Volunteer economists making an impact! Pro Bono Econos consists largely of economists and mathematicians.
It exists to
- encourage economic voluntarism,
- equip third sector leaders,
- eliminate financial illiteracy, and
- enhance the STEM skill sets of young people, with a special vision to empowering disadvantaged teens to excel.
21/09/2018
OPINION: Seaweed, Indonesia’s answer to the global plastic crisis With its potential, Indonesia should play a key role in developing ecofriendly-plastics from seaweed to avert a global plastic crisis. When water bottles or shopping bags from seaweed-based plastics become waste, we will have nothing to worry about as the waste will just go back to where it came fro
04/09/2018
Pro Bono Econos visits Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services Supporting refugees and people doing it tough through the Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services
14/07/2018
Silicon Valley's cautionary tale shows what can go wrong when charities get obsessed with growth
Silicon Valley's cautionary tale shows what can go wrong when charities get obsessed with growth Financial growth is only a means to a more lofty end for the charitable sector . But if the growth-above-all mentality continues to spread, it will surely erode the public’s confidence in foundations and nonprofits.
25/11/2017
Welcome to the new executive team for QUT Pro Bono Econos! Successful first meeting today after a great AGM! Getting excited for an action packed 2018!
14/11/2017
How digital technology can help reinvent basic education in Africa
How digital technology can help reinvent basic education in Africa ICT will not resolve all of Africa’s education problems. But it can help to fundamentally change the current paradigm of skills development systems.
14/11/2017
Academic journal publishing is headed for a day of reckoning
Academic journal publishing is headed for a day of reckoning The state of academic publishing is in such crisis that a variety of strategies may need to be adopted.
14/11/2017
Why a commonly held idea of what aid workers are like fails to tell the full story
Why a commonly held idea of what aid workers are like fails to tell the full story Commitment and sacrifice, words so often associated with aid work, have different meanings in the context of nationals who are struggling to support their families as well as fulfil personal ideals and values.
14/11/2017
Volunteer tourism: what's wrong with it and how it can be changed
Volunteer tourism: what's wrong with it and how it can be changed Voluntourists’ ability to change systems, alleviate poverty or provide support for vulnerable children is limited.
14/11/2017
Sharing economy sounds caring, but let's put it to the ethical city test
Sharing economy sounds caring, but let's put it to the ethical city test We need to look behind the sharing economy’s apparently informal, casual intent to consider the impacts on people’s lives.
14/11/2017
Jobs and robots: bracing for technological disruptions to come
Jobs and robots: bracing for technological disruptions to come Robots are advancing exponentially while human learning occurs at a much slower pace.
