confidence in democracy can shape democratic performance as much as democratic performance shapes confidence in democracy. Finally, it will look at the possible impact of these puzzles on the challenges democracies face in the present, ranging from market failures to climate change. Public Lecture, Seminar, History & Archeology, Philosophy & Religion, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences 2010-08-10T06:12:52+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/youth_mental_health_is_anybody_listening/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/youth_mental_health_is_anybody_listening/#When:03:50:41Z ANU presents a roundtable series that will contribute significantly to the health reform agenda in Australia. The fourth event in the series is ‘Youth mental health: is anybody listening?' - Australian of Year and mental health advocate Professor Patrick McGorry will be part of the expert panel. Recent media reports have indicated concerns about the adequacy of the national health reform processes in relation to mental health, especially youth mental health. What can be done to address the key challenges and the key opportunities we face in Australia over the next three years? ANU decided to conduct the National Health Reform Series of policy briefings related to the health reform reports recently released to further strengthen the linkages between research and policy. Topics will include the health workforce, access to primary health care services, governance and funding arrangements. Each event will examine options for implementing reform based on available evidence, including the findings of the Government's reviews. The emphasis will be on reforms that can be driven through the primary health care sector. Public Lecture, Humanities, Medical & Health Science, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment 2010-08-05T03:50:41+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/nato_new_strategic_concept/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/nato_new_strategic_concept/#When:00:53:10Z The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is a politico-military alliance of countries from Europe and North America. It provides a unique link between these two continents for consultation and cooperation in the field of defence and security, and the conduct of multilateral crisis management operations. In his only public lecture in Australia, NATO's senior military commander, Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola, will speak on NATO's new Strategic Concept, its relationships with allies, and operations in Afghanistan. Public Lecture, Seminar, Demography, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2010-08-05T00:53:10+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/public_goods_some_inter_temporal_considerations/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/public_goods_some_inter_temporal_considerations/#When:04:46:17Z This lecture reviews the literature on the voluntary contributions to public goods by repeatedly-interacting contributors and discusses how the economic theory of choice of sequences of actions sheds light on the outcomes of voluntarism. Professor Long will draw attention to abstract public goods, such as the stock of mutual trust in a community, and the building up of a spirit of cooperation. Game-strategic aspects of voluntary contributions are also discussed, including the role of behavioural norms, the selection of contribution strategies, and coordination problems. Applications of line of research range from foreign aid to memberships in international environmental agreements. Public Lecture, Economics, Society & Culture, The University, ANU College of Business and Economics 2010-07-30T04:46:17+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/burma_elections/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/burma_elections/#When:03:57:16Z This forum considers scenarios for and beyond Burma's anticipated 2010 elections. While the elections are part of the military regime's "7-point Road Map", many aspects of how they will play out, their prospects and limitations, remain unclear. What will be their aftermath? How will the domestic, regional and international communities respond to the post-ballot constitutional order and new government? Burma scholars from ANU, a representative from the Australian Electoral Commission, and other speakers will combine to explore and debate the possibilities. Public Lecture, Seminar, Humanities, International Law, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2010-07-27T03:57:16+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/truth_maker_semantics/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/truth_maker_semantics/#When:06:50:37Z In this lecture, Professor Kit Fine will explore the notion of truth-makers. What are truth-makers? He will argue that truth-makers are helpful for understanding how things are true but not for understanding what is in the world. Public Lecture, Humanities, Philosophy & Religion, The University, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences 2010-07-20T06:50:37+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thailand_in_crisis_episode_6/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thailand_in_crisis_episode_6/#When:04:34:02Z In the final Thailand in Crisis vodcast, ANU PhD students Nattakant Akarapongpisak, Pongphisoot Busbarat and Preedee Hongsaton join host Nicholas Farrelly for a panel discussion about Thailand's political present and future. Farrelly is also joined by regular Andrew Walker who discusses the upcoming by-election in Bangkok.Thailand in Crisis is a series of six vod and podcasts from The Australian National University's College of Asia and the Pacific. The series draws upon the university's expertise in historical and contemporary Thailand and forms a companion to the New Mandala website which can be found at http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala Seminar, Humanities, International Law, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2010-07-02T04:34:02+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/climate_change_and_the_australian_reform_agenda/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/climate_change_and_the_australian_reform_agenda/#When:04:57:07Z This lecture is the ninth annual Sir Leslie Melville Lecture presented by the Australian National University. The introduction of an emissions trading scheme in Australia constitutes a significant economic reform. Unlike other key reforms with such a broad impact across the economy, there has not been a broad consensus within the economics profession on the merits of this reform or the general approach to how it should be implemented. In part this is due to the complex and multidimensional