May 18, 2022 | Policy Commons Blog
By Tim Fadgen –Part I– On 3 May 2022, the Ministry for Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) accepted recommendations made in review of its practice of detaining asylum seekers. The review, conducted by Victoria Casey QC, was initiated at the request...
Apr 12, 2022 | News, Policy Commons Blog
A report commissioned by the Healthier Lives–He Oranga Hauora National Science Challenge Authors: Cameron Leaky, Jennifer Curtin, and Lara Greaves This report represents a ‘landscape’ of government health policy documents in Aotearoa New Zealand specific to the...
Sep 28, 2021 | COVID-19, Events, Policy Commons Blog
Around the world, Covid-19 has exposed and deepened existing social inequities. Frontline workers are typically low paid and often from disadvantaged groups. Women have borne the brunt of caring responsibilities during the pandemic which has had negative effects on...
Jul 23, 2021 | Events, News
When: Thursday 29 July, 1pm Where: Architecture Lecture Room 1 (421W-201) The European Union and its Member States, like New Zealand and 195 other countries, signed up to the global Paris Agreement in 2015. Mid-July, the EU became the first party to table a...
Jun 30, 2021 | News, Policy Briefing
Alasdair Jones, University of Auckland Susan Parham, University of Hertfordshire In both urban research and urban development practice there is a growing interest in the incorporation of principles of environmental sustainability in urban design. This is the case for...
Jun 30, 2021 | News, Policy Briefing
Michael O’Sullivan, Suzanne Woodward, Jennifer Curtin University of Auckland Download the Briefing PDF Introduction Wicked problems are described as “inherently intractable late-industrial problems associated with modern social planning” (Farrell, 2011). They include...
Jun 30, 2021 | COVID-19, News
Findings from a study of kaumātua in Ngātiwai and Waikato-Tainui Associate Professor Marama Muru-Lanning (School of Social Sciences and the James Henare Māori Research Centre) and her team have been recognised for creating new methodologies drawing on kaupapa Māori...
May 21, 2021 | News, Policy Commons Blog
Hon Grant Robertson presented the NZ Budget 2021 to Parliament on Thursday 20 May. Public Policy Institute Director, Professor Jennifer Curtin and the Gender Responsive Analysis and Budgeting team have provided detailed commentary on the new budget. From The...
May 20, 2021 | COVID-19, Events
Date and time: Tuesday 8 June 2021 from 1.30pm to 2.45pm. Venue: Lecture Theatre 206-220, Te Puna Aronui Humanities Building 206 (Room 220). 14a Symonds Street, University of Auckland City Campus REGISTER HERE In this ‘hot topic’ seminar, a panel of experts discuss...
