Robert Stimson is Professor of Geography and Director of the Centre for Research into Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures (CR-SURF) at the University of Queensland, and is convenor of the Australian Research Council Research Network in Spatially Integrated Social Science. He has published widely on urban, economic and behavioural geography, housing and housing policy, and urban and regional development and planning. He is president of the Regional Science Association International and is on the editorial board of several international journals including Papers in Regional Science.
Events
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Queenscliffe Literary Festival: First Knowledge, First Inventors
Queenscliff Town Hall
50 Learmonth St, Queenscliff, VIC
Leading Indigenous thinkers Tristan Kennedy and Billy Griffiths explore their powerful new books, Nothing About Us Without Us and The First Inventors, revealing the extraordinary depth of 65,000 years of...
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Ubud Writers and Readers Festival: Burning Books, Accepting Artifice: Man or Machine?
Village Stage
G723+X9C, Kedewatan, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
From the printing press to the internet, each technological shift has been met with fears about what might be lost alongside what is gained. Is AI simply another such turning...
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Queenscliffe Literary Festival: Provocations: Has Australia’s Social Media Ban for Children worked?
Queenscliff Town Hall
50 Learmonth St, Queenscliff, VIC
One year on, our expert panel will weigh the wins, the drawbacks and what comes next. Has the world-first social media ban for children delivered on its promise, or should...
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Politics in the Pub: Asbestos Nation with James Watson
Verity Lane Market
50 Northbourne Ave, Canberra, ACT
A ‘magic mineral’ impervious to fire, Australia was the highest per capita consumer of asbestos in the world, using it to create flat sheeting, pipes, brake linings, insulation, and other...
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Sydney Book Launch: Space XX
Gleebooks
49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, New South Wales
Elise Stephenson in conversation with Doone Roisin As countries and powerful companies compete in a new space race, humanity’s future is being decided right now – and women are being...
Events
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Queenscliffe Literary Festival: First Knowledge, First Inventors
Queenscliff Town Hall 50 Learmonth St, Queenscliff, VICLeading Indigenous thinkers Tristan Kennedy and Billy Griffiths explore their powerful new books, Nothing About Us Without Us and The First Inventors, revealing the extraordinary depth of 65,000 years of...
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Ubud Writers and Readers Festival: Burning Books, Accepting Artifice: Man or Machine?
Village Stage G723+X9C, Kedewatan, Ubud, Bali, IndonesiaFrom the printing press to the internet, each technological shift has been met with fears about what might be lost alongside what is gained. Is AI simply another such turning...
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Queenscliffe Literary Festival: Provocations: Has Australia’s Social Media Ban for Children worked?
Queenscliff Town Hall 50 Learmonth St, Queenscliff, VICOne year on, our expert panel will weigh the wins, the drawbacks and what comes next. Has the world-first social media ban for children delivered on its promise, or should...
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Politics in the Pub: Asbestos Nation with James Watson
Verity Lane Market 50 Northbourne Ave, Canberra, ACTA ‘magic mineral’ impervious to fire, Australia was the highest per capita consumer of asbestos in the world, using it to create flat sheeting, pipes, brake linings, insulation, and other...
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Sydney Book Launch: Space XX
Gleebooks 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, New South WalesElise Stephenson in conversation with Doone Roisin As countries and powerful companies compete in a new space race, humanity’s future is being decided right now – and women are being...
