Social sciences and public policy news

Employment relations journal now free

The New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations will now make itself available free on Tuwhera, AUT’s open access journal hosting service.

Do we follow or lead on climate change?

When the Zero Carbon Act was passed, back in pre-Covid times, the Prime Minister insisted “New Zealand will not be a slow follower” on climate change.

New tool to help the homeless

A world-first machine learning tool developed at AUT for a county in the United States, accurately prioritises requests for housing help.

AUT launches new advertising campaign

AUT graduates are telling the story in their own words of how their AUT experience inspired them and shaped their lives and futures.

Former refugee now Ivy League student

AUT alumnus Guled Mire says his new Fulbright NZ scholarship to study at an Ivy League university sends a strong message to other refugee kids.

Algorithm predicts child injuries

New AUT research confirms the value of predictive risk modelling technology to support child maltreatment decisions.

The economics during lockdown

One of the most entrenched existing biases in economic practice was highlighted and magnified by the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown in Aotearoa.

Digital contact tracing for COVID-19

Digital contact tracing solutions for COVID-19 must offer exceptional speed and achieve high take-up rates to be useful, a working paper has found.

Lessons From NZ’s Bubbles For The World

Initial findings into how New Zealanders did under lockdown can now help inform policy makers around the globe fighting COVID-19.

NZ’s COVID-19 budget and climate change

New Zealand's COVID-19 budget delivers on one crisis, but largely leaves climate change for another day, writes Dr David Hall.