by Professor Grant Schofield
Professor of Public Health
Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, AUT University

Sustainable solutions to weight, diet, and exercise

When: 4.30 pm – 5.30 pm, Tuesday 2nd December, 2008
Where: WA220 (Lecture Theatre), Ground Floor, Te Amorangi Building (A Block) Main entry, 55 Wellesley Street
RSVP: Please RSVP acceptances to Beryl Jack, bjack@aut.ac.nz by Friday 28th November, 2008

Healthy refreshments will be served following the address

Abstract

Modern foods, lots of sitting, and ancient genes are a combination which have propelled the problem of chronic diseases to the forefront of modern human problems. In this talk Professor Schofield explores the reasons behind poor diets, sedentaryness, and the obesity epidemic. In doing so, some novel social, environmental, political and economic solutions emerge. He covers his and others’ recent work on physical activity, nutrition, weight in preschoolers, children, adults, older adults, workplaces, and urban design.

Biography

Grant Schofield is Professor of Public Health at AUT University located on the North Shore Campus. This is a joint appointment between the School of Sport and Recreation and the School of Public Health and Psychosocial Studies. Grant’s research and teaching interests are in physical activity, nutrition, and health. In terms of setting and populations he has specialised in (but is not necessarily restricted to) children and youth, environmental influences, and workplaces as settings for health promotion. In physical activity and health promotion Professor Schofield has experience in both Australian and New Zealand work. In physical activity measurement and epidemiology he has expertise in both youth and adult measurement and how this measurement relates to health. In environmental design he has a range of expertise in how especially built environmental factors are related to walkability, car dependency and sustainability. In workplaces his work has been in understanding effective workplace interventions and the effect on health and health risk, and also on business productivity.

Inaugural Professorial Address

by Professor Ajit Narayanan
Professor of Artificial Intelligence
Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies, AUT University

“What is there left for computing to do?”

When: 4.30 pm – 5.30 pm, Tuesday 4th November, 2008
Where: WA220 (Lecture Theatre), Ground Floor, Te Amorangi Building (A Block), Main entry, 55 Wellesley Street
RSVP:  Please RSVP acceptances to Marnie Wilton:marnie.wilton@aut.ac.nz  by Friday 31st October, 2008

Refreshments will be served following the address

Abstract

Computing has succeeded beyond everyone's wildest dreams. The technology has developed to the point where two-fifths of the world’s population will expect to own a computer by 2015 or 2020 at the latest. Given the state of the technology just 40 years ago, when specialist technicians and operators were required to keep large computers running in dedicated facilities, this is a remarkable success story. We don’t have desktop nuclear reactors, for instance, if we wish to gain a true perspective as to how computing has developed in relation to other technologies.  The question now arises as to what the future holds for computing. The audience will be asked to consider this simple question: Is asking whether there is any limit to what computers can do the same as asking the cosmological questions of whether the universe will ever stop expanding? In other words, is there a science of computing that rests on fundamental principles  and concepts that are as yet unknown to us but which must exist if we are to explain the rapid expansion of computing during the last 40 years? If so, the implication is that we have only scratched the surface of what we call computer science and much more research is now required to discover the ‘true’ nature of computing. In other words, computing may only just have got going.…

Biography

After graduating from the University of Aston in Birmingham with a BSc in computer science, philosophy and linguistics in 1973 Ajit went to the University of Exeter to complete his PhD in philosophical linguistics and formal grammars in 1976.He was appointed as Lecturer in the newly created Department of Computer Science at the University of Exeter in 1980. He was Head of Department during the late 1980s and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1990. He was elected Dean of Science in 1996 and Dean of the Undergraduate Faculty from 1998 to 2002. He was awarded a personal chair in 2001 for his research in artificial intelligence, quantum computing and bioinformatics (principally oncoinformatics). In 2005 he left the University of Exeter to join the University of Portsmouth as Head of the School of Computing before joining AUT in July 2007. He was also a Visiting Lecturer and Visiting Professor at the University of Skövde in Sweden between 1989 and 2005.

