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Sex, lies and the census
  • Science and Society

Sex, lies and the census

  • Natasha Hamilton-Hart
  • January 15, 2023
Was Captain Cook Afraid of Red Bananas?
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Was Captain Cook Afraid of Red Bananas?

  • James Kierstead
  • August 17, 2022
It’s time to speak up against the New Racists
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  • Science and Society

It’s time to speak up against the New Racists

  • Anthony Poole
  • July 28, 2022
Co-governance in science and research policy
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Co-governance in science and research policy

  • Elizabeth Rata
  • April 9, 2022
Openness and mātauranga Māori
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Openness and mātauranga Māori

  • Brian Boyd
  • April 9, 2022
Why did I resign from the Royal Society of New Zealand? – Garth Cooper
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Why did I resign from the Royal Society of New Zealand? – Garth Cooper

  • Garth Cooper
  • March 29, 2022
Do we want major change to our research, science and innovation funding?
  • Science and Society

Do we want major change to our research, science and innovation funding?

  • Natasha Hamilton-Hart
  • March 28, 2022
Japan’s path to becoming leaders in ‘Western’ science: an Asian perspective on science and other forms of knowledge (long version)
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Japan’s path to becoming leaders in ‘Western’ science: an Asian perspective on science and other forms of knowledge (long version)

  • Anthony Poole
  • March 26, 2022

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Anthony PooleAnthony Poole

Anthony is a scientist interested in the evolution of molecules, genomes and cells. He holds a PhD in molecular bioscience and has worked and studied in New Zealand, Japan and Sweden.

Brian BoydBrian Boyd

Brian Boyd, Distinguished Professor of English, University of Auckland, has long worked at the intersection of the arts, the humanities, and the sciences. He has written much on novelist and scientist Vladimir Nabokov, taught a Literature and Science course, pioneered the study of literature and art in the light of evolution, and is working on a biography of philosopher of science Karl Popper. He has written on language, storytelling, religion, reason and science, and on art around the world and literature in many languages.

Elizabeth RataElizabeth Rata

Professor Elizabeth Rata is a sociologist of education at the University of Auckland. Her research interests include education and democracy, curriculum knowledge, and ethnic politics with a focus on the emergence of neotribal capitalist elites. She was a founding member of kura kaupapa Māori.

Garth CooperGarth Cooper

Professor Garth Cooper is one of New Zealand’s foremost biological scientists and biotechnology entrepreneurs.

James KiersteadJames Kierstead

James Kierstead is Senior Lecurer in Classics at Victoria University and a Research Fellow at the New Zealand Initiative. Together with Michael Johnston he co-hosts Free Kiwis!, a podcast dedicated to issues to do with freedom and free speech in a New Zealand context. He tweets @Kleisthenes2

Melissa DerbyMelissa Derby

Dr Melissa Derby is a Senior Lecturer whose research focuses primarily on early literacy development. She also has an interest in Maori education.

Natasha Hamilton-HartNatasha Hamilton-Hart

Natasha Hamilton-Hart has a PhD in Government from Cornell University and a BA (Hons) from the University of Otago. She publishes in the field of political economy, with a focus on state and private sector institutions, property rights and business-government relations.

Robert NolaRobert Nola

Emeritus Professor Robert Nola's work has focussed on the philosophy and history of science, on epistemology and on metaphysics.

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