Academy of Social Sciences in Australia

2009 Annual Symposium

Tuesday, 3 November 2009

2009 Annual Symposium Program

 

09:00 - 09:20 President's welcome and Symposium opening
09:00 - 09:10 Stuart Macintyre Presidents welcome
09:10 - 09:20 Glenn Withers Symposium opening
09:20 - 10:00 Setting the agenda
Chair: Stuart Macintyre
09:20 - 09:40 Robert Stimson Why taking a spatially integrated approach to investigation in the social sciences is important.
09:40 - 10:00 Graeme Hugo Spatial perspectives in understanding long-term social change in Australia.
10:00 - 11:00 Spatial Analysis 1: Understanding the economic and social challenges facing Australia
Chair: Pauline McGuirk
10:00 - 10:20 Ann Harding Modeling the impact of a policy change on regional areas, and how modeling a policy change before it is implemented can identify where the policy change will have the greatest effect.
10:20 - 10:40 William Mitchell Employment vulnerability across regions as a driver for regional policy design and outlining the challenges faced by spatial risk assessment models as the economic downturn has proceeded.
10:40 - 11:00 John Martin Indigenous peoples are almost defined by location for a variety of historical, cultural and economic reasons and their structural circumstances are dispersed according to location, leading to variable constraints and opportunities for social and economic participation. Spatial analysis highlights how these dynamics coalesce around particular locations and raise placebased issues of policy concern.
11:00 - 11:30 Morning tea
11:30 - 12:30 Spatial Analysis 2: Responding to Session 1 and identifying the research challenges and policy implications of Australia's economic and social challenges
Chair: Bob Gregory
Panel: Fiona Stanley, Hal Kendig, Michelle Patterson, Roger Beale
11:30 - 12:15 The Panel will engage the audience in discussing crucial research challenges and how the social sciences, through SISS, can contribute to public policy.
12:15 - 12:30 Bob Gregory - Summing up
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:50 Spatial Analysis 3: Helping to better manage our big cities
Chair: Robert Stimson
Approximately 70 per cent of Australia’s population live in just five metropolitan regions. Managing their sustainable growth and development is a major public policy challenge. SISS research provides solid evidence to contribute to wise policy development by governments and institutions.
13:30 - 13:40 Sara Stace (Infrastructure Australia)
13:40 - 14:25 Panel discussion: Clive Forster, Phillip O'Neill, Pauline McGuirk, Jonathan Corcoran
14:25 - 14:50 Open discussion - panel and audience
14:50 - 15:10 Afternoon tea and the Melbourne Cup
15:10 - 15:20 The Melbourne Cup will be shown in the theatre.
15:20 - 16:10 Spatial Analysis 4: The challenges facing Australia's rural heartlands
Chair: John Martin
Australia's rural heartlands are in the midst of momentous social and economic transformation. Agricultural production systems, modes of service provision, and social relations are undergoing major change resulting in dynamic regional adjustments, often reflected in declining economic fortunes. The reality is more complex than the simple decoupling model suggests. An innovative approach to policy and strategies is needed for a successful adaptation which reflects an improved understanding of those drivers of change. The Australian Rural heartlands project does that.
15:20 - 15:40 Panel discussion: Neil Argent, Tony Sorensen
15:40 - 15:50 Response to panel: Anna Carr (Bureau of Rural Sciences)
15:50 - 16:10 Open discussion - panel and audience
16:10 - 16:30 Spatial Analysis 5: A demonstration of the e-research facility for socio-spatial analysis and modelling
Chair: Ann Harding
16:10 - 16:30 Robert Stimson
Tung-Kai (Paul) Shyy 		Analysing population patterns: visual interpretations of census data and federal election voting trends.
16:30 - 16:45 Conclusion
16:30 - 16:45 Ruth Fincher Overview and concluding remarks
16:45 James Walter Symposium close
16:45 - 17:30 President's Drinks at the Dome
ASSA President Stuart Macintyre invites the assembled to drinks and canapés.
17:30 - 18:30 Cunningham Lecture
John Dryzek - Green democracy, global governance

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