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Inaugural Professorial Address

by Professor Keith Rome
Professor of Podiatry
Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, AUT University

Putting Your Best Foot Forward

When: 4.30 pm – 5.30 pm, Tuesday 7th October, 2008
Where: WA220 (Lecture Theatre), Ground Floor, Te Amorangi Building (A Block), Main entry, 55 Wellesley Street
RSVP:  Please RSVP acceptances to Marnie Wilton:marnie.wilton@aut.ac.nz  by Friday 3rd October, 2008

Refreshments will be served following the address

Abstract

The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art" - Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519)

The human foot was originally designed to travel on soft, natural surfaces like earth and sand. Unfortunately, we now spend every day walking and standing on unnatural hard, flat surfaces like pavements and floors. The problem of walking on hard surfaces such as pavements may alter the biomechanics of walking. This may lead to potential arthritic changes and consequently a reduction in foot function, pain and disability.

In the presentation, I discuss how the foot plays a pivotal role in everyday activities and will explore podiatric issues that are pertinent to New Zealanders. The presentation will discuss ongoing research innovations with industry and within the health-sector being undertaken at AUT.

Biography

Keith was awarded a Diploma in Chiropody and Membership to the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists (UK) in 1979 and worked in the National Health Service and private practice. He has worked in full-time academia since 1988 within podiatry and physiotherapy. He was awarded a Bachelor of Science in Podiatry from the University of Westminster in 1989 and in 1990 a postgraduate diploma in Biomechanics from the University of Strathclyde.

In 1994, he was awarded a Master of Science Degree in Research Methodology for Physical Therapists from Kings College London and in 2000 was awarded a PhD from the University of Teesside. He was promoted to a Reader in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation in 2002, and in 2005 was appointed as Professor of Podiatric Rehabilitation. In 2007 was appointed a Professor in Podiatry to AUT University.

He has published over 50 peer-reviewed publications and has successfully supervised numerous masters and doctoral students to completion. He is currently supervising doctoral students in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. He is on the editorial board of three peer-reviewed journals and sits on a number of funding bodies in the UK. Keith has been invited as an international key-note speaker in Europe, USA and Australasia.

Inaugural Professorial Address

by Professor Olaf Diegel
Professor of Product Development
Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies, AUT University

Printing the Future

When: 4.30 pm – 5.30 pm, Tuesday 23 September, 2008
Where: WA220 (Lecture Theatre), Ground Floor, Te Amorangi Building (A Block), Main entry, 55 Wellesley Street
RSVP:  Please RSVP acceptances to Marnie Wilton:marnie.wilton@aut.ac.nz  by Thursday 18 September, 2008

Refreshments will be served following the address

Abstract

3D printing is coming of age. It is now at the cusp of becoming a rapid manufacturing technology that will have a great deal of influence on how we live in the future. In the not too distant future we will, for example, be able to select a product from an online catalogue and, after customizing it to our preferences, our home 3D printer will manufacture it for us on the spot. Your mechanic needing to carry spare parts (or needing six weeks to order them) will be a thing of the past, as he will simply print out new parts as he needs them. Tired of waiting six months for your house to be built? Why not print one out in six days?

In this presentation, I review the state of the art of 3D printing technologies and examine some of their current and future applications in the fields of art, engineering and health. I also discuss some of the implications these technologies will have on design and describe some of the research currently being undertaken at AUT in the field of rapid prototyping.

Biography

Olaf Diegel was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, but has spent much of his life in countries such as the USA, Canada, South Africa, and Japan. He received a Masters in Project Management from UTS, Sydney and a PhD in Product Development from Massey University. Olaf is both an educator and a practitioner of engineering product design and development with an excellent track record of developing innovative solutions to engineering problems. He is widely published in the areas of product development, project management, smart house technologies, mechatronics and predictive health systems.

