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By Mark Western – This article originally appeared on the LSE Impact Blog. Reproduced with permission. Solution-oriented social science makes solving problems the object of social science, and working on other people’s problems becomes the key driver of the...
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New Zealand’s decisions in 2019 could help frame the global climate agenda for many decades to come, believes an eminent British climate change scientist. As part of the Institute’s 2019 Global Issues Speaker Series, Professor Allen gave a free public...
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Dear friends of PPI, The World Health Organization’s QualityRights initiative needs your assistance in contributing to a good practice guidance document which will present information on community-based mental health services that promote human rights and the recovery...
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Public Policy Institute’s Dr Jennifer Curtin became the University of Auckland’s first female Professor of Politics and International Relations in 2018. Jennifer gave her inaugural lecture on 18 September 2018, on the eve of the 125th anniversary of women’s suffrage....
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Professor Jennifer Curtin, Director of the Public Policy Institute, has been chosen by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (MBIE) as one of the recipients of the Endeavour Fund Smart Ideas grant for her project: “Building a sustainable gender...
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As part of the 2019 Global Speaker Series, Professor Myles Allen will be giving a public lecture at the University of Auckland. The recording of the lecture is available online WHEN: Tuesday 19 March, 6-7.30pm WHERE: Fisher and Paykel Auditorium, Owen G Glenn...
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By Simon Wilson – **This speech was given at the welcome reception for the Public Policy Network Conference, 29 January 2019, at the University of Auckland** It used to be local body politics was the essence of boring. Council meetings were the politics no one...
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Hosted jointly by the Public Policy Institute and Compass WHEN: Thursday 24 January 2019, 3pm WHERE: Pacific Studies, Room 104 (273-104) Speaker: Professor Kenneth Benoit Following nearly two decades of applied text analytics for social science and ten years actively...
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By Mike Webster – The University of Auckland’s Dr Mike Webster takes a look at a slightly different approach to school and workplace bullying In the days that followed World Compassion Day last week, I couldn’t help but think about the increasing problem...
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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...
