

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
Hon Dr Andrew Leigh MP
A More Dynamic Economy
Thursday 25 August, 5.30–6.30 pm AEST I Manning Clark Hall, Cultural Centre Kambri 153
In recent times, Australia has experienced a productivity slowdown. A growing body of research points to a lack of dynamism, with fewer start-ups, lower rates of job switching and less geographic mobility. Relative to other advanced countries, Australia’s best firms appear to be falling away from the global productivity frontier.
Join Hon Dr Andrew Leigh MP at this Fred Gruen public lecture, where he will present new evidence on these challenges and discuss their importance to increasing productivity, which is essential to raising living standards long term.
Andrew is the Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, and Federal Member for Fenner. Prior to being elected in 2010, Andrew was a professor economics in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University.
He holds a PhD in Public Policy from Harvard, and is a past recipient of the Economic Society of Australia's Young Economist Award and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences. He is the author of ten books, including The Economics of Just About Everything, The Luck of Politics, and Choosing Openness.
Andrew is a keen triathlete and marathon runner, and hosts a podcast called The Good Life: Andrew Leigh in Conversation, about living a happier, healthier and more ethical life.
Past lectures
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 | |
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 |
Date & time | Presenter | Location |
Topic |
---|---|---|---|
Thu 20th May 10.00am-11.00am | Professor Christopher Snyder | Online |
The Economics of COVID-19 Vaccine Supply |
Date & time | Presenter | Location |
Topic |
---|---|---|---|
Tue 17th November 5.30pm-7.30pm |
Dr. Stephen King | Online | |
Mon 20th July 5.30pm-7.30pm |
Assaf Razin | Online |
De-globalization and Social Safety Nets: Post-Pandemic World Economy? |
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 |
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. |
Date & time | Presenter | Location |
Topic |
---|---|---|---|
Wed 8 March 5:30-7:00pm |
Professor L. Alan Winters | Allan Barton Forum |
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 | |
Thurs 21 April 5.30-7.00pm |
Professor Jeff Williamson | Law Lecture Theatre |
From Colony to Superpower: American Growth and Inequality since 1774 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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? |
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 |
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 |