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Policy CommonsThe ‘otherness’ of Jacinda Ardern – by doing politics differently she changed the game and saved her party
Jennifer Curtin Professor of Politics and Policy, University of Auckland This week marks the beginning of Jacinda Ardern’s life outside parliament, since she officially ceased to be an electorate MP at midnight last Saturday. Her legacy as prime minister will be...
ATEPS 2023: The future of digital trade
ATEPS 2023: 'Trans-Tasman, Regional and Global Initiatives for Sustainable Trade Futures' took place 23-24 February 2023 and addressed the Trans-Tasman geo-political context, Regional Trade Agreements, developments in Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Indigenous...
ATEPS 2023: Evolving developments in global trade
ATEPS 2023: 'Trans-Tasman, Regional and Global Initiatives for Sustainable Trade Futures' took place 23-24 February 2023 and addressed the Trans-Tasman geo-political context, Regional Trade Agreements, developments in Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Indigenous...
ATEPS 2023: The Trans-Tasman geopolitical context and regional priorities
ATEPS 2023: 'Trans-Tasman, Regional and Global Initiatives for Sustainable Trade Futures' took place 23-24 February 2023 and addressed the Trans-Tasman geo-political context, Regional Trade Agreements, developments in Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Indigenous...
Road to Nowhere: and event with Paris Marx and Simon Wilson
Road to Nowhere: What technological solutions get wrong about the future of transport – an event with Paris Marx and Simon Wilson Date: Friday 17/03/2023 Time: 1 2pm Room: Biology Building (106) University of Auckland Room #100 Register here Silicon Valley wants us...
Public Talk: AI-generated flood images increase public engagement with climate change
When: Thursday 23 Feb, 12-1pm Where: OGGB Case Room 4 (260-009), Business School, 12 Grafton Road While many individuals report being concerned with climate change, they tend to perceive the problem as being spatially and temporally distant, affecting others in...
Voluntary and Involuntary Refugee Return: New Evidence from a multi-year Syrian refugee panel study
Presenter: Dr Daniel Masterson (University of California, Santa Barbara) When: Thurs 16 Feb, 3pm Where: Public Policy Institute Seminar Room (220-G01), 10 Grafton Road When do refugees’ return intentions predict behaviour? What are the implications of this...
Opinion: No voting magic about the age 18
Evidence from countries that have reduced their voting age from 18 show that enfranchising 16-to-17-year-olds fosters political engagement and interest
Opinion by Victoria Woodman: Voting is a civic right, but every democracy limits who can vote. These limits vary across time and place. Historically, New Zealand was considered something of a democratic pioneer, having had, as the historian Neill Atkinson put it, many “adventures in democracy”.
The International Social Survey Programme (ISSP): A wealth of underutilised data
This research on the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) in New Zealand was included in a presentation by Komathi Kolandai (COMPASS & Public Policy Institute) & Martin von Randow (COMPASS) for the COMPASS Colloquium, Wellington, 25 October 2022. The presentation provides an overview of the ISSP – a continuing annual cross-national research collaboration in which New Zealand has participated since 1991. The presentation illustrates cross-time and cross-country trends on selected variables and discusses future social science research implications.
The strategic importance of the Pacific Islands to Taiwan
In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there have been heightened concerns that a Taiwan contingency involving the People’s Republic of China (PRC) could play out in the not-too-distant future. This year’s Department of Defense Annual Report on China to the US Congress asserts that PRC leadership views unification as pivotal to its policy of “Rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation,” and its piecemeal pressure tactics against Taipei has led US President Joe Biden to openly state that the United States would defend Taiwan in the event of an invasion.
ATEPS 2023: Evolving developments in global trade
ATEPS 2023: 'Trans-Tasman, Regional and Global Initiatives for Sustainable Trade Futures' took...
ATEPS 2023: The Trans-Tasman geopolitical context and regional priorities
ATEPS 2023: 'Trans-Tasman, Regional and Global Initiatives for Sustainable Trade Futures' took...
Road to Nowhere: and event with Paris Marx and Simon Wilson
Road to Nowhere: What technological solutions get wrong about the future of transport – an...
Public Talk: AI-generated flood images increase public engagement with climate change
When: Thursday 23 Feb, 12-1pm Where: OGGB Case Room 4 (260-009), Business School, 12 Grafton...
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ATEPS 2023: The future of digital trade
ATEPS 2023: 'Trans-Tasman, Regional and Global Initiatives for Sustainable Trade Futures' took place 23-24 February 2023 and addressed the Trans-Tasman geo-political context, Regional Trade Agreements, developments in Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Indigenous...
