The current series of Inaugural Professorial Lectures was established in 1996 with the broad aim of promoting and celebrating the academic reputation of professorial staff.
The series makes an important contribution to the University's role within the wider community by providing a public forum for leading research and enhancing Otago's statutory role as critic and conscience of society.
2013 Inaugural Professorial Lectures
| Professor | Lecture Details |
|---|---|
| Professor Robin Gauld Director of Centre for Health Systems Department of Preventive & Social Medicine | From why to how well: Questions about New Zealand’s health system Tuesday 12 March, 5.30pm |
| Professor Angela McCarthy Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies Department of History and Art History | Destination New Zealand: The Scottish and Irish Experience |
| Professor Alex Miller Department of Philosophy | The Art of Philosophical Synthesis Tuesday 9 April, 5.30pm |
| Professor Michael Albert Department of Computer Science | How to shuffle badly Tuesday 16 April, 5.30pm |
| Professor John Broughton Director of Ngai Tahu Māori Health Research Unit Department of Preventive & Social Medicine | A Bro-fessor in the Whare Tuesday 30 April, 5.30pm |
| Professor Steve Dawson Department of Marine Science | Using science to save dolphins, and whaling without a harpoon Tuesday 7 May, 5.30pm |
| Professor John Crump Department of Preventive & Social Medicine | Lecture postponed until 2014. |
| Professor Rob McGee Department of Preventive & Social Medicine | “At best a neutralitie” – how might we measure well-being? Tuesday 21 May, 5.30pm |
| Professor David Wharton Department of Zoology | A World of Worms Tuesday 28 May, 5.30pm |
| Professor Susan Dovey Department of General Practice and Rural Health | Cuckoo Explores the Nest Tuesday 11 June, 5.30pm |
| Professor Russell Frew Department of Chemistry | Tuesday 2 July, 5.30pm Archway 1 Lecture Theatre |
| Professor Ian Jamieson Department of Zoology | Tuesday 23 July, 5.30 pm Archway 1 Lecture Theatre |
| Professor Jon Waters Department of Zoology | Tuesday 6 August, 5.30 pm Archway 1 Lecture Theatre |
| Professor Sarah Hook School of Pharmacy | Tuesday 13 August, 5.30pm |
| Professor Sylvie Chetty Centre for Entrepreneurship Otago Business School | Tuesday 20 August, 5.30pm |
| Professor Alison Rich Department of Oral Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences | Tuesday 27 August, 5.30pm |
| Professor Elaine Reese Department of Psychology | Tuesday 3 September, 5.30pm Archway 1 Lecture Theatre |
| Professor Melissa Baucus Centre for Entrepreneurship Otago Business School | Tuesday 10 September, 5.30pm |
| Professor Antony Robins Department of Computer Science | Tuesday 17 September, 5.30pm Archway 1 Lecture Theatre |
| Professor Dirk De Ridder Neurosurgery Department of Surgical Sciences | Tuesday 24 September, 5:30pm |
| Professor Andre Everett Department of Management | Tuesday 1 October, 5.30pm |
| Professor Wayne Gillett Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department of Women’s and Children’s Health | Tuesday 8 October, 5:30pm. |
| Professor Liz Franz Department of Psychology | Tuesday 15 October, 5.30pm Archway 1 Lecture Theatre |
| Professor Richard Jackson National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies | Tuesday 22 October, 5.30pm |
| Professor Parry Guilford Department of Biochemistry | Tuesday 29 October, 5:30pm |
| Professor Etienne Nel Department of Geography | Tuesday 5 November, 5.30pm |
| Professor Jae Jung Song Department of English and Linguistics | Tuesday 12 November, 5.30pm Burns 2 lecture Theatre |
| Professor Jamin Halberstadt Department of Psychology | Tuesday 19 November, 5.30pm Archway 1 Lecture Theatre |
| Professor Julian Eaton-Rye Department of Biochemistry | Tuesday 10 December, 5:30pm Archway 1 Lecture Theatre |
