Events

Public Lectures, Guest Speakers

Jeanette Fitzsimons - 19 May 2009 - Public Lecture
     "The Economic Crisis: Why We Need a Green New Deal"
     12-1pm - AG.30

Nandor Tanczos - 7 May 2008
At the Tipping Point: Thinking Beyond Sustainability

New Zealand Institute of Internal Affairs (Waikato Branch)
Meetings and Speakers

Nicola Lemberg - 12 October 2011
"The European Union: A Superpower in the "

Dr Ashok Sharma - 28 September 2011
"The Politics of Corruption in India: Anna Hazare's Gandhian Movement"

Yasmine Ryan - 14 September 2011
"Reporting on the Arab Uprisings: A View from Al Jazeera"

Burhan Dayyib - 7 September 2011
"Anarchism in Somalia: Al Shabab, a terrorist organisation?"

Ms Debrin Foxcroft - 27 July 2011
"Forgiveness after the unforgiveable: the big ask of Amnesty legislation"

Professor Dov Bing - 14 July 2011
"The 90th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist party: China and the West"

Hon. Sir Roger Douglas, MP - 25 May 2011
"Stop Buying the Bullsh*t"

Dr Ron Smith - 20 April 2011
Fukushima: the Consequences

Dr Derek W. Smith - 30 March 2011
Scottish Nationalism: Past and Present

Professor Michael G. Horowitz - 23 March 2011
Communism, a detour to Capitalism

Professor Dov Bing - 2 February 2011
The impact of Wikileaks and the Palestine Papers on the Middle East

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2010 Graduate Student Seminar Series
3.10pm in JG.17

22 July - Jeanette Wright
"Contextualising Sustainability Within NZ Environmental Policy Discourse"

5 August - Ben Nwosu
"State, Civil Society and Political Change in Nigeria: the Relevance of Hegel and Marx"

19 August - Rebecca Bollard
"Sustainable Citizenship and Deliberative Policy: An Analysis of Reproductive Technology in New Zealand"

16 September - Chandra Pandey
"Democratic Status and Legitimacy of Intergovernmental Organizations in Response to Climate Change"
& - Mortaza Shams
"Religion and Terrorism"

30 September - Hannah Mueller
"A quest for sustainability: biotechnology, citizenship and farming methods in New Zealand's dairy industry"
& - Mamadou D. Bah
"Natural Resources and Conflict Management: A Literature Review"

14 October - Debrin Foxcroft
"Justic Vs Democracy"
& - Anita Abbott
"US Hegemonic Power and Politics in Education"

28 October - Wanwalee Inpin
"The Implementation of Thailand's Policy to Decentralise Government"
& - Handren Delan
"Turkish and Kurdish Nationalism: A Comparative Study"

11 November - Wambui Njagi
"Abortion Politics in Kenya"

25 November - Nyamaamaa Avirmed
"The pension reform policy in Mongolia"
& - Ibikunle Adeakin
"The Impact of Democratization on Civil-Military Relations in Africa: A Case Study of Nigeria"

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News

Roundtable with visiting Indian MP

As a member of the New Zealand delegation to the inaugural India-New Zealand Dialogue held in New Delhi in December last year, and an expert on our relations with Asia, Dr. Mark G. Rolls was invited to participate in a roundtable with the high-profile visiting Indian MP, Mr Rahul Gandhi.  Mr Gandhi comes from an illustrious political family and is widely viewed as a prospective prime minister.  The roundtable was held at the Asia New Zealand Foundation office in Wellington on 16 February with discussion topics including the way in which India is perceived in New Zealand and the place of Indian migrants in New Zealand society.  Mr Gandhi (seventh from the left) was visiting New Zealand as the Sir Edmund Hillary Fellow.  Dr. Rolls is currently working on a book on New Zealand's relations with South Asia.

Marsden Success - Technology and Sustainable Citizenship

Associate Professors Priya Kurian (Political Science and Public Policy) and Debashish Munshi (Management Communication) from Waikato University have received a Marsden grant of $560,000 to find some common ground amongst groups who support and oppose new technologies such as nanotechnology and transgenics. They propose finding common ground amongst the different and often antagonistic groups and from there work on a policy design for these new technologies.

Technology and Sustainable Citizenship

The Shangri-La Dialogue

Dr. Mark G. Rolls, Senior Lecturer in Asian Politics and Security and Co-Director IRSSt Programme, was a delegate to the 8th IISS Asia Security Summit - better known as the Shangri-La Dialogue.  The Dialogue was held in Singapore from 29-31 May.  He heard a keynote speech by the Australian PM, Kevin Rudd, in which Rudd renewed his call for an Asia-Pacific Community, and US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates's address to the first plenary session in which North Korea's recent nuclear test was strongly condemned.  Dr. Rolls participated in the Maritime Co-operation and Confidence-Building Break Out group.   His personal commentary on the Dialogue will eventually be published on the Asia: NZ Foundation webpage.

Scholarships

Graduate Scholarship
This scholarship is awarded to a candidate who is entering the Postgraduate Diploma or Honours programmes in Political Science, and who has achieved outstanding academic results in their undergraduate Political Science or Public Policy major.
2011: Joanna Clarke
2010: Graeme Mackenzie
2009: Hannah Mueller
2008: Jennifer Schmidt

Theo Roy Scholarship in Politics
2010: Simone Burnett Lanauze
2009: Joanna Clarke

Lewis Fretz Prize in International Relations
2010: Hayley de Rijk
2009: Quentin Preece