OPSITARA Research
We are looking forward to another Inaugural Professorial Lecture on 1 September, this time for Professor Jo Kirkwood. All are welcome to attend this free online event. Click here for details and registration.
In this issue you can read about research by Jo and by other staff and students.
Prof Leoni Schmidt
Director: Research and Postgraduate Studies
ISSN 2624-084X
A woman's place is in the house ... of representatives
Sarah Kerby looks at barriers and pathways to election for women in local and central government. Read more…What's in a name? He aha rā te ingoa?
Mana whenua want to see their identity back in the landscape from which they had been dispossessed. E manako ana a mana whenua kia ... Read more…Knowledge management
Many sectors, including tertiary education, generate and manage significant volumes of data. Read more…From the horse's mouth
Steph Mann is concerned that following non-professional advice on social media is compromising the welfare of horses. Read more…Map the System
Otago Polytechnic School of Design students have shone in an international design competition. Read more…Is Tall Poppy Syndrome holding New Zealand back?
What impact is Tall Poppy Syndrome having on New Zealand society and economy, and what, if anything, can be done about it? Read more…Fitting fashion
Katie Mangai is designing comfortable and beautiful clothes for pregnant women. Read more…Place-responsive pedagogies
How might education respond to the Anthropocene and its human-impacted environmental concerns? Read more…Living with disability
What people with disabilities can do is limited by service design and unsympathetic attitudes. Read more…A key to the future
Inge Andrew's research used a design methodology to help men to avoid violence. Read more…
