Amid the chaos, I found time today w/ Prof Steve Chu who won the 1997 Noble Prize in Physics for trapping atoms w/ laser light & was Obama’s Energy Secretary.The technological work tackling climate change is phenomenal & inspiring with pockets of brilliance in Oz @AustAmFulbright
Worried about how Australia will emerge from the health challenges of COVID-19? Here is an economics perspective on why we think Australia will be net poorer coming out of COVID-19, and what we should be doing about it. W/ David Orsmond in the SMH bit.ly/3hvdv8L
Well done to Prof Mike Aitken and team for winning a new $136 million Digital Finance CRC, with @Macquarie_Uni as lead institution. A focal point for outstanding research, teaching and start-ups in market microstructure, applied finance and economics
We're thrilled to announced Macquarie University has been successful in its Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) bid worth $136 million - one of only three new CRCs to be funded across Australia. Read more: macq.it/3y3DLxF#CRC
Part A2 - RSO paradox SI: “Physical Systems”
5. Quantum Mechanics: @ericknight & Tobias Hahn @ESADE
6. Planetary Emergency: @ANWilliams6, Katrin Heucher, @GenerationCO2
7. digital technology: David Tilson @UofR, Carsten Sorensen @LSEnews, @kallelyy
Comment: Andy Van de Ven
We need campaigns like this in Australia. If you can get a jab, make sure you do! I get my second jab next week on the Macquarie University campus in the marquee building! Books yours now
Macquarie University has entered the top 200 in this year's QS @worlduniranking released today, climbing 14 places to be ranked 200th. The result strengthens our position in the top one percent of institutions worldwide.
Read more: macq.it/3xaqt1E#QSWUR#Rankings
Terrific for Macquarie Business School to be hosting Dan Andrews from OECD talking about impact of covid 19 on firm output. Under auspices of economics partnership w/ e61 institute @Macquarie_Uni
“It was such a great moment for me when I won in 2019, because this was an endorsement for my early career at Macquarie and encouraged me even further in my research efforts." – Assoc Prof Bingyang Shi.
Applications close on Fri 4 Jun: macq.it/3fEjs3t
I had the privilege to speak to Professor Muhammad Yunus about his work with the @Yunus_Centre and his vision for social business. You can see the interview here:
jbs.cam.ac.uk/insight/2021/s…
The "Practice & Process Reading Group" developed from the @WarwickBSchool summer school. Join them for a paper discussion with Martha S. Feldman on 4th June 2021, 17:00-18:30 CEST.
Registration under: lnkd.in/eabeK3M
LinkedIn group: bit.ly/2ImyD3A
Applications for the #RhodesScholarship are now open! The Scholarship enables talented young people, from anywhere in the world, to study a postgraduate degree at the @UniofOxford. Apply on our website & share the opportunity with your friends! ⭐🗺️💡
rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/apply
ALT Text reads: "Application are Open" with the Apply URL next to a photo of the Radcliffe Camera (in Oxford).
Meanwhile: The US is looking to increase total federal spending on Research & Development by 9% ($13.5 bil) Spending on basic research would rise by 10%, or $4.4 bil, to $47.4 billion, whereas applied research would get a 14% bump ($6.3 bil) to $51.1 bil. sciencemag.org/news/2021/05/…
Interesting publication leveraging crowdsourced insight on the important future questions likely to face entrepreneurs and by extension academics who study entrepreneurship. As surveys go, I recall this was one of the more enjoyable ones.
What is the future of entrepreneurship?
This new article provides some very interesting clues!
Entrepreneurship in the Future: A Delphi Study of ETP & JBV Editorial Board Members. doi.org/10.1177/104225872110…
Professor Henry Cutler, Director of @MUCHE_Macquarie, penned this opinion piece following the federal government's #Budget2021 allocation for aged care, for the @FinancialReview. Read more 👇
"If Australians are serious about aged care quality, they’ll have to accept higher taxes, more modest inheritances, or both." MUCHE director Prof Henry Cutler wrote an opinion piece on the implication of the budget on aged care. #Budget2021#agedcareafr.com/policy/economy/budge…
In today's AFR, we argue May budget addresses cyclical jobs weakness re COVID, but not long-term structural weakness. Practical solutions include stimulating offshore demand for jobs in Australia to stem productivity challenges @BCAcomau@ceda_newsafr.com/policy/economy/skill…