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For The Conversation: Professor John Quiggin explains the problems with the reform agenda as it applies to the VET sector.

For The Conversation: Professor John Quiggin explains the difference between projections and predictions, and makes a case for the superiority of predictions.

The 2019 Colin Clark Memorial Lecture featured a keynote presentation by Professor Alicia Rambaldi that explored some of the key facets of international political economy and how international comparison methods have evolved to adapt to our ever-changing global environment. 

Three School of Economics staff members were among those honoured at UQ's Faculty of Business, Economics and Law staff excellence awards.

The University of Queensland’s business and economics subject area has leapt 18 places in the 2020 Times Higher Education World University subject rankings to land at 55th globally.  

For The Conversation: Professor John Quiggin explains why the World Trade Organisation will cease to exist as it has been in a matter of weeks, and what might come next.

For The Conversation: Professor John Quiggin says new research shows that for the first time, fuel efficiency in Australia is getting worse, not better.

Inspiring tales of collaboration between researchers from UQ’s Faculty of Business, Economics and Law (BEL) and their non-profit and community partners are the focus of the 2019 BEL Research Profile.

For The Conversation: Professor John Quiggin explains why a middle ground on nuclear power may be achievable.

For The Conversation: Professor John Quiggin explains why coal is on the road to becoming completely uninsurable.