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March 2020
Sexual Harassment: From Science to Solutions
Lilia Cortina (University of Melbourne) Women face countless indignities on the job, including sexual harassment. But what do we mean by this term? What actions “count” as sexual harassment, and what might we be missing? Several decades of social science have taken up questions such as these. According to that scholarship, sexual harassment often has little to do with sexuality, but everything to do with gender. The most-harassed employees are those who flout traditional gender norms: women who seem too…
Find out more »International Women’s Day 2020 – Women in Collaborative Leadership
VCCC Monday Lunch Live As we begin a new decade, Australian company boards remain dominated by men, with female representation still sitting at less than 30 per cent. That’s not the case at the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC) alliance, where women make up the majority of Board Members and committee chairs. Indeed, most of these women are CEOs of their home institutions. Over the past few years, the VCCC alliance has grown from a fledgling concept to a dynamic,…
Find out more »Macgeorge Fellowship Lecture, storying climate change
In this timely public lecture, Dr Susan Crate will explore the transformations required for a sustainable global society. About this Event Fires are burning. Permafrost is thawing. The ocean is rising. Not only is climate change scientifically undeniable, but its effects are being felt by communities worldwide. In times like these, many of us feel helpless and unsure of what to do. Insights from cultural anthropologists can play a crucial role in moving forward the transformations necessary for a sustainable…
Find out more »The predictability of tropical Pacific decadal variability: Insights from attractor reconstruction
Nandini Ramesh (University of California) The decadal-interdecadal variability of the tropical Pacific region has been shown to have wide-ranging impacts on hydroclimate on multiple continents, the rate of global mean sea surface temperature rise, and marine ecosystems. However, the small number of interdecadal shifts that have occurred during the observed period poses a significant challenge to developing an understanding of the mechanisms that drive this variability and whether it is potentially predictable. In this study, we make use of a…
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Capital allocation decision making in the face of extreme climate
Speaker: Dr Ryan Springall General Manager, Risk Frontiers UNSW CCRC Seminar Room or zoom from: Monash University – Room 115 ANU – Hales Seminar Room UTas - IMAS Minke room 222 University of Melbourne - Videoconference room 409 Every day, insurance and reinsurance companies and capital markets make decisions on risk and how to allocate capital against the possibility of catastrophic losses. Far from being an abstract process, this is crucial in ensuring that companies are able to meet…
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