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Read about our media coverage, research and news updates. During the year, the Department also hosts many public lectures and events from our researchers and subject experts. For Economics staff, we have an upcoming departmental seminars calendar, ensuring that everyone is kept up-to-date.
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Latest news
18 Jun 2026
Otago Foreign Policy School celebrates 60 years
New Zealand has a vital stake in examining its position in the midst of a faltering international rules-based order, a l...
23 Apr 2026
New Zealand’s monetary sovereignty under threat in digital era
The world is undergoing a fundamental change to how money works, and New Zealand should choose its response wisely, an O...
02 Mar 2026
Alumni who are kind of a big deal...
It’s been an eventful four years for Kind of a Big Deal, an online comedy duo starring Otago alumni Ryan Forlong and Bry...
10 Dec 2025
Otago announces 32 new professors
Twenty-six University of Otago - Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka academics are being promoted to the position of Professor, with a...
03 Oct 2025
In the business of helping solve society’s problems
In this Q&A we catch up with alumnus Craig Stobo, who was our recent Executive in Residence at the Otago Business School...
27 Jun 2025
Otago strikes again with top economics thesis
Commerce alumnus Cameron Grubb says it was “a bit of a surprise” to win the 2025 New Zealand Association of Economists (...
28 May 2025
Breaking the cycle with a ski, row, cycle and run
Scott Casey-Wooldridge is doing his bit to break a cycle of intergenerational trauma, and hopes he can help others do th...
28 Mar 2025
‘Caring, passionate and dedicated’ teachers awarded
Five of Otago’s academic staff have received Excellence in Teaching awards for being ‘caring, passionate and dedicated t...
10 Mar 2025
Otago student wins Young Econometrician Award
When PhD candidate Syed Zulqernain Hussain received a Young Econometrician Award at last month’s 34th meeting of the Aus...
19 Dec 2024
Otago trio crack business cases in Budapest
Three Otago tauira were given the opportunity to pit their case-cracking skills against business school students from ac...
31 Oct 2024
Hippie economist cruising into early retirement
When a former Otago lecturer recently popped by campus after many years abroad, she was so cheered by the familiar visio...
22 Oct 2024
Budding economist wins 2024 Sir Frank Holmes Prize
When you hear Amelia Farrar describe economics as being “like the physics of society”, you get some sense of the keen mi...