Crawford School Of Public Policy
About Crawford School Of Public Policy
Crawford School at ANU is Asia and the Pacific's leading graduate public policy school.
Crawford School Of Public Policy Description
Crawford School at The Australian National University is Australia's finest public policy school, serving and influencing Australia, Asia and the Pacific through advanced policy research, graduate and executive education, and policy impact.
Crawford School combines world-class academic expertise across a range of discplinary areas relevant to public policy research, education and policy impact. Professional staff provide critical organisational support and service to deliver Crawford School's capacity in research, education and policy impact.
The School combines research, education and policy impact from disciplinary excellence in the core research areas of economics, governance, environment and development, as well as country and region specific knowledge of Asia and the Pacific, including Australia.
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Crawford School is pleased to announce that two of our researchers, Professor Renee Fry-McKibbin and Professor Peter Whiteford, have been elected as one of 36 Fellows by the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.
This annual all-star list recognises social scientists for their distinguished contributions to their fields and to society. Crawford has a significant number of Academy Fellows, including most recently Professor David Stern, Professor Jenny Corbett, Professor John Hewson AM and Professor David Stanton AM.
Online sexual abuse, #cyberbullying, and Internet addiction – policymakers in Asia and the Pacific must take action to protect their youth in the online world.
Rajnesh Singh looks at best practices for Internet policy in his article in the new issue of Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies journal.
Read it here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.10 02/app5.247
Join us for a free screening of the award-winning documentary, ‘The enforced disappearance of Sombath Somphone’. Sombath is an internationally acclaimed civil society worker, who has not been seen since his chilling abduction in 2012.
Can lessons from the past help to calm the waters around the South China Sea territorial disputes? Siniša Vuković and Riccardo Alfieri use US-Soviet naval clashes from 30 years ago as a blueprint for future conflict resolution.
Read the article in the new issue of the Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies journal.
Crawford School is excited to welcome back ANU alumnus, Professor Glyn Davis AC!
Professor Davis joins Crawford School as a professor of Politics, after 13 successful years as the Vice-Chancellor of The University of Melbourne.
Read more about him here:... https://crawford.anu.edu.au/…/anu-excit ed-welcome-professor…
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Australia has strong and competitive energy markets. Why is it so difficult to establish one for gas in Eastern Australia?
Xunpeng Shi and Quentin Grafton take a look in their new paper in the Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies journal: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.10 02/app5.244
Prevention, protection, disruption, and response – Victoria’s new counter-terrorism strategy is pointing in the right direction, writes Anthony Bergin from the National Security College.
The 2018 Australian aid stakeholder survey is entering phase two - Now’s your chance to have your say about the state of Australian aid!
Read more about it here: https://crawford.anu.edu.au/…/…/have- your-say-australian-aid
Is India’s decision to decriminalise homosexuality one small step or a giant leap for gay rights?
This week on The Brief podcast, Crawford’s Edwina Landale and Professor Wayne Morgan from the ANU College of Law discuss all things culture, colonialism, politics and law. Listen here: https://policyforumpod.simplecast.fm/indi a-gay-rights
Directed by Rann Quinn, The Enforced Disappearance of Sombath Somphone surveys the life of Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone. It places his development work within the historical and political context of Laos, a post-socialist country that gained independence after long years of struggle against colonialism and the geopolitical conflicts in Indochina. Sombath’s commitment for sustainable and equitable rural development in Lao PDR was recognised through a 2005 ASEAN Ra...mon Magsaysay Award. The documentary depicts the tragedy of Sombath’s disappearance on 15 December 2012, and its chilling aftermath. CCTV footage obtained by the family vividly shows the very act of Sombath’s abduction in downtown Vientiane.
This documentary film is dedicated to the worldwide victims of state-enforced disappearance. It represents a major contribution to revealing at least part of the truth about the disappearance of Sombath. The international community continues to urge the Lao state to return Sombath. More than 5 years after his abduction, a key question remains: ‘What happened to Sombath Somphone?’
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China’s smart city campaign is all about safety and interconnectedness. But how safe is citizens’ privacy?
Fan Yang and Jian Xu take a look in this edition of the Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies journal:
Read more here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.10 02/app5.246
Congratulations to the Zero-Carbon Energy team for winning the ANU Grand Challenge! The team, which has seven Crawford School members, will use the funding to research the development of a new energy export industry to deliver cheap, clean energy for the Asia-Pacific region.
https://crawford.anu.edu.au/…/zero-carb on-energy-future-asi…
From the corridors of Brussels to the streets of New Delhi, populist politics have swept through democracies around the globe. Should we see it as a symptom of democracy in decay, or a welcome sign that politics is returning to the people?
On this week’s Policy Forum Podcast, Crawford School’s Nicky Lovegrove and Sara Bice hear from Duncan McDonnell, Jill Sheppard and Paul Kenny about populism in Europe, Asia, and Australia – with due mention to one particularly powerful populist leader sitting in the White House. Listen here: https://simplecast.com/s/49bb78f5
South Korea’s electricity sector stands at a crossroads. Can the government pave the way for an energy-secure future without nuclear energy?
Read Sanghyun Hong and Barry W Brook’s paper in the recent issue of the Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies journal: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.10 02/app5.245
China’s rise as a formidable maritime power is creating ripples through Asia and the world.
On this week’s National Security Podcast, Chris Farnham chats to Commodore Michele Miller from the Royal Australian Navy and Lowy Institute Senior Fellow Euan Graham about all things maritime security, from South China Sea strategy to the future of the rules-based order. Listen here: https://simplecast.com/s/74096e9b
Young feminists in Fiji are using social media to make their voices heard, and policymakers need to listen.
Tait Brimacombe and co-authors shed light on online activism in the Pacific in this special issue of the Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies.
Can Exercise Kakadu keep countries from conflict? Michele Miller from the National Security College takes a look at the true value of Australia’s largest multinational defence exercise.
Will the proposed increases to Newstart actually help those who need it?
2ser FM - Real Radio put this question to Crawford Professor Peter Whiteford on Tuesday.
Have a listen to what he had to say:
Terror at the table? After the ongoing reports of strawberry needle contamination, national security must extend to protecting our food and agriculture, writes NSC's Anthony Bergin for the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
Intellectually and pragmatically astute institution.
Intellectually and pragmatically astute institution.