In his role at AUT, he is director of the Creative Industries Research Institute, an interdisciplinary institute that crosses over between Engineering, Art & Design, Computers and Communications. As part of his action-based research, he develops a wide range of products for New Zealand and International companies. Over the past 10 years he has developed over 40 commercialized new products including innovative new theatre lighting products, security and marine products and several home health monitoring products. He has received numerous New Zealand and International product development awards, and helped to firmly put New Zealand on the world innovation map.

Inaugural Professorial Address

by Professor Barry King
Professor of Communications
Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies, AUT University

On the Para-Confession

When: 4.30 pm – 5.30 pm, Tuesday 19 August, 2008
Where: WA220 (Lecture Theatre), Ground Floor, Te Amorangi Building (A Block), Main entry, 55 Wellesley Street
RSVP:  Please RSVP acceptances to Marnie Wilton:marnie.wilton@aut.ac.nz  by Thursday 14 August, 2008

Refreshments will be served following the address

Abstract

In this presentation, I discuss the Television Talk Show as a hybrid form that draws upon history of the religious ritual of confession to stage a drama of self-disclosure. Michel Foucault’s work has been cited to support the idea that television is saturated with and justified by notions of a therapeutic encounter. I argue instead what seemingly modern television genres such as Talk Shows and reality television deliver is a simulation of confession. This simulation is paradoxically closer to the medieval notion of confession as a profession of faith or attestation. Self disclosure as entertainment is, in other words, an example of a semi-institutional discourse in which a self is performed rather than revealed. Moreover, not all confessants are equal in the process of self-disclosure. The Celebrity Talk show, unlike its more demotic variants, represents a controlled process of revelation which is designed to display the persona from a position of authority in relation to the host (as a professional equal) and the audience (live and mediated) as an admiring mass. This process I define as a para-confession.   I conclude with a brief analysis of the Tom Cruise-Oprah Winfrey May 2005 interview as an example of the breakdown in the routine pragmatics of the celebrity interview; an example which through its ungainliness was widely perceived as laughably abnormal.

Biography

Barry King was trained as a sociologist at City University, London and received his doctorate from the London School of Economics. He has taught in Universities in the UK, USA and Sweden.  His research interests lie in the areas of communications and cultural theory. His publications encompass popular photography, the sociology of acting and performance, American media culture, stardom and celebrity, violence and the media, visual semiotics and global media and indigenous cultures. He was a member of the editorial board of Screen for several years and a reviewer for Critical Studies in Mass Communications. He is currently on the Editorial board of the Pacific Journalism Review and the New Zealand Journal of Sociology.  He is co-author of Lord of the Rings: Studying the Event Film, Manchester University Press (2008). He has undertaken consultancy work for British Actor’s Equity Association on the labour market for actors and is currently extending this research to encompass New Zealand actors. During 2003, he was Associate Director on the Television and Violence Project, commissioned by the Ministry of Culture and Heritage and he was part of the PBRF panel on the Creative and Performing Arts in 2006. He is the Director of the Centre for Performance Studies located in the Creative Industries Research Institute. He has just completed a book-length study of stardom in the American cinema to be published by Peter Lang in 2009.

Inaugural Professorial Address

by Professor John Brooks

Professor of Food Microbiology
Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, AUT University

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

When: 4.30 pm – 5.30 pm, Tuesday 5 August, 2008
Where: WA220 (Lecture Theatre), Ground Floor, Te Amorangi Building (A Block), Main entry, 55 Wellesley Street
RSVP: Please RSVP acceptances to Marnie Wilton:marnie.wilton@aut.ac.nz  by Thursday 31 July, 2008

Refreshments will be served following the address

Abstract

The modern science of microbiology owes much to the persistence and insight of a few researchers working with primitive equipment, principally in the nineteenth century.  In this lecture, I will trace the development of microbiology from these early workers to the present day, giving examples of the impact of microbiology on our daily lives.  The journey will end with an introduction to some of the food microbiology projects in which I have been involved.

