Four Reasons We Should Care About Free Speech with Jonathan Zimmerman 18 August 6:00pm - 7:00pm AWST Woolnough Lecture Theatre, The University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA, Australia Why does free speech matter, and why is it worth defending? Speaker: Jonathan Zimmerman, Professor of History of Education and Berkowitz Professor in Education, University of Pennsylvania In this public lecture, Professor Jonathan Zimmerman explores four fundamental reasons free speech remains essential to a free society. Touching on questions of political accountability, social justice, artistic...
2026 Environmental Policy Lecture: Climate Risk & Response: A Behavioural Challenge? 17 September 5:30pm - 8:00pm AWST Forrest Research Foundation Forrest Hall, 21 Hackett Drive, Crawley, WA, Australia Join us for this year's Environmental Policy Lecture, Climate Risk and Response: A Behavioural Challenge?, presented by Professor Ben Newell. Climate risk is often broken down into three separate components: physical risks (floods, heatwaves, sea level rise), transition risks (technological and societal adjustments to a low-carbon economy), and liability risks (legal and financial exposures arising from...