May 15, 2019 | Policy Commons Blog
By M. Claire Dale – *These are some of the key findings from the University of Auckland Summer Scholar research paper written by Nancy Chen, co-supervised by M. Claire Dale and the Public Policy Institute. For our cities to be smart, they’ll have to cater...
May 3, 2019 | Policy Commons Blog
By Suzi Kerr, Steffen Lippert and Edmund Lou – International agreements addressing climate change must overcome the difficulties implied by the absence of an institution with the power to ensure compliance. They have to be self-enforcing: the threat of future...
May 3, 2019 | Policy Commons Blog
What do you do with research that produces potentially harmful results? In this post Andrew Crane, explores how research can produce negative as well as positive impacts on society and discusses how his own research group has approached dealing with the complex issue...
May 3, 2019 | Policy Commons Blog, Policy Pod
* Delivered on Tuesday 30 April for the Public Policy Institute, as part of the Global Speakers Series Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia maintained knowledge traditions with their own philosophies and epistemologies that originated in ancient...
May 3, 2019 | Policy Commons Blog, Policy Pod
Hosted jointly by the Public Policy Institute and Compass, on 24 January 2019. Following nearly two decades of applied text analytics for social science and ten years actively developing analytic software for text analysis, this talk represents my top ten list of “If...
Apr 16, 2019 | Events, Policy Commons Blog
WHEN: Tuesday 30 April, 6-7pm WHERE: Maths Lecture Theatre (Room 102, Building 303), 38 Princes Street, University of Auckland REGISTER FOR THIS TALK Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia maintained knowledge traditions with their own philosophies...
Apr 15, 2019 | Events, Policy Commons Blog
PUBLIC LECTURE: Abdel-Hamid Mamdouh PLEASE NOTE THE NEW DATE FOR THIS TALK: Monday 20 May, 12-1pm University of Auckland Conference Centre, 22 Symonds Street Building 423, Room 340 RSVP Essential: ppi@auckland.ac.nz International trade has always played a critical...
Apr 15, 2019 | Policy Commons Blog
‘The Education Sector after Trump, Brexit and Christchurch: Hosted by the Europe Institute at the University of Auckland, featuring Prof. John Morgan (Education), Prof. Elizabeth Rata (Education), Dr Claire Meehan (Sociology). Recorded Monday 8 April 2019. There...
Apr 2, 2019 | Policy Commons Blog
New Zealand Centre for Human Rights Law, Policy and Practice – Substantive Equality Month 2018 More information on The New Zealand Centre for Human Rights, Law, Policy and Practice. ‘Equality for some: the challenge of poverty in Aotearoa New...