nature of the climate change problem - it spans economic, environmental and science disciplines and requires a co-ordinated international response given the "global commons" nature of the problem. This contrasts to previous reforms where the case for action and key policy choices have been largely internal to economics as a discipline, and national implementation has provided material benefits regardless of the actions of other nations.Dr Martin Parkinson will discuss the challenge of bringing an economic perspective to this issue and reflect on the success of the economics profession's engagement with the climate change debate in Australia in recent years. Public Lecture, Environment, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, The University, ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment 2010-06-29T04:57:07+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thailand_in_crisis_episode_5/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thailand_in_crisis_episode_5/#When:00:57:27Z Professor Peter Warr discusses how economics has impacted Thailand and on perceptions of the Thai government while Professor Andrew Leigh talks about development economics in the fifth Thailand in Crisis vodcast. Host Nicholas Farrelly is also joined by regular Dr Andrew Walker to talk about financial lending to Thailand's agricultural sector. Seminar, Demography, Humanities, International Law, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2010-06-25T00:57:27+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/democracy_in_timor_leste_challenges_and_prospects/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/democracy_in_timor_leste_challenges_and_prospects/#When:03:50:47Z After two years of peace and almost a decade since independence there is hope that the days of occupation, violence, disease and starvation have passed for the young country of Timor-Leste.Dr José Ramos-Horta, President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste will give a major speech on the development of democratic institutions, culture and practice in Timor-Leste and the broader challenges for democracy. Public Lecture, Demography, Humanities, International Law, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, News & Media, Policy & Political Science, The University, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU College of Law 2010-06-24T03:50:47+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thailand_in_crisis_episode_4/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thailand_in_crisis_episode_4/#When:05:14:12Z Professor Thongchai Winichakul is the special guest for the fourth Thailand in Crisis vodcast. With host NIcholas Farrelly, he discusses the 1976 protests, his time in detention, his reaction to the recent crackdown on the Red Shirt protests and his hopes for the future of Thailand. Farrelly is also joined by Andrew Walker to discuss Thai government investment into agriculture. Thailand in Crisis is a series of six vod and podcasts from The Australian National University's College of Asia and the Pacific. They are released each Friday.The team welcome your comments and thoughts here, or you can join in the ongoing conversation at the New Mandala website: http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala Seminar, Humanities, International Law, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, The University, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2010-06-21T05:14:12+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/unravelling_the_mysteries_of_chromsomes/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/unravelling_the_mysteries_of_chromsomes/#When:07:16:51Z The DNA in our cells is tightly packed into structures called chromosomes. The role of the physical structure of chromosomes in diseases and genetics is being explored thanks to recent advances in technology that allow scientists to look at how the DNA is packaged into chromatin- the structures that form chromosomes. In this lecture Dr Grigoryev will discuss current models of chromosome organisation, several examples of cutting edge research aimed at understanding role of chromatin in cell differentiation and disease, and new techniques that will link these studies to the development of personal diagnosis and treatment of chromatin-associated disorders. Public Lecture, Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Medical & Health Science, Science Communication, ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment 2010-06-18T07:16:51+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thailand_in_crisis_episode_3/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thailand_in_crisis_episode_3/#When:05:44:01Z Dr Tyrell Haberkorn and Professor Hilary Charlesworth are the guests in the third Thailand in Crisis podcast - discussing issues of human rights and international law in the Thai context. Host Nicholas Farrelly is also joined by regular Dr Andrew Walker to talk about rural poverty in Thailand's north.Thailand in Crisis is a series of six vod and podcasts from The Australian National University's College of Asia and the Pacific. The series aims to bring together the University's expertise to shed light on the recent political upheavals in Thailand. Seminar, Humanities, International Law, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2010-06-11T05:44:01+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/rehabilitating_the_unloved_dollar_standard/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/rehabilitating_the_unloved_dollar_standard/#When:06:02:37Z The international dollar standard is an accident of history that greatly facilitates international trade and exchange. But erratic U.S. monetary and financial policies, have upset the U.S. and a world economy thus makes foreigners unhappy. Paradoxically, the asymmetrical nature of the dollar standard also makes many Americans unhappy because they cannot control their own exchange rate. Although nobody loves the dollar standard, it is a remarkably robust institution that is too valuable to lose and too difficult to replace. Rehabilitating the unloved dollar standard by "internationalising" American monetary and financial policies to better stabilise the U.S. (and world) economies is the only way out of the current impasse. Public Lecture, Economics, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU College of Business and Economics 2010-06-08T06:02:37+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thailand_in_crisis_episode_2/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thailand_in_crisis_episode_2/#When:01:29:39Z   Thailand in Crisis is a series of six vod and podcasts from The College of Asia and the Pacific at The Australian National University. They are released each Friday, beginning 28 May 2010. In the second episode of the series, host Nicholas Farrelly discusses military and security matters with Professor Des Ball from the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at ANU and Dr Marcus Mietzner from the School of Culture, History and Language.  