Panel 2. How does change come about?
Steve Keen
Steve Keen, Associate Professor of Economics & Finance at the University of Western Sydney and fellow of the Centre for Policy Development. He is an economist who treats money seriously, predicting the global financial crisis as far back as 2005. He is author of the popular Debunking Economics and the forthcoming Finance and Economic Breakdown, which argues that financial markets are inherently unstable. services.
Christine Milne
Christine Milne, Greens Senator from Tasmania, spokesperson on climate change. Christine has long been at the forefront of the environment movement in Australia and internationally. She was until recently a Global Vice-President of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, and is now Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens.
Hendro Sangkoyo
Hendro Sangkoyo, principal researcher at the School of Democratic Economics (SDE), a learning network he co-founded in 2007. The overarching learning theme that SDE is concerned with is the underlying logic of the deepening social-ecological crisis and the imperative for its reversal. He has been working extensively with rural and urban communities in the Archipelago and is currently researching energy demand and socio-ecological change in the Lesser Sunda Islands amongst other projects and campaigns.
Joan Staples
Joan Staples, Visiting Fellow in the Faculty of Law at the University of NSW. Her research and publications primarily explore the question of what sort of relationship between NGOs and government will best strengthen democracy and be sustainable. Her academic work is informed by a career in which she has developed policy and advocacy for national NGOs in the areas of environment, international development, Indigenous affairs, social services and consumer affairs.
Jake Wishart
Jake Wishart a student activist from Adelaide and Spokesperson for the South Australian Young Greens. He is an Al Gore climate change messenger, board director for the Adelaide University Union and has been a radio presenter and budding journalist for 5 years with a focus on international politics and industrial relations.
Moderator. Amanda Lohrey
Essayist and novelist Amanda Lohrey will moderate the panel debates. She has written five novels, most recently a novella, Vertigo, published by Black Inc in 2009. Her essays include Groundswell, The Rise of the Greens (Quarterly Essay 8, 2002) and Voting for Jesus, Christianity and Politics in Australia(Quarterly Essay 22, 2006) both published by Black Inc. She is currently a Senior Fellow of the Literature Board of the Australia Council.
