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VIDEO | The COVID-19 pandemic has and continues to cause enormous loss of life around the world. By adopting a suppression strategy, along with a combination of public health and economic measures, Australia has avoided large scale deaths to the scale experienced in other countries and regions.

Research conducted by UQ's Dr Rigissa Megalokonomou and Professor Victor Lavy shows that teacher gender bias at least partly explains the low enrollment of female students in STEM tertiary programs.

Women are now more likely to pursue a university degree than men, but the proportion of women graduating in economics has decreased or remained stagnant over the past two decades.

Even short-term exposure to air pollution impacts our brain performance and capacity to work, according to researchers from The University of Queensland and Carnegie Mellon University.

STUDY | Screening Australian women for gestational diabetes would lead to long-term cost efficiencies, as well as improved health outcomes, according to a study by The University of Queensland and Mater Research.

ARTICLE | A longitudinal study of Queensland families has found women on lower incomes are more likely to suffer with pre and post-natal depression.

VIDEO | Economists continue to play an essential role in COVID-19 recovery and will help shape policy for the post-pandemic society. In a world with higher public spending and debt, coupled with more frequent shocks due to climate change, fiscal and monetary policies will become more important than ever.

ARTICLE | UQ's Professor John Quiggin argues alongside Richard Holden (UNSW) and Steven Hamilton (ANU) that the Delta variant makes the National Plan's modelling obsolete and more flexibility is needed.

ARTICLE | Economics graduate and social entrepreneur Mikhara Ramsing has been recognised for her outstanding commitment to serving others in the 2021 UQ Alumni Awards

ARTICLE | While the UN urged Australia to end the use of coal by 2030, export prices are rising. Economics Professor John Quiggin argues that despite the demand of global markets, decarbonising our own backyard is achievable.

Professor John Quiggin explores how the framing of vaccine passports can affect whether Australians see them as a carrot or stick.

ARTICLE | Professor John Quiggin argues that the divestment movement has been a key factor in BHP getting out of the carbon-based fuel industry.

STUDY | Discovering ways to get farmers to boost their revenue and sustainability through environmental offsets.

Being able to skip classes improves some students’ performance, while others struggle with more autonomy.

ARTICLE | Professor John Quiggin and Richard Holden (UNSW) reject the notion that economists are seen as the advocates of saving money over lives, and use economic theory to back the efficacy of lockdowns.

VIDEO | This UQ Economics Thought Leadership event examines the Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage (2020) report which measures the wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across a range of indicators.

UQ PhD economics candidate Sabrina Lenzen wants her research to encourage policymakers to incentivise dementia prevention rather than just treating symptoms.

OPINION | The government must help the most affected Australian businesses through the pandemic until borders reopen.

The path to cutting greenhouse gas emissions seems clear but the Morrison government budget throws money at a low-emissions technology plan that is failing to deliver, writes John Quiggin in The Conversation.

How does information flow through a social network impact the functioning of a market? How are technologies shaping global social and economic networks, and what are some of the consequences for trade, conflict, and polarization?