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Wellington UniVentures Spring Speaker Series

Wed Oct 14 2020, 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Staff and postgraduates are invited to engage with established entrepreneurs and innovators as they share their journey and lessons learnt along the way.

Creativity, illness, and first-person documentaries

Thu Oct 01 2020, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

A talk on first-person filmmakers who've turned to the feature-length documentary form to transform their experience of illness into a narrative.

Who’s laughing now? Humorous resolutions to conflict in preschoolers’ interactions

Fri Sep 25 2020, 4:10pm - 5:00pm

Knowing when a dispute has been resolved is hard for all of us. We’re looking at how very young children manage this.

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Catch up on our public lecture series with the following selection of lecture recordings.

In search of the New Zealand middle class

Professor Jim McAloon looks at the New Zealand middle class as it was around 1900.

Regulatory philosophy, theory, and practice: Ka mua, ka muri

Professor van der Heijden will reflect on the long, and often remarkable, history of regulatory reform.

Towards a New Public Ethics

Professor Michael Macaulay explores the tension between rhetoric and reality, drawing on almost seven years of New Zealand-based research.

Beyond horizons…and forward to the Moon

Dr Alexander Gerst, astronaut and distinguished alumni, shares his experience of space travel.

Previous lectures

Access video recordings from previous public lectures.

Turning power into empowerment: Researching language in the workplace

Professor Marra illustrates how language research can contribute to empowerment.

What now? The short-term economic responses to COVID-19

Our panel discuss the short-term economic outlook, the effect lockdown had on families, what sectors have been worse hit, and what can the government afford?