Perspectives:Asia | In search of safe ground in the Pacific
John Rodsted has had a rich and varied career. He has worked as a photographer for 40 years, activist, parachute instructor, stuntman, author, film maker, wilderness guide, expedition leader and professor.He has just returned from the United Nations in Geneva where he launched his book In Search of Safe Ground in the Pacific. This is a study of left over munitions throughout the Pacific from World War 2 and how they impact today's Pacific societies.
Confirmation Seminar: Valuing patient experiences in Queensland Emergency Departments
Menzies Health Institute Queensland presents Claudia Bull's PhD Confirmation with The Economic, Policy and Innovation Centre for Health Systems.Claudia will propose theoretical models of the patient experience and how it could be incorporated into economic evaluation frameworks, and explore her developed ED patient experience classification system.
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Griffith Asia Institute Research Seminar: Russia's Pivot(s) to Asia: Strategy, Reactivity and Political Economy
In this presentation, Dr Nikolay Murashkin will discuss the domestic and external drivers behind Russia's contemporary policies in the Asia Pacific, as well as their historical context, and will argue that the on-going "pivot to Asia" represents continuity with earlier diplomacy rather than a reactive short-term posture.
Symposium on Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis
This Symposium event, jointly held by the Griffith Asia Institute and the Economic Society of Australia (Qld), brings together several high profile economists to analyse key issues of the 2008-09 global financial crisis. Speakers include: Andrew Charlton, A/Prof Creina Day, Janine Dixon, Prof Andrew Hughes Hallett, Tony Makin and John Simon.
Griffith Asia Institute Research Seminar: Myanmar and Intelligence since the fall of General Khin Nyunt
In this presentation, Dr Andrew Selth will discuss Myanmar's intelligence since the fall of General Khin Nyunt.