Public lectures 2022
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Te Wiki o te Reo Māori mini webinars 2022
Discover some easy ways to use Māori at mahi (work) and explore the relationship between Te Reo Māori and biculturalism in these short videos.
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Open innovation—Realising its potential
In his inaugural lecture, Professor Urs Daellenbach discusses what truly open innovation might look like and how it might be realised.
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Engineering superconductivity into power intensive applications
Professor Rod Badcock outlines the engineering journey he and his team undertook, including developing new talent and removing engineering roadblocks.
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New Zealand and the end of the Asia-Pacific era
Professor David Capie discusses the rise and fall of the Asia-Pacific era and how New Zealand can prepare for its challenges.
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He aha te mea nui o te ao? What is the most important thing in the world?
Professor John Randal describes some of the adventures of his journey towards becoming the University's first professor on the new teaching-intensive pathway.
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Sailing in another direction: Researching vocabulary outside comfort zones
Professor Averil Coxhead discusses how her collaborative vocabulary projects have influenced her research in linguistics and applied language.
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Occupying 'in-hospitable' spaces
Professor Karen McBride-Henry discusses her research into the experiences of parents of children repeatedly hospitalised with acute respiratory infections.
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Artificial Intelligence: state of the art, applications, and impact
Professor Bing Xue discusses her cutting-edge AI research and its implications for solving real-world problems.
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Framing people at work
Professor Jane Bryson discusses how taking different perspectives on people at work can transform the field of human resource management.
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Sovereign Encounters
Professor Joel Colón-Ríos discusses the concept of sovereignty and how constitutions can serve as instruments of popular self-rule.
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The periodic table is my molecular lego
Professor Martyn Coles discusses the fundamental building blocks of matter and how we can use them to synthesise new chemical compounds.
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Racial dimensions of screen aesthetics
Raqi Syed and Missy Molloy challenge us on the racial and colonial aspects of the increasing use of digital representations of people in film.
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NZ Sign Language Week mini webinars
Experts Sara Pivac Alexander, Micky Vale, and Rachel McKee take you through some basics of NZSL in a fun and interactive way.
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Mātauranga Māori: Here to stay
Ocean Mercier and Spencer Lilley discuss mātauranga Māori from different angles and mahi, including science and the heritage sector.
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How can we improve youth mental health in Aotearoa New Zealand?
Terry Fleming and Tania Wilson discuss the cohesive approach required to ensure we meet the mental health needs of our young people.
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Is unemployment insurance a smart idea?
Max Rashbrooke and Simon Chapple discuss whether the Government's proposed Social Unemployment Insurance scheme is a smart idea or poor policy making.
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Sticking to her knitting: Reflections on a historian’s craft
Professor Kate Hunter discusses the importance of apparently trivial snippets of historical evidence.