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62% increase in AUT researchers
Driving diversity in NZ leadership
Striving to make algorithms fair
AUT Centre for Social Data Analytics co-director Rhema Vaithianathan spoke to science journal Nature about algorithms, bias and fairness.
Two key events will bring together economists from New Zealand and around the world at AUT.
Plain English boosts policy outcomes
Research points to benefits of using plain language and social media to connect central bank policies with the public.
Parenthood increases the gender pay gap with mothers facing a wage penalty.
Post-split parents’ finances studied
Research from AUT has revealed the economic impact when parents separate, in a study that is the first of its kind in New Zealand.
Vulnerable transient population size equal to the city of Tauranga
A study by the New Zealand Work Research Institute at AUT has quantified the scale of transience in New Zealand, with a particular focus on those considered to be ‘vulnerable transient’.
Professor Tim Maloney steps into chief economist role
Head of AUT’s School of Economics and co-director of the Centre for Social Data Analytics, Professor Tim Maloney, has been appointed to the role of Chief Economist at the Ministry of Social Development (MSD).
Excellence in economics brings home the Sir Frank Holmes prize
Congratulations to Livvy Mitchell, who is the 2017 recipient of a special prize established in honour of former New Zealand economist Sir Frank Holmes. Livvy is the first AUT recipient of this prize since its establishment in 2011.