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28 Aug 2023
Introducing postgraduate SGSC: Erin Silver
Could Aotearoa New Zealand’s social service NGOs play a role within transformati...
22 Jun 2023
Introducing postgraduate SGSC: Sandhiya Gounder
Cultural and traditional approaches to achieving national unity in Fiji would be...
12 May 2023
Introducing postgraduate SGSC: Sonja Bohn
A potential silver lining of the COVID-19 pandemic could be the changes taking p...
26 Apr 2023
Introducing postgraduate SGSC: Jordan Dougherty
Are we really educating people the best way about how to prevent sexual violence...
04 Apr 2023
Introducing postgraduate SGSC: Joshua James
Queer people aligning themselves with the far-right can be doing it out of fear...
04 Apr 2023
Exploring vegan burgers and Te Ao Māori
Brent Paehua reckons that if his dad, “a Māori guy born in the ‘50s”, can accide...
19 Mar 2023
A journey from the runway to the library
A multi-award-winning non-binary fashion designer is taking a moment away from t...
25 Nov 2022
Continuous learner Dr Tessa Romano wins Division of Humanities Teaching Award
Dr Tessa Romano, Pūkenga, Te Kāhui Tau/Lecturer of Voice, School of Performing A...
11 Nov 2022
Associate Professor Patrick Vakaoti Decolonising global health
Associate Professor Vakaoti will chair a panel of prominent speakers at an upcom...
26 Oct 2022
The “accidental academic” recognised with prestigious teaching award
Associate Professor Patrick Vakaoti has been awarded a national Te Whatu Kairang...
26 Oct 2022
Prestigious teaching award for Associate Professor Patrick Vakaoti
Associate Professor Patrick Vakaoti has been awarded a national Te Whatu Kairang...
13 Jun 2022
New Zealand’s role in space to take centre stage at Foreign Policy School
As New Zealand takes its place as a space-faring nation, this year’s Otago Forei...
22 Nov 2021
Otago announces Professorial promotions for 2022
Twenty-eight University of Otago academics are being promoted to the position of...
07 Oct 2021
Invisible farms? transparent tractors? Sociologist's book looks at consequences of modernist farming
In Farming Inside Invisible Worlds: Modernist Agriculture and its Consequences,...
02 Aug 2021
Potential and pitfalls of menstrual apps to be investigated
Menstrual tracking apps are widely used to monitor menstruation and record its c...
29 Mar 2021
Time to shift the discussion on sex work
Time to shift the discussion on sex work...
15 Dec 2020
Behind the scenes: graduand explores families on set
Graduand Helen Bollinger’s behind the scenes view of intergenerational film fami...
11 Aug 2020
Otago academics doing their bit for the public good
Otago academics doing their bit for the public good...
03 Aug 2020
Otago experts deemed ‘critic and conscience’ of society
For the first time, the Gama Foundation has recognised two people at once for th...