Public lectures in honour of the late Professor Fred Gruen
Professor Fred Gruen was Head of the Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences, the Australian National University from 1972-1986, and inaugural Director of the Centre for Economic Policy Research over 1980-1986. Fred made a significant contribution to Australian economic and public policy debate. His endowment to ANU has led to the establishment of the FH Gruen Distinguished Fellowships for researchers in the fields of economic and welfare policy.
Next FH Gruen lecture
TBA
Most recent FH Gruen lecture
Professor Lisa Cameron
Unprecedented Economic Growth: Daily Lives and Human Stories
The lecture discusses how economic development has shaped millions of lives across China and Indonesia. It draws on the analysis of large amounts of household and community level data spanning the period from the 1990s through to the 2020s to paint a picture of what economic growth has meant for the populations of China and Indonesia. Topics covered include how GDP per capita has grown and for whom; how jobs and livelihoods have changed; improvements in living and housing standards; impacts on education, health and mortality; migration, family life and gender roles; and the evolution of the welfare state.
Past lectures
2024
| Date & time | Presenter | Location | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
Thursday 15 February 5:30pm - 7:30pm | Professor Matthew Shapiro | Allan Barton Forum, Level 2, Building 26C Kingsley Street | Cognitive decline, limited awareness, imperfect agency, and financial wellbeing |
Wednesday 23 October 5:30pm - 7:30pm | Professor Lisa Cameron | Allan Barton Forum, Level 2, Building 26C Kingsley Street | Unprecedented Economic Growth: Daily Lives and Human Stories |
2023
| Date & time | Presenter | Location | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
Thursday 17 August 5:30pm - 7:00pm | Professor Emily Lancsar | Birch Building #35 - level 1 Innovation Space | Valuing Health and Human Life: past present and future |
Friday 30 June 2:30pm - 3:30pm | Dr. Stephanie Hurder | Copland Lecture Theatre, 25 Kingsley Pl. | Smart Contracting in Practice |
Thursday 22 June 5.30 pm–7.30 pm | Professor Frank Lichtenberg | Manning Clark Hall, Cultural Centre Kambri 153 | The longevity and budgetary impact of the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
2022
| Date & time | Presenter | Location | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
Thu 25th August 5.30 pm–6.30 pm | Hon Dr Andrew Leigh MP | Manning Clark Hall, Cultural Centre Kambri 153 | A More Dynamic Economy |
Wed 29th June 5.30 pm - 7.00 pm | Professor Ross Garnaut | T2 Theatre, Cultural Centre (ANU Building 153), Kambri, University Avenue | Economic Ideas and Competition Between Autocracy and Democracy |
2021
| Date & time | Presenter | Location | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 20th May 10.00am-11.00am | Professor Christopher Snyder | Online | The Economics of COVID-19 Vaccine Supply |
2020
| Date & time | Presenter | Location | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 17th November 5.30pm-7.30pm | Dr. Stephen King | Online | Using economics to reform Australia's mental health system. |
| Mon 20th July 5.30pm-7.30pm | Assaf Razin | Online | De-globalization and Social Safety Nets: Post-Pandemic World Economy? |
2019
| Date & time | Presenter | Location | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thurs 6th June 5.30pm-7pm | Kathryn Spier, Harvard Law School | Haydon Allen Tank | Recent Developments in the EConomics of Litigation |
2018
| Date & time | Presenter | Location | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
Wed 20 June 5:30-7:00pm | Professor Ngo Van Long | Innovations Theatre | Ethical motivation and economic behavious: theory, evidence and policy implications. |
2017
| Date & time | Presenter | Location | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
Wed 8 March 5:30-7:00pm | Professor L. Alan Winters | Allan Barton Forum | Brexit and the developing countries |
2016
| Date & time | Presenter | Location | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
Tues 4 October 5:30-7:00pm | Professor John Quiggin | CIW auditorium | After reform: the economic policy agenda in the 21st century |
| Tues 19 July 5:30-7:00pm | Professor Catherine Eckel | Innovations Lecture Theatre | Shopping for Trust |
| Thurs 21 April 5.30-7.00pm | Professor Jeff Williamson | Law Lecture Theatre | From Colony to Superpower: American Growth and Inequality since 1774 |
2015
| Date & time | Presenter | Location | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 19 Oct 5.30-7.00pm | Professor Frank Staehler | Haydon-Allen Tank | Attracting foreign direct investment – curse or blessing? |
| Tues 28/7/2015 5.30–7.00pm | Professor Richard B. Freeman | Manning Clark Centre Theatre 2 | How to solve the inequality problem that is plaguing capitalism |
| Thurs 5/3/2015 5.30–7.00pm | Professor Richard H Steckel | Arndt Lecture Theatre 1 | New Approaches to the Standard of Living |
2014
| Date & time | Presenter | Location | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21/10/2014 5.30–7.30pm | Professor Dean Hyslop | Hedley Bull Centre Lecture Theatre 1 | Welfare Reform: Lessons from Large Scale Experiments |
| 12/06/2014 5.30–7pm | Professor Loren Brandt | Arndt Lecture Theatre 1, HW Arndt Building #25A | The Chinese renewables sectors: A case of wilting greens? |
| 06/02/2014 5.30–7pm | Professor Paul Seabright | Haydon-Allen Lecture Theatre (the Tank), Building #23 | Can and should anything be done to change the unequal representation of women in positions of economic power in advanced societies? |
2013
| Date & time | Presenter | Location | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/02/2013 5.30–7pm | Professor Bob Haveman | Law Link Lecture Theatre, Building #7, Fellows Road | The US Labour Market is a mess: Is there a way out? |
| 30/05/2013 5.30–7pm | Professor Richard V. Burkhauser | Sparke Helmore Law Theatre 2, Building #6A | Top Incomes and Inequality in Australia: What Happened and Why? |
| 03/06/2013 5–6.30pm | Professor M Utku Unver | CBE Lecture Theatre 1, CBE Building #26C | Welfare and equity consequences of transplant organ allocation policies |
2012
| Date & time | Presenter | Location | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20/02/2012 5.30–7pm | Professor Andrew Oswald | Hedley Bull Centre (Bld 130, Theatre 1) | Herd behavior and keeping up with the Joneses |
| 01/08/2012 6–7.30pm | Rob Heferen | Manning Clark, Lecture theatre 6 | Australian Tax Policy challenges in a changing world |
| 13/08/2012 5.30–7 pm | Prof Klaus F Zimmermann | Weston Theatre, JG Crawford Building | Challenges to the Euro Crisis and Beyond |
| 29/11/2012 5–6.30pm | Professor Jeffrey G Williamson | Molonglo Theatre, Level 2, JG Crawford Building 132, Lennox Crossing, ANU | Commodity prices over two centuries: Trends, volatility and impact |