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 12, 2019 | Events, Policy Commons Blog
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, the...
Jun 6, 2019 | Policy Commons Blog
Andrew Harding looks closely at the terminology and theoretical differences between an impact and an outcome in welfare research. Outcomes tend to be pre-defined and can be measured objectively, but the personal experiences and nature of impact is intuitively...
May 15, 2019 | Policy Commons Blog
By M. Claire Dale – *These are some of the key findings from the University of Auckland Summer Scholar research paper written by Nancy Chen, co-supervised by M. Claire Dale and the Public Policy Institute. For our cities to be smart, they’ll have to cater...
May 3, 2019 | Policy Commons Blog, Policy Pod
* Delivered on Tuesday 30 April for the Public Policy Institute, as part of the Global Speakers Series Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia maintained knowledge traditions with their own philosophies and epistemologies that originated in ancient...
Apr 16, 2019 | Events, Policy Commons Blog
WHEN: Tuesday 30 April, 6-7pm WHERE: Maths Lecture Theatre (Room 102, Building 303), 38 Princes Street, University of Auckland REGISTER FOR THIS TALK Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia maintained knowledge traditions with their own philosophies...
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...
Dec 6, 2018 | Policy Commons Blog
By Anna Berka, Julie MacArthur, Steve Matthewman, Stephen Poletti, and Maria Bargh – Introduction New Zealand faces a range of interconnected challenges in reorienting its energy infrastructure to address both climate mitigation and adaptation goals. These...
Dec 5, 2018 | Policy Commons Blog
By Jess Berentson-Shaw – With the return of our evidence-driven Associate Minister for Transport Julie Anne Genter to Wellington it is timely to explore why transport is an area in which the evidence is so routinely ignored, even though implementation of what we...
