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In June, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) stated that some athletes at the London Olympics, though legally female, may be subject to testing to see if their bodies produce an above-average quantity…
Now, as at the time of the Vietnam war, the global primacy of the United States is increasingly being questioned. Among the reasons are its role in the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), the continued and…
_The Conversation, in conjunction with the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA), presents the monthly findings of the Shadow Board, prior to the meeting of the Reserve Bank of Australia Board…
Today’s proposal by the Grattan Institute for higher education students to pay more will be viewed by many as unfair and unreasonable, says Australian National University Professor Bruce Chapman. “No one…
Renewable energy sources such such as solar photovoltaic and onshore wind could generate the lowest electricity costs in Australia by 2030, according to a report released today by the Bureau of Resources…
Nothing is sacred and nothing can’t be bought, sold or sponsored in the modern era of the Olympics. If you can’t afford it, then you won’t win it. Sport in 2012 has become a massive global industry. The…
One of the very first blue ribbon events to be contested this Olympics is the men’s cycling road race, contested over 250km, including 9 laps of the Box Hill circuit. One look at the profile map, and you…
While all the action in the last few days has been focused on just who would carry the Australian flag at the Opening Ceremony, the global interest has been in the event itself. And why not. An Olympic…
A study of tree-ring data recently found that in some regions temperatures during Roman times (21AD to 50AD) were 1.05 degrees Celsius higher than the 1951-1980 mean. The paper’s lead author, Professor…
Litanies about how poorly science and the science “brand” are doing have become a little too common for my liking. The most recent notable example came courtesy of the EU’s Science, it’s a girl thing campaign…
The Olympics. An experience of a lifetime. The flame. The atheletes. The venues. The events. The winners. Those athletes who leave nothing behind on the track, even if they place last because years of…
Having been in the Rowing Village at Royal Holloway since Sunday, I have begun to settle in to a new/old routine. It’s new in the sense that all the facilities are shiny and new, and that the moment of…
Let me ask you, do you enjoy your food? When you cook, do you aim for nutritious or delicious? Delicious and nutritious aren’t mutually exclusive, of course. But eating for pleasure as opposed to treating…
A heady day of excitement here for the Australian Rowing Team. We got up reasonably early this morning, bid farewell to the European Training Centre, and boarded coaches for the Milan airport. After one…
I was reading through the Olympic posts on The Conversation when I came across Brian Stoddart’s critique of public funding of sport. Being a recipient of some of the funding that Mr Stoddart would seek…
I really enjoyed reading Simon Outram’s balanced, realistic assessment of the impact on legalised doping in sport. And, if the health impacts of it were possible to avoid, then I’m sure that the usage…
I’m generally not too fussed about packing. Most of my packing is done haphazardly the morning of my flight, or the night before in the most extreme cases, with clothes tossed semi-folded or wrinkled into…
As we come to the end of our Olympic preparation camp at the AIS European Training Center in Varese, Italy, I find myself thinking about the meaning of what we do here. Sport occupies a unique place in…
Welcome to the latest in our In Conversation series, between former politician and economist Dr John Hewson, Australian National University (ANU) Crawford School Director of Policy Impact Professor Bruce…
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Health Economics, Wellbeing and Society, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University
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Research Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Postdoctoral Fellow in China Studies, Australian National University
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Research Scholar, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University
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Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University
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Visiting fellow, Australian National University
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Visiting Fellow, Australian National University
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Associate Professor in Work-Family-Health Research, Australian National University
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of History, Australian National University
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Professor of Music, Australian National University
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Postdoctoral Researcher, College of Asia & the Pacific, Australian National University
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Visiting Fellow, Department of Political and Social Change, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University
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Distinguished Professor, School of Culture, History & Language, Australian National University
