Latest from the Policy Commons
Report: International trends and reforms in pension policy and delivery: comparative models for accumulation and decumulation
By Jennifer Curtin and Yanshu Huang A research report prepared for the Commission for Financial Capability’s Review of Retirement Income Policy, July 2019. The Public Policy Institute (PPI) was commissioned by the Commission for Financial Capability to deliver with...
Report: A Review of Gender Differences in Retirement Income
By Jennifer Curtin and Yanshu Huang (2019) A research report prepared for the Commission for Financial Capability’s Review of Retirement Income Policy, July 2019. This review seeks to answer the following questions: How wide is the Gender Pension Gap in New...
Report: ‘Relationship Status’ and the Welfare System in Aotearoa New Zealand
By Jennifer Curtin and Olivia Healey (2019) This report is designed to provide a contextual overview of the way relationships are defined, incentivised, and sanctioned in the current welfare system in Aotearoa, and how this compares with similar systems overseas....
Watch Helen Clark on The Sustainable Development Goals and their Relevance to New Zealand
'The Sustainable Development Goals and their Relevance to New Zealand’ Where did we get to with the Millennium Development Goals? Why should we care about the SDGs? What is their significance, globally, and for NZ? How much impact could they have on policy...
Policy Pod: Enough of experts: does Brexit spell the slow death of British science and evidence-informed decision-making?
Professor James Wilsdon (Professor of Research Policy, University of Sheffield) Recorded: Tuesday 12 November at the University of Auckland Enough of experts: does Brexit spell the slow death of British science and evidence-informed decision-making? The UK is...
Evidence-informed policymaking: does knowledge brokering work?
There is an accepted need to bridge the gap between academic research and public policy. Knowledge brokers, individuals or organisations sympathetic to both research and policymaking cultures and able to mediate between the two, represent one way of doing so. Sarah Quarmby takes a look inside a knowledge broker organisation, the Wales Centre for Public Policy, to see how its day-to-day workings tally with the body of knowledge about evidence use in policymaking.
Cannabis Decision 2020: Panel Discussion Recordings and Resources
The 2020 referendum on cannabis legalisation is a historical decision that will lock in New Zealand’s approach to cannabis for years to come. Many people have told us they are looking for balanced information on the different cannabis law reform options, including...
The changing imperative to demonstrate social science impact
In less than a decade the impact agenda has evolved from being a controversial idea to an established part of most national research systems. Over the same period the conceptualisation of research impact in the social sciences and the ability to create and measure...
Publication is not enough, to generate impact you need to campaign
Being able to demonstrate the impacts of research outside of academia has become a standard requirement of a range of research funders. In this post, Toby Green draws on a recent case study of his own published research, to demonstrate how an approach to impact...
Cannabis legalisation and young people
By Benedikt Fischer - Have under-age children in your life? Chances are you will hold crucial decision-power in New Zealand’s upcoming referendum on cannabis legalisation **Benedikt Fischer will be speaking at a discussion panel at the University of Auckland with a...
Public Lecture: Enough of experts: does Brexit spell the slow death of British science and evidence-informed decision-making?
Professor James Wilsdon (Professor of Research Policy, University of Sheffield) Date: Tuesday 12 November Time: 12-1pm Venue: Pat Hannan Room (207-501) Enough of experts: does Brexit spell the slow death of British science and evidence-informed decision-making? The...
Auckland Trade and Economic Policy School (ATEPS2019) Videos
In September 2019, the University of Auckland’s Public Policy Institute hosted its inaugural Auckland Trade and Economic Policy School (ATEPS). The School launched with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Disruptions and Disruptors: 6-7...
Global Speaker Series: Sheryl Lightfoot Recording
Implementing Indigenous Rights: How the “Subtle Revolution” Benefits Communities Recorded Wednesday 18 September 2019 at the University of Auckland The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is a potential tool of revolutionary transformation in both...
Richard Baldwin Recording: The Globotics Upheaval: Globalisation, Robotics and the Future of Work
*PLEASE NOTE: Due to a technical malfunction, the first section of Richard's talk is missing. Professor Richard Baldwin (Professor of Economics, Graduate Institute of Geneva, Seelye Visiting Fellow) TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER, 5pm While globalization and robotics,...
Cannabis Decision 2020: Panel Discussion
Next year’s referendum on cannabis legalisation is a historical decision that will lock in New Zealand’s approach to cannabis for years to come. Many people have told us they are looking for balanced information on the...
Northland Primary Health Care Collaboration Kaupapa Initiative
This narrative centres on a two and a half year collaborative kaupapa that has resulted in the 2019 formation of a trust-Te Kaupapa Mahitahi Hauora-Papa o Te Raki Trust. The mission of the Trust is to forge a new future for primary healthcare in Northland through a...
Auckland Trade and Economic Policy School (ATEPS2019)
In September 2019, the University of Auckland’s Public Policy Institute hosted its inaugural Auckland Trade and Economic Policy School (ATEPS). The School launched with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 6-7 September 2019 In September 2019,...
Global Speaker Series: Sheryl Lightfoot
Implementing Indigenous Rights: How the “Subtle Revolution” Benefits Communities Date and Time: Wed, 18 September 20195:00 PM – 6:30 PM NZST Location: The ClockTower, Room 039 22 Princes Street Auckland [button...
Richard Baldwin Public Lecture: The Globotics Upheaval: Globalisation, Robotics and the Future of Work
Professor Richard Baldwin (Professor of Economics, Graduate Institute of Geneva, Seelye Visiting Fellow) TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER, 5pm VENUE: General Library, University of Auckland, Room B28 (109-B28), 5 Alfred Street While globalization and robotics, “globotics”, will...
Youth and the Auckland Local Elections
Thursday, August 15, 2019 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Engineering Building, Room 401 (401-401), 20 Symonds Street REGISTER Spend an evening with the University of Auckland’s Public Policy Institute (PPI), JCI New Zealand, and the University of Auckland’s Public Policy Club...
