Auckland Trade and Economic Policy School (ATEPS)
A vision for workplaces that work for all of us
After the lockdown, it is now clear to many that "work" has been conceptualised and operationalised in a way that excludes many people and causes avoidable stress. So how do we deconstruct those ideas? asks Jess Berentson-Shaw This week public servants in Wellington...
Take care with tech used to fight Covid
A type of artificial intelligence is being used to research Covid-19, but the experts behind it must consider the social implications of their work - and participation from diverse voices Machine learning is a kind of artificial intelligence where algorithms are...
“Inundated, overloaded and bombarded” – Seven insights for communicating research to busy policymakers
Parliamentarians and their staff want to use evidence to support their decisions, but they can often feel ‘bombarded’ with the sheer amount of material that is sent their way. Drawing on the findings of a wide ranging study looking at the use of evidence by UK...
NZ’s ugly inequities laid bare
Being in lockdown revealed, worsened or even created inequities that we now must address, writes Dr Karen V. Fernandez And when the danger passed, and the people joined together again, they grieved their losses, and made new choices, and dreamed new images, and...
SUSTAINING AND INVESTING IN LOCALLY-LED WELLBEING EFFORTS: GOING BEYOND SERVICES
Angie Tangaere & Penny Hagen This blog is the second in a series of reflections and projections from the Lab and the teams that we work with about equity, systems health and systems change in the context of COVID-19. Originally published by The Auckland Co-Design...
Burning with rage – America’s been here before
By Jennifer Frost - Systemic white violence against black Americans is alive and well, and it's white violence that sustains white supremacy Current scenes from the United States are both familiar and shocking. George Floyd’s life being brutally snuffed out by...
In our welfare system, it’s ‘us or them’
Dr Louise Humpage was hoping Covid would help Kiwis better understand how tough it is to live off the benefit, but the newly unemployed are not being treated like main beneficiaries at all Foolishly, I had thought one serendipitous outcome of the Covid-19 crisis would...
Don’t drop the ball on this one Jacinda
Anomalies in the policy for superannuitants with overseas pensions are an indictment on the justice process in New Zealand, write Susan St John and Dr Claire Dale Along with many others, the Retirement Policy and Research Centre has worked assiduously for more than a...
We’ll need that red tape if we want to beat Covid
By Gehan Gunasekara - Kiwis have a natural aversion to following strict rules day in, day out, but when it comes to Covid, we need those rules Clearly, the Kiwi attitude of 'she’ll be right', individualism and aversion to following strict bureaucratic requirements has...
High trade hopes between old allies
The NZ-UK trade talks that launched recently offer renewed hope and optimism for an agreement that benefits these historical allies, writes Dr Asha Sundaram The UK’s entry into the European Economic Community, the precursor to the European Union (EU) in 1973...
The University of Auckland’s Public Policy Institute hosts an annual Auckland Trade and Economic Policy School (ATEPS). The School was launched in 2019 with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
21-22 November 2024, University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau, City Campus
Spotlight on Southeast Asia
Pathways to Prosperity: Building Resilient Trade Partnerships for a New Era
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ATEPS 2023: Leading Trade Agreements for Sustainable Futures
Tuesday 21 November 2023
ATEPS 2023 took place on 23-24 February 2023.
“Trans-Tasman, Regional and Global Initiatives for Sustainable Trade Futures”
ATEPS 2023 addressed the Trans-Tasman geo-political context, Regional Trade Agreements, developments in Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Indigenous Trade Policy, digital trade, sustainable trade and the Green Economy, global RTAs, and the future of trade.
