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  • 6:00pm - 7:00pm AWST

    Four Reasons We Should Care About Free Speech with Jonathan Zimmerman

    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...

  • 5:30pm - 8:00pm AWST

    2026 Environmental Policy Lecture: Climate Risk & Response: A Behavioural Challenge?

    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...