A Difficult Neighbourhood Essays on Russia and East-Central Europe since World War II By Dr John Besemeres
Book launch
Through a series of essays on key events in recent years in Russia, the western ex-republics of the USSR and the countries of the one-time Warsaw Pact, John Besemeres seeks to illuminate the domestic politics of the most important states, as well as Moscow’s relations with all of them. At the…
Geographical indications: EU policy at home and abroad
Lecture
The European Union (EU) has been the principal driver of policy on geographical indications (GIs). Classified as a form of “intellectual property”, GIs have been contentious, creating considerable difficulties in international trade negotiations. This paper reviews how GI policy for…
Peer Review of Agency Decision- Making
Lecture
This work focuses on an increasingly common phenomenon in transnational governance, whereby the decisions of a national regulatory agency are subject to review by committees of international peers. In the EU, such peer review has become a formal requirement of decision-…
Between Europe and Australia: Memory, Museum and Heritage
Symposium
On 14th October 2016 the ANU Centre for European Studies, in collaboration with the Australian Memory Research Network, organized a Symposium “Between Europe and Australia: Memory, Museum and Heritage”. This was the fourth meeting of the Australian Memory Research Network and its…
DisCERNing Science: Bringing the Collider Experience to Australia
Lecture
Buried deep under the border between Switzerland and France, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider is the work of 10,000 men and women from across the globe, united in their quest to uncover the fundamental building blocks of our universe. The Collider exhibition invites visitors to ‘step inside the world’…
Visually Mediated Presentation of Self
Lecture
Seated side by side, the “born digital” Generation Z’s devices endlessly connect. Thumbs tapping incessantly, how frequent/effective is their face-to-face communication? Michikayan and Suaráez-Orozco (2016) argue that “adolescents and young adults use social media for self-…
Global validation of Live Fuel Moisture Content (LFMC) products from satellite MODIS
Seminar
Fire ignition and propagation depend on Live Fuel Moisture Content (LFMC). Fuels with high LFMC take longer to ignite and water acts as a heat sink, slowing down fire spread and intensity. Fire management tools require …