Seminar/Forum

Griffith Asia Institute Public Lecture: Superfast India: It will soon be the world's most populous country, but will India ever be a great power?
13 Sep

Griffith Asia Institute Public Lecture: Superfast India: It will soon be the world's most populous country, but will India ever be a great power?

Adam Roberts has been a foreign correspondent at The Economist since 1998. His latest book, 'Superfast Primetime Ultimate Nation' (Public Affairs and Profile Books, in 2017) was picked by the Financial Times as one of its books of the summer for 2017, and by Fareed Zakaria, on CNN, as his 'book of the week', in late July 2017. Drawing on his experience as a correspondent in India, he argues that India must overcome enormous domestic problems to emerge as a stronger power.
The elephant in the room: sexual expression of people with dementia
12 Sep

The elephant in the room: sexual expression of people with dementia

Menzies Health Institute Queensland Optimising Health Outcomes Program Seminar with Dr Cindy Jones.
In association with Dementia Awareness Month, this presentation highlights prejudicial attitudes of an asexual older population exist among health professionals. Sexual expression by people with dementia within an aged care context is a confronting and challenging issue. Dr Jones will discuss this neglected aspect of care for people living with dementia.
Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing seminar - 'The pervasiveness and trajectory of methodological choices: a 20 year review of human resource management research'
12 Sep

Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing seminar - 'The pervasiveness and trajectory of methodological choices: a 20 year review of human resource management research'

Dr Hugh Bainbridge, University of New South Wales, examines 281 studies published over 20 years to look at the methodological choices of researchers studying the human resources practice-outcome relationship, in this seminar.
Supporting care recipient/carer dyads in the early stages of dementia
11 Sep

Supporting care recipient/carer dyads in the early stages of dementia

Menzies Health Institute Queensland Optimising Health Outcomes Program Seminar with Dr Gillian Stockwell-Smith
In association with Dementia Awareness Month, this presentation reports on the outcomes from a mixed-methods study that sought to establish the effectiveness of early intervention in improving self-efficacy, wellbeing and dyadic relationship outcomes for care recipient/carer dyads in the early-stages of dementia.
Chronic pain: is cure a step too far?
07 Sep

Chronic pain: is cure a step too far?

Menzies Health Institute Queensland 2017 Lecture Series with Professor Kathryn Refshauge.
​Pain is a universal experience. Chronic pain is not. Despite the investment of many millions of dollars in investigations of chronic musculoskeletal pain, particularly low back pain, we are apparently no closer to solving the enigma of why some people develop chronic pain while others recover from an acute episode.
Griffith Asia Institute Research Seminar: The IMF and Armenia: Fiscal consolidation at any cost?
07 Sep

Griffith Asia Institute Research Seminar: The IMF and Armenia: Fiscal consolidation at any cost?

Iyanatul ['Yan'] Islam is Adjunct Professor, Griffith Asia Institute. He is also affiliated with the South Asia Economic Modelling Network (SANEM), Dhaka, Bangladesh. Until recently, Yan held a director-level appointment at the International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva, Switzerland with supervisory responsibility as Chief, Employment and Labour Market Policies Branch, Employment Policy Department, ILO Geneva.