AUT - Penny Hayes

Penny Hayes

Lecturer, Centre for Business Interdisciplinary Studies

Phone: + 64 9 921 9999 ext 5070

Email: penny.hayes@aut.ac.nz

Qualifications:

Master of Arts with Distinction (Political Studies)
Postgraduate Diploma in Arts Subjects (Economics and Political Studies)
Bachelor of Arts (Economics)

Memberships and Affiliations:

Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (SAA(NZ))
http://web.me.com/saanz/SAANZ/Home.html
Australian Society of Heterodox Economists
http://www.asb.unsw.edu.au/research/societyofheterodoxeconomists/aboutus/Pages/default.aspx

Research areas:

•     Labour markets and inequality
•     Political economy of innovation and intellectual property law
•     Public policy, New Zealand politics

Research Summary:

I have a long-standing academic and social interest in politics, political economy and sociology, particularly in the unique New Zealand context. Specifically, my research interests include class theory and its applications, intellectual property, public policy, the political economy of New Zealand, the history of economic thought, the classical Marxist tradition and contemporary Marxism.
Most recently, I have been completing my PhD thesis which critically analyses the strategy for economic growth in New Zealand under the Fifth Labour Government (1999-2008). I have also been extending my work on the labour market and inequality to the Australian context.

Current Research Projects:

The Fifth Labour Government’s Growth and Innovation Framework: A Critique (PhD thesis)
Protecting the Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights of Maori: Colonisation and the Prospects for Reform in Aotearoa New Zealand (journal article)

Publications:

Article:
Hayes, P. J. M., 2005, The End of Class? An Empirical Investigation into the Changing Composition of New Zealand’s Class Structure, 1896–2001, New Zealand Sociology, V 20 n 2, pp 38-75.
Conference Papers:
Hayes, P. J. M., 2010, The New Middle Class or the End of Class? An Empirical Investigation into the Changing Composition of New Zealand’s Class Structure, 1896–2006, paper presented at the “How Class Works” Conference hosted by the Center for Study of Working Class Life, Department of Economics, at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York, 3-4 June 2010

Hayes, P. J. M., 2009, Protecting the Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights of Maori: Colonisation and the Prospects for Reform in Aotearoa New Zealand, presented to the Eighth Australian Society of Heterodox Economists (SHE) Conference, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 7-8th December 2009.

Hayes, P. J. M., Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation Policies: The Impact on Income Distribution in New Zealand, paper presented at the Association for Heterodox Economists (AHE) Annual Conference, at the London School of Economics and Political Science, London, 14th-16th July 2006.

Hayes, P. J. M., New Zealand’s “Growth and Innovation Framework”: Formulating A Critique, presented to the Fourth Australian Society of Heterodox Economists (SHE) Conference, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 12th-13th December 2005.

Hayes, P. J. M., The Fifth Labour Government's “Growth and Innovation Framework”: Class-based Interest Groups and the Politics of Policy Formulation 1999-2002, presented at the Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (SAANZ) Annual Conference, Eastern Institute of Technology, Taradale, Napier, 25th-27th November 2005.

Hayes, P. J. M., New Zealand’s “Growth and Innovation Framework”: Macro and Microeconomic Underpinnings and Implications for Income Distribution, presented at the Australasian Political Studies Association (APSA) Annual Conference, University of Adelaide, 29th September-1st October, 2004.   

Hayes, P. J. M., The End of Class? An Empirical Investigation into the Changing Composition of New Zealand’s Class Structure, 1896–1996, paper presented at the Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (SAANZ) Annual Conference, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, on the 5-7th December 2002.

Awards:

Bright Future Top Achiever Doctoral Scholarship 2003-2006
University of Otago Humanities Divisional Award for PhD Study 2003