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Pānui
Happy Friday! A few brief notices for you.
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First, a huge thanks to Dr Tim Fadgen from UoA for taking on the role of Treasurer. And our thanks go to Dr Sarah Bickerton for her time as Treasurer. We are looking forward to working with Tim!
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We also had an enjoyable media commentary online round table, the next one coming up is:
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Demystifying Horizon Europe
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Friday June 19, 2026, 12:00PM
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A lot of us have heard about Horizon Europe – maybe we have seen the emails from our research office – but what is it? And how do you get involved? This session is hosted by Dr Sarah Bickerton and aims to answers all these questions and more. For this session we will be joined by Associate Professor Andrew Sporle, the National Contact Point (Māori) for Horizon Europe, and Associate Professor Lara Greaves, one of the first New Zealanders to gain this funding. Andrew and Lara will discuss how it all works, how they got involved and what first steps you can take. The aim of the session is to cut through any knowledge barriers and get more politics and social science scholars involved in Horizon Europe proposals.
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All are welcome, please send it along to people who might benefit from it. We will record the part that Andrew and I do and send it along to members.
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Social science conference
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The 2026 Conference for the Social Sciences He kai kei aku ringa
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2-4 December 2026 at the University of Auckland
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Now have more info on their website: https://www.socialsciencesconference.nz/
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Submissions close 31st August.
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Also, on another note politics academics have had a bumper of a month for books aimed at a general audience. Congrats to all the authors.
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- Prof Dominic O'Sullivan has just released Te Tiriti, Equality and the Future of New Zealand Democracy: https://aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/te-tiriti-equality-and-the-future-of-new-zealand-democracy/
- This weekend I am looking forward to finishing He Told Us by Assoc Prof Chris Wilson and Michal Dziwulski: https://www.whitcoulls.co.nz/he-told-us-7041100 which also featured on Q + A last week: https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/06/07/chch-mosque-attack-inquiry-asked-the-wrong-question-researchers-say/
- And from May, there is also Prof Richard Shaw's The Good Settler: https://masseypress.ac.nz/products/the-good-settler - I will never look at lawns the same again.
Wish we had enough time for a book club! I am sure we will have lots to choose from in the NZPSA publications prize in future.
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