Biography

John Brooks is a microbiologist, specialising in food microbiology. He trained in London under John Pirt and on graduation spent a period of time working at ICI in Billingham, helping to develop the methanol-based single cell protein process. He then moved to Sydney to do a PhD in biochemical engineering, continuing his work on C1 metabolism. After finishing the PhD, John took up a position at Massey University, teaching food microbiology and remained there for 30 years. During that time, he supervised a number of Masters and PhD projects in various aspects of microbiology and food technology.  John has consulted extensively for the food industry and is a member of the NZFSA Science Academy, which provides specialist expertise and advice to the Authority.

John’s major research interest is the study of microbial biofilms, with particular reference to the food and dairy processing industries. However, he has also retained an interest in food safety and hazard analysis. He has a strong hands-on approach to microbiology research and intends to build a biofilm research team at AUT.  In addition to membership of a number of journal editorial boards, John is an Honorary Professor at Hong Kong University. He plays jazz, has built a sports car and has a keen interest in gliders as pilot, instructor and engineer.

Inaugural Professorial Address

by Professor Erling Rasmussen
Professor of Work and Employment, Faculty of Business, AUT University

Work and employment patterns – towards a sustainable life?

When: 4.30 pm – 5.30 pm, Tuesday 22 July, 2008
Where: WA220 (Lecture Theatre), Ground Floor, Te Amorangi Building (A Block) Main entry, 55 Wellesley Street, Auckland
RSVP: Please RSVP acceptances to Deborah Goudie, deborah.goudie@aut.ac.nz by Thursday 17  July, 2008

Refreshments will be served following the address

Abstract

New Zealand’s changes to the legislative employment relations framework over the past twenty years have arguably been the most radical in the OECD. The associated outcomes and process of collective and individual bargaining, unionism and conflict resolution have gained international interest.  Employment arrangements in New Zealand have also adjusted to such a degree that atypical employment patterns are becoming standard employment practice.  Some of the current trends in working hours, casual and agency employment, voluntary staff turnover, gender differences in work and education were not envisaged twenty years ago. The effects on our daily lives have been dramatic - from shopping patterns to participation in voluntary organisations – and have raised concerns about sustainability.

In light of these changes, this professorial address will present research findings on recent developments in employment relations legislation, atypical employment arrangements and future work.  Furthermore, the salient issues of productivity, employee participation and workplace partnerships, will be reviewed within a comparative context.

Biography

Dr Erling Rasmussen has joined the Management Department at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) as the Professor of Work and Employment after a career in academia, the public and private sectors.  Since the 1970s, Erling has worked in employment relations in a number of OECD countries and, besides a strong academic research and teaching record, he has had extensive experience of public policy formation and evaluation. Prior to joining AUT, he was an Associate Professor at the University of Auckland. Erling has published extensively in academic journals and books, he is the Editor of the New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations (www.nzjournal.org ) and has co-authored New Zealand’s leading textbooks on employment relations (www.employment.org.nz ). For an overview of academic activities and publications, see AUT’s website: www.aut.ac.nz .

Inaugural Professorial Address

by Professor Cristel Russell
Professor of Marketing, Faculty of Business, AUT University

The Fusion of Advertising and Entertainment: Studying Consumers in an Advertainment World

When: 4.30 pm – 5.30 pm, Wednesday 21st May, 2008
Where:WA220 (Lecture Theatre), Ground Floor, Te Amorangi Building (A Block), Main entry, 55 Wellesley Street
RSVP: Please RSVP acceptances to Deborah Goudie, deborah.goudie@aut.ac.nz by Thursday 15th May, 2008
Refreshments will be served following the address

Abstract

Serial television programs are often viewed as a learning source for social behaviours and they contain many messages about consumption, including some designed to promote products and brands, a practice referred to as advertainment.

Professor Cristel Antonia Russell will present key findings from her extensive program of research on how consumers respond to advertainment efforts in television series and on the moderating role of audience connectedness. Her presentation will draw from recent findings from a research program focused on alcohol messages embedded in television series. This focus will not only illustrate the cognitive and persuasive implications of such embedded messages but it will also provide a platform to address the societal implications related to life in an advertainment world.

