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By Len Cook – The ‘Three Strikes’ law exists because a majority of Members of Parliament want it, although there is no evidence which exists to justify or shape it. This is not an unusual situation, and there are many examples of legislation being weakly...
2525,0606,18181818 | Events
When: Tuesday 7 August at 5pm Where: Lecture Theatre B10 General Library (Building 109), University of Auckland 5 Princes Street Over the last decade a key aspect of public policy reform, particularly in health and education, has been in not only providing...
1919,0606,18181818 | Policy Commons Blog
By Susan St John – Susan St John says the Government’s Tax Working Group will not find real answers for the housing market, and a new kind of tax on our net housing equity is needed. To say that New Zealand has been in the grips of an extraordinary...
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By Thomas Basbøll, Rachel Cayley and Oliver March – *Reprinted with permission from the LSE Impact Blog. The act of writing and how it contributes to and shapes the practice of communicating research is a rich topic for consideration for scholars at every stage...
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Professor Julia Lane, NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service The advent of big data means that the time has come for change in the way in which we collect and use official statistics. However, that change needs to be effected in a thoughtful and careful way so...
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22 May 4pm Lecture Theatre 201 Humanities (Building 206) 14A Symonds Street Speakers: Dr Pii-Tuulia Nikula (Eastern Institute of Technology) Lise Eriksen (Office of the Vice-Chancellor) Dr Hirini Kaa (Kaiarahi, Arts) Chip Matthews (Student Support Advisor) Please join...
1414,0505,18181818 | Policy Pod
Alasdair Jones is an Assistant Professor in Qualitative Research Methodology at the London School of Economics, and an Associate at LSE Cities. In this episode of the Policy Pod he talks about ways of conceptualising the integration of qualitative methodologies and...
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By Karl Check – With the announcement that the Government will end offshore oil and gas exploration in New Zealand, and at the end of our four-yearly schooling by Australia in how to win medals, Vector’s Karl Check says parts of Australia are also making pretty...
0808,0505,18181818 | Policy Commons Blog, Policy Pod
‘Holding Government to Account on Gender Equality: The experience of the UK Women’s Budget Group’ Since 1989, the UK Women’s Budget Group (WBG), a group of academics, activists and trade unionists, has tried to hold successive UK governments to account for the gender...
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By Anna Berka – Political and social science research on climate change shows some countries have been far more successful than others in orchestrating state-led transition to renewable energy over the past 40 years. Without exception, it is countries that have...
