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Upcoming Roundtable Events
The NZPSA is hosting a series of online discussions – informal, at lunch and on Zoom – designed to be useful for those in the politics and international relations scholarly community. Please send this invite along to any colleagues or students and those in related disciplines who might find these talks useful. Members, colleagues, and friends alike are welcome.
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Friday May 22, 2026, 12:00 PM
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Join us for a lunchtime online roundtable where three politics academics share their experiences appearing in the media. Prof Richard Shaw, Dr Annie Te One, and Dr Joshua James will reflect on what drew them to engaging with the media, any boundaries they've set around their participation (e.g., to do live radio or not?), and their top tips for getting started. Whether you're considering whether to engage with the media or already fielding the occasional call from a journalist, this is a great opportunity to learn from colleagues who've been there.
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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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Funding for Politics Research: Beyond Marsden
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Thursday July 16, 2026, 12:00 PM
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The cuts to social sciences and humanities funding have meant it is now even harder to find ways to get research funded. What are some alternatives? This roundtable speaks to three politics academics - Dr Helena Cook, Dr Sylvia Nissen, and Dr Mona Krewel - about the different ways they have found funding. Together, these researchers have had success over Mana Tūāpapa fellowships, MBIE/science-focused funding, and government contracting. We hope to have a positive discussion about future opportunities for funding work in the discipline.
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