Nov 1, 2018 | Policy Commons Blog
By Esme Hall – In this blog post I draw on insights from scholarship on political participation and analysis of the New Zealand Election Study from 2008 to 2017 to suggest ways of increasing youth engagement in the policy process. At every election there is a...
Oct 24, 2018 | Policy Commons Blog
By Dr Tim Fadgen – As local and regional conflicts persist around the globe, and as environmental disasters become more frequent and increasingly severe, refugees are on the move. Concurrently, many nations and states around the world have signalled that people...
Oct 8, 2018 | Policy Commons Blog
By Mike O’Brien – In this, the 80th anniversary of the passage of the Social Security Act 1938, the annual Child Poverty Action Group summit in Wellington was a very good opportunity to review directions and future possibilities. Bringing together the wide...
Sep 17, 2018 | Policy Commons Blog
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows the war is over Everybody knows the good guys lost Everybody knows the fight was fixed The poor stay poor, the rich get rich That’s how it goes, everybody knows...
Aug 28, 2018 | Policy Commons Blog
Sarah Childs, Professor of Politics and Gender, Birkbeck College University of London and Distinguished Visiting Researcher, University of Auckland, discusses progress on implementing the recommendations of her report The Good Parliament two years on from its...
Aug 28, 2018 | Policy Commons Blog
By Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy – If everyone knows what their peers are getting paid, it is much harder for women to remain underpaid relative to their male colleagues, argues the University of Auckland’s Dr Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy Mary* first learned that her...
