STEP UP 'What works in education?' - 2025

Program

Date:   

  • Day 1: 30 October 2025 (09:00 - 14:30)  
  • Day 2: 31 October 2025 (09:30- 14:30) 

Venue:  

  • UNSW Sydney – Business Lounge, Level 6, UNSW Business School (E12)
DAY 1: THURSDAY 30TH OCTOBER 2025
09:00 – 09:25 Arrival and Registration, Refreshments 
09:25 – 09:30Welcome to Country – Aunty Maxine Ryan 
09:30 – 09:45 

Welcome to the 2025 STEP UP conference @ UNSW Business School 

Isabella Dobrescu (Head of the School of Economics, UNSW)
Frederick Anseel (Dean of UNSW Business School, UNSW

09:45 – 10:30

Implementation Matters: Generalizing Treatment Effects in Education

Presenter: Rafe Meager (UNSW)
Discussant: Liana Jacobi (University of Melbourne)

10:30 – 11:15 

Opt-In, Subject Participation and Statistical Power: Implications for Program Evaluation Design

Presenter: Chris Carter (UTS)
Discussant: Patrick Vu (UNSW)

11:15 – 11:45MORNING TEA  
11:45 – 12:30 

University Fees, Subsidies and Field of Study

Presenter: Jan Kabatek (University of Melbourne)
Discussant: Mario Fiorini (UTS)

12:30 – 13:15

KEYNOTE: Building Interest in Economics

Presenter: Tanya Livermore (Public Education Department, RBA) 

13:15 – 14:15 LUNCH
DAY 2: FRIDAY 31ST OCTOBER 2025 
09:30 – 10:15 

Linking Vocational Schools to Industry: Effects on Teachers in Indonesia

Presenter: Masyhur Hilmy (UNSW)
Discussant: Tommaso Sartori (Monash University)

10:15 – 11:00 

The Effects of Out-of-Home Care Placements on Children's Safety and Schooling

Presenter: Nicole Black (Monash University)
Discussant: Nathan Kettlewell (UTS)

11:00 – 11:30  MORNING TEA
11:30 – 12:15  

Do Time-Constraints Matter? How, Why, and For Whom?

Presenter: Pelin Akyol (e61 Institute)
Discussant: Michelle Rendall (Monash University)

12:15 – 13:00 

KEYNOTE: Perspectives on Inequality in US Education

Presenter: Sue Dynarski (Harvard University)

13:00 – 14:00LUNCH
 CONCLUSION OF CONFERENCE