What's On at UWA

Prof Heejin Lee (Yonsei University) and Professor Jung Soo Seo(Keimyung University) will present two talks followed by a discussion lead by the Head of Social Sciences and an opportunity for networking.

New challenges around minority rights and secularity have produced both bright and dark responses from the church. Can the practise of Christian faith still be good for the Law? Let's unpack the story. This is the final lecture in a series this past month at Trinity. Nibbles at 6.30pm

Researchers at the University of Western Australia are getting together a research proposal to look at a new treatment for leg ulcers they want to trial.

We want to hear the thoughts and ideas of people who have lived experience of leg and foot ulcers about what will be important to (...)

Presenter: Dr. Ronit Kark

Dr. Ronit Kark is a Tenured Senior Lecturer of organizational studies in the Department of Psychology at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. Dr. Kark received her PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and completed her post doctoral studies at the Unversity of (...)

Among the world's oldest and largest family businesses, 70% are considering appointing a woman as their next CEO. So how can family businesses best mentor and groom women into leadership roles?

Alicia Mule, General Manager of the Aroma Cafe franchise and a second generation family (...)

A fundraising dinner, in support of the development of Perth's Early Music Project, will be held at the historic St George's College in September. Perth's Early Music Project is to be hosted by St George's College from next year and will feature the creation of an Early Music Festival and a (...)

A presentation in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII in Asia

Recent headlines have highlighted the risks that can erode a corporation's social licence. In many cases, the conduct of large and sophisticated institutions has threatened aspects of their social licence - from perceived tax evasion by multinational corporations, through to operations that fall (...)

What do the digital economy, social media, wearables, and the sharing economy have in common? They are all examples of digital disruption: a concept which is currently taking the world by storm.

Our panel of industry experts, including Justin Scanlan from PwC Consulting, Charlie (...)

St George's College and the SAS Resources Trust are combining together on Saturday 10th October for a day of interest and enjoyment at the College. The activities will include an SAS historical display and talks from former SAS officers. The "Midday Live Set" featuring resident musicans (...)

Join us for an afternoon of all Mozart concerti performed by local champion soloists Paul Wright, Robert Gladstones and Raymond Yong accompanied by a chamber orchestra of brilliant young musicians.

The program will include Piano Concerto No.12, Horn Concerto No.2 and Violin Concerto No.5 (...)

The UWA Staff Community Choir is a partnership initiative of Safety, Health & Wellbeing and the School of Music.

Led by Michael Battersby, the choir will dazzle, delight and entertain you. Come and see the fun.

Offered through the UWA Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health CAMDH, this unit offers an overview of Aboriginal lifestyle. It focusses on traditional and environmental responsibilities and the social practices of Indigenous communities during pre and post colonial times, followed by an (...)

The objective of this paper is to model the conditional distribution of Body Mass Index (BMI) by examining the relations between a set of covariates and the moments of the BMI distribution. While BMI is often seen as a leading indicators of health, most studies on the distribution of BMI did not (...)

Cooperation is the foundation of human social life, but it sometimes requires individuals to choose against their individual self-interest. How then is cooperation sustained? How do we decide when instead to follow our own goals? I develop a model that builds on Bacharach’s (2006) ‘circumspect (...)

The University of Western Australia is proud to host this public lecture from Professor Carol Weissert, 2015 Fulbright-Flinders Distinguished Chair in American Political Science.

Professor Weissert will discuss the tumultuous and bombastic 2016 American Presidential Race, analysing (...)

Psychology Colloquium

Presenter: Assoc/Prof Konstantin Cigularov (ODU, Norfolk, VA, USA)

Konstantin Cigularov is an Associate Professor in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and Occupational Health Psychology in the Department of Psychology, Old Dominion University (...)

The '7th Wave' reflects the ever changing landscape in Higher Education - every 7th wave is larger than the rest and will bring the biggest learning innovation changes.

The first of the 7th Wave Conference Series is a two-day event exploring opportunities to build on the momentum of (...)

The Australian-American Fulbright Commission offers Scholarships to Australian citizens across all career stages: Postgraduate,Postdoctoral, Professional, Senior Scholars and Distinguished Chairs.

The 2017 Fulbright Scholarships round closes on 1 August 2016. It's not too late to learn (...)

Documenting the contribution of nature to human wellbeing, e.g., as human values or ecosystem services, is critical to the effective management of natural resources. However, problems with classifying desirable end states, including the mixing of means and ends, undermine research, planning and (...)