Institute Seminar

Managing the 'New Museology': the changing role, purpose & management of Australian museums since the 1980s, presented by Claire Baddeley

When: Wednesday, 30 July 2008, 12:30-1:30pm
Where: Room 6B34, University of Canberra

Institute Seminar

The Role of International Research Organisations, presented by Professor Akira Nakamura

When: Wednesday, 6 August 2008, 12:30-1:30pm
Where: Room 6B34, University of Canberra

Ngunnawal Centre for Indigenous Higher Education and National Institute of Governance Indigenous Governance Lecture Series

The State of Governance in Indigenous Communities, presented by Steve Larkin

A Kungarakany man from Darwin, Steve Larkin has been the Principal of The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) since June 2004.

Steve has been Adjunct Associate Professor in Indigenous Health at James Cook University since 2002, and maintains both an ongoing personal and professional interest/involvement in Indigenous Australian health. He spent more than 17 years working in health and community development programs in urban, rural and remote Aboriginal communities throughout the NT.

The Institute is pleased to announce its inaugural lecture in the newly created "Indigenous Governance Lecture Series," co-sponsored by the Ngunnawal Centre for Indigenous Higher Education. The purpose of the series is to raise awareness and facilitate ongoing discussion about governance in Indigenous communities.

When: Thursday, 31 July 2008, 4:30pm to 6:30pm
Where: The Boilerhouse Lecture Theatre, University of Canberra

Please RSVP to Jane Clark at jane.clark@canberra.edu.au.

NIG and Liquid Learning Group Conference

Public Sector Leadership Development Conference 2008

This conference brings together practitioners and experts to discuss methods of building leadership capability at all organisational levels to ensure workforce integrity and sustainable service delivery.

Speakers include Dr Deborah Blackman, a/g Director National Institute of Governance, Rudi Lammers, National Manager of Human Resources, Australian Federal Police, Russ Wilde, Senior Director of Human Resources, Queensland Health, et al.

When: 23 to 24 July 2008
Where: Marque Hotel, Canberra

For more information please contact Cody Eldredge.

ARC Issues Paper

Emeritus Professor and former NIG Director Meredith Edwards is pleased to launch an ARC issues paper entitled "Participatory Governance."

"Participatory Governance" is part of a major project: Corporate Governance in the Public Sector: An Evaluation of its Tentions, Gaps and Potential. The project will provide the first comprehensive theoretical and empirical work on corporate governance in the Commonwealth public sector.

It has been designed to enhance communication and participation in governance across government, industry and the community by improving corporate governance literacy and making information publicly available.

Professor Meredith Edwards is an Emeritus Professor in the Faculty of Business and Government, University Canberra.

Members and affiliates are invited to download a copy of Professor Edwards' paper here.

Past Events of the National Institute of Governance

Weekly Seminar Climate Change Mitigation and Warranted Governance: A Framework for Mapping Global Collective Action
Weekly Seminar Technology and Judicial Reform
Book Launch Howard's Fourth Government: Australian Commonwealth Administration 2004-2007
Weekly Seminar Rigour and Relevance: Extending the Role of the Social Sciences and Humanities in Public Policy Research
Seminar Adapting More Cleverly to Climate Change
Policy Paper Lanch Rigour and Relevance: Extending the Role of the Social Sciences and Humanities in Public Policy Research
Weekly Seminar University Governance in Uncertain Times: Refocusing Knowledge on Creation and Innovation
Conference Compliance Risk and Compliance Control
Weekly Seminar The Gender Wage Gap for Generation Y in Australia
Weekly Seminar Political Democracy and Public Enterprise Management: A Study of Taiwan's State-owned Enterprises
Conference Ethical Leadership and Governance in the Public Sector
Weekly Seminar E-democracy and the 3rd Sector: Trends in Health Citizenship Organisations
Weekly Seminar Peter Martin: A Good Budget?
Weekly Seminar Corporate Governance in the Australian Public Service: An examination of success and failure in the Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Weekly Seminar Issues in the Governance of Superannuation and Sovereign Wealth Funds
Weekly Seminar The Role of Third Sector Organisations in Australia: the Case of Community Housing
Weekly Seminar The US Federal Depository Library Program in Transition: Permanent Public Access in Question
Research Presentation The Financial Literacy of Superannuation Fund Members
Weekly Seminar The "Political" Human in Arendt and Butler: Plurality, Agency, Freedom
Connections Seminar Climate Change: The Environmental and Business Challenges Ahead
Weekly Seminar Making Customer Relations Management Systems Entrepreneurial
Weekly Seminar Tempering globalisation: 40 years of change and development in national regulation of foreign investment in Australia
Weekly Seminar Results not guaranteed: a tale of road pricing in New York and London
Weekly Seminar The Alchemy of Public Sector Performance Management
Book Launch Manging Performance: International Comparisons
Public Lecture Hon Prof Geoff Gallop: In Defence of Left Liberalism
Weekly Seminar Knowledge Management and Governance in Higher Education
Weekly Seminar Canadian Public Administration at a Turning Point?
Research Presentation An Index of Social Exclusion Risk for Australian Children
Weekly Seminar Natural Gas Investment in Infrastructure and Regulation: A Cross-National Comparison
Weekly Seminar Generation whY?
Weekly Seminar The Role of the Board of Directors: Perceptions of Corporate Elites
Weekly Seminar An Index of Social Exclusion Risk for Australian Children: A Special Analysis
Weekly Seminar The Commonwealth State Housing Agreement: A Failure?
Research Symposia The Outcomes and Outputs Framework: Opportunities for Better Performance
Weekly Seminar Virtual China, representations and the Internet
Weekly Seminar Social, Organisational, and Business Network Analysis as Research Techniques
Weekly Seminar Digital citizenship data: Negotiating the 2006 census
Public Symposium The Regulation of Small Corporations: Towards a Better Model?
Weekly Seminar ANAO performance Audit