Among the topics they discuss are who killed the rebel General, Seh Daeng, what the roll of the Tahan Phran was in the protests and why Thailand has found the transition to a peaceful democracy so much harder than Indonesia. Seminar, Humanities, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2010-06-07T01:29:39+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thailand_in_crisis_episode_1/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thailand_in_crisis_episode_1/#When:03:01:04Z Thailand in Crisis is a series of six vod and podcasts from The College of Asia and the Pacific at The Australian National University. They are released each Friday, beginning 28 May 2010. In the first episode of the series, host Nicholas Farrelly discusses the current political situation in Thailand with his fellow New Mandala co-Editor Andrew Walker. They discuss the terrorism accusations against Thaksin Shinawatra as well as inequality in Thai society. Seminar, Humanities, International Law, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2010-06-01T03:01:04+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/chinas_development_and_managing_its_environmental_responsibilities/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/chinas_development_and_managing_its_environmental_responsibilities/#When:00:54:06Z In this panel discussion, members will explore the interaction between China's economic development and it'd environmental responsibilities, from a range of social, political, environmental and economic perspectives. Seminar, Environment, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2010-05-31T00:54:06+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/observing_climate_change_effects_gravity_field/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/observing_climate_change_effects_gravity_field/#When:06:04:03Z The Earth's gravity field varies from place to place and from one day to the next. The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) is a revolutionary satellite system that allows scientists to use gravity changes to observe critical rates of ice mass loss in Antarctica and Greenland. It can also show changes in the water storage in river drainage basins such as the Murray-Darling Basin. This talk will provide an overview of these results as well as outline NASA's plans for the next such mission by 2016. This lecture looked at the GRACE missions success and future. Public Lecture, Environment, Mathematical Sciences, ANU College of Physical Sciences 2010-05-27T06:04:03+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/housing_affordability_making_ends_meet_in_the_act/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/housing_affordability_making_ends_meet_in_the_act/#When:05:55:39Z The national crisis in affordable accommodation has hit low income earners hard in Canberra. Even where new public service graduates, students, young families and the unemployed have been able to find accommodation they often can't afford the rents on offer. Demand for public housing and student accommodation in the ACT far outstrips supply.What is being done by government about rental affordability, and what can we do better? Where is new investment needed?The Federal Minister for Housing, The Hon Tanya Plibersek addressed these questions at a special lunchtime lecture and Q&A hosted by the Australian Fabians and the ANU Students' Association Public Lecture, Seminar, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, Student Life, Campus Life 2010-05-27T05:55:39+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/six_months_after_copenhagen/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/six_months_after_copenhagen/#When:05:00:26Z This symposium brought together key experts to discuss the future of Climate Change action in Australia, 6 months after the Copenhagen Climate Change summit. Symposium, Environment, Policy & Political Science, Resource Management, Society & Culture, ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment 2010-05-24T05:00:26+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/in_conversation_with_julian_burnside/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/in_conversation_with_julian_burnside/#When:01:05:46Z 'In conversation with ...' is a series of events presented by the Law Reform and Social Justice Program at the ANU College of Law, to profile people in Australia who are active in addressing issues of law reform and social justice. Public Lecture, Humanities, International Law, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Law 2010-05-24T01:05:46+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/australias_role_in_refugee_protection/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/australias_role_in_refugee_protection/#When:03:32:21Z Australia's handling of the asylum-seekers on board the Oceanic Viking and recent 'freeze' on Sri Lankan and Afghan asylum applications has sparked vigorous and ongoing debate. In her inaugural lecture as the Freilich Foundation Professor, Penelope Mathew looked at Australia's past and present policies against the backdrop of global refugee movements. She assessed these policies for compliance with accepted international human rights standards, and evaluated their capacity to deal with the problem of forced migration. Public Lecture, Humanities, International Law, Philosophy & Religion, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU College of Law 2010-05-20T03:32:21+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/against_the_odds_pathways_to_peace/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/against_the_odds_pathways_to_peace/#When:03:20:41Z States rarely disintegrate in the way that former Yugoslavia did in the 1990s. Many thought Indonesia would disintegrate in the wake of a large number of violent internal conflicts at the turn of the century. East Timor was an exception that did break away to achieve independence. Aceh followed the more historically common path of reintegration after a peace process that made substantial concessions to separatists. West Papua is another Indonesian exception in failing to achieve positive peace after half a century of intermittent conflict. The dynamics of these radically different outcomes are used in this lecture to show how they can advance our understanding of unity and autonomy in the wider context of the Peacebuilding Compared project. Public Lecture, History & Archeology, Humanities, International Law, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2010-05-20T03:20:41+10:00