News: School of Economics and Public Policy
SA economic recovery to continue but reopening no guarantee of economic windfall
South Australia’s economic recovery is expected to continue well into the new year. Recent strong growth in business investment, a backlog of construction work, and reopening of borders will support the ongoing recovery. But the economic benefits of reopening will be diminished to the extent that it leads to fresh COVID outbreaks and voluntary social distancing.
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5 Questions with New Colombo Plan Scholar, Max Douglass
The New Colombo Plan scholarship prize, announced on Monday by the Australian Government, enables Australian scholars to live, study and work in the Indo-Pacific region for up to 12 months.
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Education can mitigate COVID-19 employment shocks
More support for education and training of young people is the key to offsetting the employment shocks of pandemics like COVID-19, according to the University of Adelaide’s SA Centre for Economic Studies (SACES)
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Business tool reduces risk of implementing AI tech
Companies exploring artificial intelligence (AI) to adapt their business operations now have a risk management tool to help them manage new potential workplace health and safety (WHS) risks when introducing and using the technology.
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Economics and Law student Mahya uses skills to advocate for Women
Mahya Panahkhahi is a third-year student completing a Bachelor of Economics (Advanced) as well as a Bachelor of Laws. She has spent one day per week over the past 9 months volunteering at the Working Women’s Centre SA.
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Slow vaccine roll-out could deepen economic scars
While South Australia’s economy is recovering strongly, the slow vaccine roll-out is a significant threat to the nation’s ongoing ability to weather the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some sectors of the economy will be scarred by the effects of prolonged border closures.
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Reserve Bank of Australia: afternoon tea with Economics (Advanced) students
On Wednesday 16 June 2021, the School of Economics and Public Policy hosted analysts from the Reserve Bank of Australia for an afternoon networking session with our undergraduate students.
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Welcoming our new (interim) Head of School, Peter Draper
The School of Economics and Public Policy not only has a new name, but also a new (interim) Head of School. We congratulate Peter Draper on his appointment. Peter is also the Executive Director of our Institute for International Trade.
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Economics Prize Ceremony 2021
Applying social distancing and CoVID-safe measures, the School of Economics convened for the annual prize giving ceremony in the BankSA teaching suite.
