Oct 2, 2019 | Events, Policy Commons Blog
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 UK...
Sep 19, 2019 | Events, Policy Commons Blog
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 different cannabis law reform options, including...
Apr 15, 2019 | Policy Commons Blog
‘The Education Sector after Trump, Brexit and Christchurch: Hosted by the Europe Institute at the University of Auckland, featuring Prof. John Morgan (Education), Prof. Elizabeth Rata (Education), Dr Claire Meehan (Sociology). Recorded Monday 8 April 2019. There...
Apr 2, 2019 | Policy Commons Blog
New Zealand Centre for Human Rights Law, Policy and Practice – Substantive Equality Month 2018 More information on The New Zealand Centre for Human Rights, Law, Policy and Practice. ‘Equality for some: the challenge of poverty in Aotearoa New...
Apr 13, 2018 | Policy Commons Blog
By Kevin Jenkins – Over the warmer months, the Otago Farmers Market has the best fresh produce in New Zealand – like Central Otago apricots the size of peaches, old-school gooseberries, and greengage plums – along with artisan products like seaweed condiments,...
Feb 14, 2018 | Policy Pod
The overlapping economic challenges and geo-political changes and tensions make the global economic scene riskier and more unpredictable than at any time since the late 1960s. Many of the key economic relationships that economists tended to take for granted seem to...
Oct 26, 2017 | Policy Commons Blog
By Len Cook – Some thoughts on what we need from our social services sector, the limitations imposed upon it and how using evidence and improving numeracy can help Managing the limitations of service delivery Sector level leadership is very difficult because of...
