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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...

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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...

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26 Apr 2023

Introducing postgraduate SGSC: Jordan Dougherty


Are we really educating people the best way about how to prevent sexual violence...

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04 Apr 2023

Introducing postgraduate SGSC: Joshua James


Queer people aligning themselves with the far-right can be doing it out of fear...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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11 Nov 2022

Associate Professor Patrick Vakaoti Decolonising global health


Associate Professor Vakaoti will chair a panel of prominent speakers at an upcom...

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26 Oct 2022

The “accidental academic” recognised with prestigious teaching award


Associate Professor Patrick Vakaoti has been awarded a national Te Whatu Kairang...

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26 Oct 2022

Prestigious teaching award for Associate Professor Patrick Vakaoti


Associate Professor Patrick Vakaoti has been awarded a national Te Whatu Kairang...

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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...

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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...

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29 Mar 2021

Time to shift the discussion on sex work


Time to shift the discussion on sex work...

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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...

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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...

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