Money Talks (And So Do We)

Hey everyone! Welcome back to Money Talks (And So Do We)! With exams around the corner, we've got a special study tips episode featuring some of our own exec team. In this episode, our executives James, Hang, Daniel, Aryan, and Heidi answer your questions and cover everything you need to crush your exams. Today we are covering case competition strategy and deck-building, course selection and major...

Join us for this episode of Money Talks (And So Do We) , as Sam Taylor sits down with Peter Varghese AO, one of Australia's most senior diplomats and policy leaders. Currently serving his second term as Chancellor of the University of Queensland, Peter's career spans decades at the centre of Australian economic and foreign policy. He's a former Secretary of the Department of Foreign Af...

Hey guys! Welcome to Money Talks (And So Do We)! We're starting this new era of the podcast off with a bang, with today's guest, Former Queensland Premier Steven Miles! In today's episode, UQES President, Aryan Nouri, and Vice President of Audio & Visual, Ally Fulton sit down and chat uni life, career pathways, and current political issues with Queensland Labor Leader Steven Miles. Major topic...

In this episode, Ally interviews UQ Professor, author, and behavioural economist Lionel Page. They discuss his career, his book, and the psychology behind decision-making.

In this episode, Ary and Jim meet with Professor Stephen Gray. Steve is the founder of the BAFE program, and is also a director on the board of Frontier Economics, where he works as an expert witness.

Welcome to a new episode of the Worldonomics podcast! Today we speak with UQES executive members Eric Zhou, Amber Lu, and Emma Searle on their experiences finding and completing internships. We'll dive into where to find internships, potential interview questions, and whether or not you should personalise your cover letter for similar roles.

Welcome to a new episode of the Worldonomics Podcast! In this episode, we dive into a critical discussion I were joined by Mark Wallace, founder of the Brisbane-based economics consulting firm Econisis. Mark shares his invaluable insights on how social infrastructure, from housing to public services, shapes local communities and how tackling homelessness requires a strategic balance of economic po...

Welcome to a new episode of the Worldonomics Podcast! Today, we explore an intriguing journey in our episode titled "Medicine to Markets: A Medicine Student's Leap into Quant Finance." Join us as we sit down with Franklin, a former medicine student who made a dramatic shift into the world of quantitative finance. We'll dive into the pivotal decisions that guided his career change...

Grandmaster and Behavioural Economist David Smerdon discusses the reasons behind the gender gap in Chess, behavioural theories behind the gap, Smerdon's Scandinavian, his journey from Chess to Economics, and playing world champion Magnus Carlson (and almost beating him)!

To kick off this semester’s exciting lineup of episodes, get to know the diversity team and what makes up our individual perspectives. This week we discuss our personal uni journeys, what drove us to economics, and what makes us unique outside of uni.

In the third installment of our Internship Experiences series, we interview our very own UQES executives, Thomas Mitchell and Kosei Stephenson. Both Thomas (Publications Officer) and Kosei (Socials Officer and Sports/Culture Director) indulge us in their fascinating summer experience, working as interns in the finance function for Boeing Defense Australia.

In this week's Worldonomics Podcast episode we interview our very own Vice President of Publications Charlotte Thorne.  When she isn't busy writing and editing our publications pieces Charlotte has been wracking up Qantas points as she completed two summer internships, both in Brisbane and in Sydney. Charlotte gained these internship opportunities as a recipient of the Pinnacle Women in Fi...

The first interview of our Internship Experiences series, in which we discuss the highs and lows of Economics internships. Episode one features our own UQES Treasurer Olivia Uy and a discussion on her experience at J.P Morgan in Sydney this past summer.

This week the UQES Diversity team present an interview with Robin Barlow,  founding director of NineSquared, an economics consulting firm based in Brisbane. Robin has had a fascinating career, primarily focused on transport economics. In this episode we discuss the beginning of his career, his time in the public sector, and some of the ins and outs of how economic decisions are made in regard to p...

