Asia-Pacific
Presentation
In conversation with Vice-Chancellors: the role of humanities and social sciences in our universities and in the Asian-Pacific context
The 2017 DASSH Conference and AGM was held in Melbourne, Victoria from 13-15 September.
Article
Danger ahead for Australia as Asia's long peace ends
The real prospect of conflict between North Korea and the US and its allies underscores the recent deterioration in Australia’s security environment, writes Alan Dupont.
Report
Best-practices in building energy codes: Opportunities for collaboration to improve building energy codes in APEC economies
This poster draws on published research on building codes activity globally and in APEC economies, and new interviews conducted with policy makers in eight participating APEC economies to provide a summary of best-practices in building energy codes, a landscape analysis of building energy codes and an analysis of common issues and opportunities for collaboration among...
Evaluation
Evaluating a decade of Australia's efforts to combat pandemics and emerging infectious diseases in Asia and the Pacific 2006-2015: are health systems stronger?
The threat of a new pandemic remains a key global risk. The Australian Government invested around $194 million between 2006 and 2015 through the aid program to help countries in Asia and the Pacific combat emerging infectious diseases (EIDs), such as avian influenza. Investments were guided by two strategies that aimed to strengthen human and...
Report
Palm trees and palm-offs: Australia’s climate action and distraction in the Pacific
As Fiji prepares to chair climate talks in late 2017, Pacific leaders are gathering in Suva to consider what policies to push for. One should be a moratorium on new coal mines.