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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...
Regulating Hate Speech in New Zealand
By Heng Yi Xin, Bachelor of Social Work (Honours), The University of Auckland Hate speech is an issue that has gained concern in the wake of the Christchurch terrorist attacks. Hate speech is defined in s61 of the Human Rights Act 1993 as “words which are...
Watch: ‘Wicked problems? How New Zealand makes a difference at the UN and globally’
Recorded on Friday 2 August at the University of Auckland Listen to New Zealand’s Representatives to the United Nations and key international organisations talking about how New Zealand is addressing the “wicked problems”* we face at the UN and globally; seizing...
Helen Clark: 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...
Wicked problems? How New Zealand makes a difference at the UN and globally
Friday 2 August, 1-2pm Social Sciences Lecture Theatre (201N-346) 10 Symonds Street, University of Auckland Join New Zealand’s Representatives to the United Nations and key international organisations to hear how New Zealand is addressing the “wicked problems”* we...
Retirement Policy Summit Proceedings: Kris Faafoi and Len Cook
Co-hosted by the Retirement Policy Research Centre, the Public Policy Institute and TOR 26 April 2019, University of Auckland Outline: The Retirement Income Policy Review terms of reference have been released by the Government, and a project manager for the review...
