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...
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...
Jun 24, 2020 | COVID-19, Events
Date and Time Wed, 1 July 2020 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM NZST Register for this event As Aotearoa New Zealand began to control its COVID-19 cases, calls began to grow for the creation of a Pacific—and Trans-Tasman—travel bubble. The general concept would see tourism and other...
May 5, 2020 | COVID-19, Policy Commons Blog
If you had mentioned ‘flattening the curve’ in 2019, chances are you would have been met with a blank stare. However, almost halfway through 2020, the language of data visualisation has become commonplace, and data visualisations are widely used to communicate about...
Apr 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Policy Commons Blog
By Jay Marlowe – As the world, and New Zealand, shuts its borders, the millions of refugees globally are forgotten in high density camps. Jay Marlowe argues we can’t only look inward in fighting Covid-19. The “cautious optimism,” expressed recently by...