Love this. I’m in Bern where swimming in the Aare is one of the proudest traditions!

A promotional image for the Australia-China Local Government Exchange, featuring a black and white photograph of an office building. Text on the image includes a link to further details and an application form for the program: www.unimelb.edu.au/cities/2025masterclass

Applications are now open for the Australia-China Local Government Exchange, a specialist track of the City Diplomacy Masterclass!

Applications close Friday 27 June.

For details and to apply: www.unimelb.edu.au/cities/2025m...

Lessons from Australian Cities: How Limited Powers Shape Dynamic Capabilities By Bec Chau, Dan Hill and Daniel Pejic

(Summary of recent research by me, Bec Chau and Daniel Pejic @danpejic.bsky.social on systemic leadership challenges for Australian cities, for @ucl-iipp.bsky.social) medium.com/iipp-blog/le...

The Writing Prize 2024 WINNERS Seth Robinson Seth Robinson Creative Writer, Lecturer, and PhD

Huge congratulations to @annakosovac.bsky.social and Seth Robinson for their winning short story!

It's a great read, so do check it out!

www.writing.org.au/the-writing-...

The Environment in Global Sustainability Governance The Environment in Global Sustainability Governance - Perceptions, Actors, Innovations; With Agenda 2030, the UN adopted wide-ranging Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that integrate development an...

🚨New book alert 🚨

'The Environment in Global Sustainability Governance: Perceptions, Actors, Innovations' (edited by Lena Partzsch) is out now & open access.

Was a pleasure to contribute a chapter with @annakosovac.bsky.social on SDG11.

bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-environm...

How disinformation disrupts the city - ABC listen Disinformation is nothing new, but ever increasingly, it is stifling the capacity for governments of all kinds to carry out their day-to-day duties.   It has acutely been felt at the local governme...

ABC Big Ideas is tonight airing the recording of our 'Disinformation in the City' panel as part of Social Sciences Week. Thanks to the Monash team for organising - it was a great chat. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...