With the rapid rise in house prices since the covid pandemic, we have been put in a pretty unique situation.  Home ownership for young people has decreased by 7%  and the proportion of disposable income required to pay rent has increased by 14% since 2019 all while the top 10% of households grew their wealth by 12%. It is no secret that we are in the midst of a crisis but what if there was an easy...

In this episode, UQES interviews KK Tang, a Professor at the UQ School of Economics and the current Acting Director of Teaching and Learning. KK has a background in Physics, having studied a Bachelor of Science (Honours) at the University of Hong Kong. He further pursued a Master in Economic Studies and Doctor of Philosophy at the Australian National University. In addition, KK has a Graduate Dipl...

In this episode,   UQES  continues our interview with Gene Tunny, the Director of Adept Economics. Gene has enjoyed a diverse career, moving from the public sector, where he worked for the Treasury, into the private sector, working as a consultant with Marsden Jacob associates and as the Director of  Adept Economics , an economics consulting firm based in Brisbane. Gene has also acted on the execu...

In this episode,   UQES  begins our interview with Gene Tunny, the Director of Adept Economics. Gene has enjoyed a diverse career, moving from the public sector, where he worked for the Treasury, into the private sector, working as a consultant with Marsden Jacob associates and as the Director of  Adept Economics , an economics consulting firm based in Brisbane. He also runs the  Economics Explore...

In the second part of our interview with Adrian Dudek we discuss his career transition from academia to industry.  After Adrian's graduation from The Australian National University he was hired as a trader by Optiver. He stayed in this position for multiple years before transitioning to the role of head of Academic Partnerships within Optiver. In this episode Adrian discusses the hiring proces...

In this episode,  UQES  interviews Adrian Dudek, a former trader at Optiver who has now stepped into the role of Director of Academic Partnerships at Optiver.  Adrian has a background in Mathematics, studying a Bachelor of Mathematics with Honours at the University of Western Australia, followed by a PhD in Mathematics focusing in prime numbers from The Australian National University. Following hi...

In this episode,   UQES  continues our interview with Dr Mahdi Abolghasemi, a lecturer for the UQ School of Mathematics and Science. Mahdi has a multi-disciplinary background in Engineering, Machine Learning, Business, and Statistics. Before joining the University of Queensland, Mahdi was a lecturer and postdoctoral researcher in Data Science & AI at Monash University, Australia. Mahdi is inte...

In this episode,   UQES  interviews Dr Mahdi Abolghasemi, a lecturer for the UQ School of Mathematics and Science. Mahdi has a multi-disciplinary background in Engineering, Machine Learning, Business, and Statistics. Before joining the University of Queensland, Mahdi was a lecturer and postdoctoral researcher in Data Science & AI at Monash University, Australia. Mahdi is interested in communic...

In this episode,  UQES  interviews a second-year PhD student in  UQ School of Economics , Kieran Gibson.  Kieran completed a Bachelor of Mathematics/Economics and Honours in Economics at UQ, earned the university medal for his undergraduate studies and earned the Microeconomics Honours Prize in 2020 for his honour thesis. Since 2021 he is a PhD student and had the opportunity to be the course coor...

In this episode,  UQES  interviews a second-year PhD student in  UQ School of Economics , Kieran Gibson.  Kieran completed a Bachelor of Mathematics/Economics and Honours in Economics at UQ, earned the university medal for his undergraduate studies and earned the Microeconomics Honours Prize in 2020 for his honour thesis. Since 2021 he is a PhD student and had the opportunity to be the course coor...

In the second part of our interview with Dan Andrews, we reflect on the most recent positions he held within the OECD and the Treasury. Dan completed a Bachelor of Economics/Arts at UQ with first class honours and the university medal back in the year 2000. Since then he has spent time working at the RBA, The Treasury, the OECD and he also completed a Master of Public Administration at Harvard Uni...