August 12th 2009

Community consultation is the catch-phrase of politicians and lobby groups seeking to introduce signicant change. But how often are the views of the broader community really rejected in decisions made by our leaders and how often do the results actually serve the wider good? Does the rise of online groups like Getup show that the community is sick of not being heard.

With two internationally acclaimed speakers, this public lecture reviews the way major political decisions are made that influence the spending of public money and impact the way we live. Drawing on case studies and research by the UTS Centre for the Study of Choice, it reveals simple ways that new internet-based technologies can be used by bureaucracies to understand the public mind and direct our taxes accordingly.

Jordan Louviere

Professor of Marketing and Executive Director of the UTS Centre for the Study of Choice, Jordan Louviere is an internationally recognised and widely published expert in conjoint analysis and consumer choice modelling. He pioneered the design and analysis of choice experiments choice modelling and design of choice experiments. He also teaches short summer courses in choice modelling at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Richard Carson

Professor Richard Carson of the Department of Economics at the UC San Diego is immediate past President of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists and served as Research Director for International Environmental Policy at the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. He has worked on environmental economics and econometric issues with a particular emphasis on the valuation of non-marketed and new goods. He is widely published and wrote the award-winning book Using Surveys to Value Public Goods: The Contingent Valuation Method, the most cited work in environmental economics.

Resources

• flyer (PDF 96k)
• audio recording (MP3 24.3 MB)
• presentation slides (PDF 1.9 MB)
• video (Opens video presentation) A transcript is available on request.

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