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Steven Bond-Smith shares insights into being the primary carer for his son, Leander
Steven Bond-Smith is a Research Fellow with the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre and is interested in the economics of innovation, growth and regional economics. As the primary carer for his son, Leander, Steven says that being a parent is wonderful, but the responsibility and time commitment can also be exhausting.... Read article
Steven Bond-Smith is a Research Fellow with the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre and is interested in the economics of innovation, growth and regional economics. As the primary carer for his son, Leander, Steven says that being a parent is wonderful, but the responsibility and time commitment can also be exhausting.... Read article
Mike Dockery returns to BCEC after teaching secondment
Principal Research Fellow Mike Dockery returns to BCEC after a teaching secondment to Curtin University’s School of Economics, Finance and Property. At the end of 2018, Mike swapped the mountains of paper work and marking for the mountains of Peru, and economic theory for the more... Read article
Principal Research Fellow Mike Dockery returns to BCEC after a teaching secondment to Curtin University’s School of Economics, Finance and Property. At the end of 2018, Mike swapped the mountains of paper work and marking for the mountains of Peru, and economic theory for the more... Read article
BCEC launches WA’s Health Industry Future report
BCEC’s latest Focus on Industry report, To Health and Happiness: WA’s Health Industry Future, was launched at a breakfast event on Friday 7 December 2018 and provides an in-depth investigation of the health industry, a sector of critical importance to... Read article
BCEC’s latest Focus on Industry report, To Health and Happiness: WA’s Health Industry Future, was launched at a breakfast event on Friday 7 December 2018 and provides an in-depth investigation of the health industry, a sector of critical importance to... Read article
BCEC congratulates Astghik’s promotion to Associate Professor and recent funding success
BCEC’s Astghik Mavisakalyan was promoted to the position of Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow during the latest round of Curtin University academic promotions. Astghik joined the Centre in 2013 and has research interests in the economics of education, labour economics and political economy. Astghik leads the... Read article
BCEC’s Astghik Mavisakalyan was promoted to the position of Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow during the latest round of Curtin University academic promotions. Astghik joined the Centre in 2013 and has research interests in the economics of education, labour economics and political economy. Astghik leads the... Read article
Christopher Henderson visits the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre
It’s not every day BCEC Director Professor Alan Duncan is asked to discuss his research on child poverty in Western Australia with an 11-year-old. But then Christopher Henderson is not your average Year 6 student. Young, ambitious and motivated, the Cottesloe Primary School graduate wanted to find out... Read article
It’s not every day BCEC Director Professor Alan Duncan is asked to discuss his research on child poverty in Western Australia with an 11-year-old. But then Christopher Henderson is not your average Year 6 student. Young, ambitious and motivated, the Cottesloe Primary School graduate wanted to find out... Read article
Applications are now open for the BCEC Economics and Social Policy Scholarship
Applications for the 2019 BCEC Economics and Social Policy Scholarship are now open. This scholarship supports broadening access to tertiary education for those traditionally under-represented at university. A $5,000 per annum scholarship will be awarded to eligible applicants over the... Read article
Applications for the 2019 BCEC Economics and Social Policy Scholarship are now open. This scholarship supports broadening access to tertiary education for those traditionally under-represented at university. A $5,000 per annum scholarship will be awarded to eligible applicants over the... Read article
Australia’s South West for Asian markets: Promoting tourism product development
The Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre together with the South West Development Commission and Australia’s South West hosted a workshop on attracting Asian tourists to Western Australia’s southern coast, in Busselton in October 2018. The event was well attended by tourism industry representatives and... Read article
The Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre together with the South West Development Commission and Australia’s South West hosted a workshop on attracting Asian tourists to Western Australia’s southern coast, in Busselton in October 2018. The event was well attended by tourism industry representatives and... Read article
Alan Duncan wins top media commentator prize
Professor Alan Duncan, BCEC’s Director, has been awarded the prestigious 2018 award for the Most Prolific Media Commentator across Curtin University’s Faculty of Business and Law. The award recognises Alan’s outstanding contribution to media engagement for the Centre, the Faculty of Business and Law, and Curtin University. Alan has appeared... Read article
Professor Alan Duncan, BCEC’s Director, has been awarded the prestigious 2018 award for the Most Prolific Media Commentator across Curtin University’s Faculty of Business and Law. The award recognises Alan’s outstanding contribution to media engagement for the Centre, the Faculty of Business and Law, and Curtin University. Alan has appeared... Read article
Postcards from Geraldton: BCEC joins the Mid West Economic Summit
On invitation from the Mid West Chamber of Commerce and Industry, BCEC Director Professor Alan Duncan and Senior Research Fellow Dr Daniel Kiely recently presented at the successful Mid West Economic Summit – ‘Building Better Business’. Alan and Daniel provided... Read article
On invitation from the Mid West Chamber of Commerce and Industry, BCEC Director Professor Alan Duncan and Senior Research Fellow Dr Daniel Kiely recently presented at the successful Mid West Economic Summit – ‘Building Better Business’. Alan and Daniel provided... Read article
Australia’s Private Rental Market: Quality, Security and Affordability
BCEC released two new research reports at a housing workshop in October 2018, drawing on data from the latest BCEC Housing Affordability Survey to examine the state of the private rental sector in Australia. Both reports address issues of affordability, quality and... Read article
BCEC released two new research reports at a housing workshop in October 2018, drawing on data from the latest BCEC Housing Affordability Survey to examine the state of the private rental sector in Australia. Both reports address issues of affordability, quality and... Read article
Tram joins BCEC as Senior Policy Fellow
Tram is a Senior Policy Fellow with the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, a position she holds in conjunction with being a Principal Consultant Skilled Migration at the Department of Training and Workforce Development. Tram is also a Research Fellow with IZA Institute of Labor Economics. Tram’s... Read article
Tram is a Senior Policy Fellow with the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, a position she holds in conjunction with being a Principal Consultant Skilled Migration at the Department of Training and Workforce Development. Tram is also a Research Fellow with IZA Institute of Labor Economics. Tram’s... Read article
BCEC staff elected to ESA’s WA Branch Council
BCEC Senior Research Fellow Dr Astghik Mavisakalyan and Research Fellow Dr Silvia Salazar have been appointed to the Economic Society of Australia’s (ESA) WA Branch Council, at the Council’s recent Annual General Meeting. The Council provides advice on the strategic direction of the ESA, as well as coordinating local... Read article
BCEC Senior Research Fellow Dr Astghik Mavisakalyan and Research Fellow Dr Silvia Salazar have been appointed to the Economic Society of Australia’s (ESA) WA Branch Council, at the Council’s recent Annual General Meeting. The Council provides advice on the strategic direction of the ESA, as well as coordinating local... Read article
The Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre team acknowledges the Wadjuk Nyungar people as the traditional owners of the land on which the Centre is situated.