Mercury editor Matt Deighton and Institute for the Study of Social Change director Richard Eccleston say last night’s public forum on the sharing economy will be followed by a series of other partnership events focused on the future of Hobart. The Institute for the Study of Social Change partnered with the Mercury to host the forum, titled […]

On Friday June 9, Australia’s Chief Scientist Alan Finkel released his highly-anticpated review of the National Energy Market (NEM). In this article, which appeared in the Mercury, Institute for the Study of Social Change affiliated researcher Heather Lovell and her colleague Evan Franklin analyse what it could mean for Tasmania and Tasmanian consumers. Finkel Finds Future […]

On Thursday June 22 the Institute for the Study of Social Change and the Mercury newspaper will host a public forum on the rise of Airbnb in Hobart and the impact on rental housing availability, neighbourhoods and the economy. Sharing Hobart: Managing the rise of Airbnb is a free event at the Stanley Burbury Theatre from […]

Welfare experts in Hobart for public event Leading researchers and policy analysts from Australia and New Zealand will explore the promises and pitfalls of investment approaches to welfare at a public forum in Hobart on Thursday night (June 8, 2017). The priority investment approach to welfare has been heralded as a new and more effective strategy […]

The Institute for the Study of Social Change is sponsoring a series of free talks for this year’s Dark Mofo. The lunchtime talks on June 9, June 10 and June 16 are based on the theme of silence, drawing on politics, science and art. Hosted by Ryk Goddard and presented in partnership with the Tasmanian […]