Events
Professor Kenneth Benoit Seminar: ‘The Ten Most Important Things I’ve Learned about Quantitative Text Analysis’
Hosted jointly by the Public Policy Institute and Compass WHEN: Thursday 24 January 2019, 3pm WHERE: Pacific Studies, Room 104 (273-104) Speaker: Professor Kenneth Benoit Following nearly two decades of applied text analytics for social science and ten years...
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PUBLIC LECTURE: Accessibility Legislation: Legal and Policy Insights for New Zealand
DAVID LEPOFSKY **You can now access the recording of this talk** When: Monday 12 November, 11am Where: Pat Hanan Room (2017-501) University of Auckland 18 Symonds Street Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Toronto Visiting Professor of Legal Ethics and...
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Professor Paul Cairney: Why don’t policymakers listen to my evidence, and how should I respond?
Thursday 11 October - 4pm OGGB 5 (Room 051) University of Auckland Business School 12 Grafton Road Since 2016, my most common academic presentation to interdisciplinary scientist/researcher audiences is a variant of the question, ‘why don’t policymakers listen to...
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Seminar on housing unaffordability from a human rights and social justice perspective
09 October 2018 4 - 5:30pm Venue: N614, N Block, Epsom Campus Location: 74 Epsom Avenue, Auckland Host: Public Policy Institute, the School of Counselling, Human Services and Social Work, and the School of Architecture Cost: Free. No registration required. The...
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New Zealand Forum for Local & Community Energy
DATE AND TIME Fri 24 August 2018 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM NZST DESCRIPTION You are cordially invited to our Forum for Local and Community energy. Come join us to talk about how we can achieve broader and deeper engagement of consumers, local authorities, Māori and...
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Book Launch: Jess Berentson-Shaw – A Matter of Fact
Today it seems that conspiracy and rumour spread faster than ever and are increasingly hard to debunk. How do we convincingly explain the difference between good information and misinformation? Jess Berentson-Shaw, author of A Matter of Fact: Talking...
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Public Lecture: Health Care And Health Reforms
WHEN: Friday 27 July, 12pm Where: The University of Auckland Lecture Theatre 018 ClockTower (Building 105) 22 Princes Street THE PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE AND THE SCHOOL OF POPULATION HEALTH PRESENT: "US health care: the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, current...
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Professor Sarah Childs: From Iron Lady To Kitten Heels: The Gendered Premiership of Theresa May
When: Thursday 2 August, 5pm Where: University of Auckland Lecture Theatre G02 Science Centre (Building 303) 38 Princes Street Theresa May is the leopard-print, shoe wearing former Home Secretary who found herself Prime Minister, when none of the ‘big beasts’ were...
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Professor Jonathan Tritter: The Dark-Side of Public and Service-User Involvement
When: Tuesday 7 August at 5pm Where: Lecture Theatre B10 General Library (Building 109), University of Auckland 5 Princes Street Over the last decade a key aspect of public policy reform, particularly in health and education, has been in not only providing...
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What is the future of social science data?
Professor Julia Lane, NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service The advent of big data means that the time has come for change in the way in which we collect and use official statistics. However, that change needs to be effected in a thoughtful and careful way...
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