Business & Society
Seminar: Using focus groups in research. An underutilised and undiscovered methodological research tool
Mon, 15 August 10:30amLocation: ECU Joondalup, Room 1.447
Presenter: Mr David Lamb
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Highlights the many benefits associated with using focus groups in research where, the key to producing insightful data is concerned with participant’s experiences and views on a specific topic.
Seminar: Creating credible and persuasive messages to prevent alcohol use during pregnancy
Tue, 16 August 10:30amLocation: ECU Joondalup, Room 1.2107
Presenter: Ms Kathryn France
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Alcohol use during pregnancy is a sensitive topic. It is important that population-based messaging is carefully planned and underpinned by formative research so that it promotes healthy behaviour and minimises unintended effects.
Seminar: The relationship between Psychology and Economics: The case of Behavioural Finance
Tue, 16 August 3:30pmLocation: ECU Joondalup, Room 1.447
Presenter: Dr Guillermo Campitelli
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A general introduction to the field of behavioural finance.
Presentation: Mandatory safety training: investigating the implementation of compulsory pre-site construction training
Wed, 17 August 9:30amLocation: ECU Joondalup, Room 1.447
Presenters: Dr Llandis Barratt-Pugh, Dr Susanne Bahn
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This presentation reviews the introduction of mandatory safety training to help reduce death and injury in the Western Australian construction industry.
Seminar: ARC Grant - New methods for modelling and forecasting risk
Wed, 17 August 1:30pmLocation: ECU Joondalup, Room 1.2107
Presenters: Professor Dave Allen, Dr Rob Powell
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This session deals with the ARC Grant Funding awarded to Professor Dave Allen and Dr Rob Powell - how it was obtained, the structure of the project, and the topic.
Seminar: Using panel data econometrics in tourism demand research
Fri, 19 August 12:00pmLocation: ECU Joondalup, Room 1.447
Presenter: Dr Ghialy Yap
This seminar will cover several areas in panel data econometrics. The audience will learn the new econometrics method and can discuss its advantages in developing future research.
Presentation: Research, responding to industry and community. Choices by the Small and Medium Enterprise Research Centre (SMERC)
Fri, 19 August 12:30pmLocation: ECU Joondalup, Room 1.2107
Presenter: Dr Janice Redmond
This discussion outlines some of the research that has been conducted since I joined the Centre in 2005 and the role the Centre has played in fostering engagement on behalf of the University.
Seminar: Should we put a price tag on human life?
Fri, 19 August 1:30pmLocation: ECU Joondalup, Room 1.447
Presenter: Dr Margaret Giles
So, how much is a life worth? Well nobody really knows, but economists use various estimation techniques to provide governments with a ‘value of statistical life’ that they can use in their cost-benefit analyses. Dr Margaret Giles introduces common methods for valuing life as well as expose some problems with these methods in this presentation