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The 21st Century: How much water, how many people?

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Water Wars: the geopolitics of water

This panel session was recorded for broadcast on ABC Radio National Late Night Live.

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Roads to ruin, pathways to prosperity

South Australia came through the global financial crisis in much better shape than expected. We weathered the global economic storm but the high Australian dollar was a wrecking ball on manufacturing, and collapsing commodity prices ended the mining boom. Now we face closure of the automotive manufacturing industry and...

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Our cities of the future

Over the next generation, we will see driverless cars, seamless public transport that goes everywhere at all hours, and automated freight management. Shouldn’t we be laying down the infrastructure now? This session will highlight research on government investment in transport infrastructure and how governments should make better decisions now to...

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The inaugural University of South Australia Enterprise Oration

New futures need new skills, but should we think about the skills we need to create different futures? How do we interrogate future projections critically? How do we find alternatives to capitalism and globalisation? How do we design a world we can believe in?

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