Biography

Cristel Antonia Russell is a consumer researcher who studies how people consume entertainment programs and how they process consumption messages integrated within their content. In a world where the boundaries between entertainment and advertising are increasingly blurred, her research uncovers novel insights with regards to the impact of hidden but potentially persuasive messages embedded within the storylines of television series and other media. A central component of her research program is the concept of audience connectedness which captures the degree to which people relate to TV characters in a parasocial manner and which influences how TV programs affect viewers. Her groundbreaking work on how product placements affect consumers has earned awards and international recognition in an area that is now receiving considerable interest from both academics and advertising practitioners. Cristel's research appears in prestigious journals such as the Journal of Consumer Research, the Journal of Advertising and the Journal of Advertising Research. Prior to joining AUT and moving to New Zealand, she worked in Southern California, the hub of the entertainment world, and has also taught and conducted research throughout Europe, including her home country of France, and in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

PUBLIC LECTURE

by Sir Howard Newby

Globally Competitive - Locally Engaged
Higher Education and the Regions

Time: Tuesday 8th April at 4.30pm
Venue: WA220 Lecture Theatre, "A" Block, Wellesley St
RSVP: For catering purposes kindly RSVP to Valerie Serrao by 3rd April for the public lecture

Email : vserrao@aut.ac.nz

Sir Howard Newby has enjoyed a distinguished career in higher education in the UK. Prior to being appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool last year, he held posts as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Southampton and the University of the West of England. His other academic posts include Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex and visiting appointments in Australia and the United States. From 1980-83, he was Professor of Sociology and Rural Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

In August 2001, Sir Howard ended a two-year term as president of Universities UK, the UK body which represents the university sector. His year-long presidency of the British Association ended in September 2002. He was appointed as the Chief Executive of The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) in October 2001. He is a director of the Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited and chair of trustees for the National Centre for Social Research.

Sir Howard has published many books and articles on social change in rural England and was for eight years a Rural Development Commissioner, a member of the Government body responsible for the economic and social regeneration of rural England. From 1983-88 he was director of the ESRC Data Archive, a national facility for storing and disseminating computerised datasets for use by researchers in the public and private sectors.

Sir Howard was awarded a CBE in 1995 for his services to Social Science and a knighthood in 2000 for his services to higher education.

Inaugural Professorial Address

by Professor Ian Shirley
Institute of Public Policy, AUT University

The Human Laboratory

When: 4.30 pm – 5.30 pm, Tuesday 13 November 2007
Where:WA220 (Lecture Theatre), Atrium Floor, Te Amorangi Building (A Block), Main entry, 55 Wellesley Street

Abstract

At various stages in its development New Zealand's performance in public and social policy (as well as its achievements in economic and social development) have defined this small pacific country as a 'laboratory for the world'.

Not only has New Zealand established a record of innovation and influence that far exceeds its location or size, but along the way it has conducted 'experiments' from which some important lessons have been learnt.

In this public lecture Professor Ian Shirley critically examines public policy experiments both in New Zealand and within 'the global laboratory'. Have these experiments provided unprecedented opportunities for human welfare and fulfilment or have they produced what Eva Cox referred to in her Boyer lectures as an 'increasingly uncivil society'?

Biography

Professor Ian Shirley has had a distinguished career as an academic leader in public and social policy. He is regarded both in New Zealand and overseas as on e of this country's leading 'practitioners' in economic and social development.

Inaugural Professorial Address

by Professor Thomas Neitzert
Head of School of Engineering, AUT University

Engineers have been part of the problem – they will be part of the solution

When: 4.30 pm – 5.30 pm, Tuesday 30 October 2007
Where:WA220 (Lecture Theatre), Atrium Floor, Te Amorangi Building (A Block), Main entry, 55 Wellesley Street
RSVP:Please RSVP acceptances to Christine Parker, cparker@aut.ac.nz by Thursday 25 October 2007

Refreshments will be served following the address

Abstract

Brief reflections on Professor Neitzert’s personal, academic and industrial practice before joining AUT University, followed by highlights of the School of Engineering’s teaching and research activities.

Professor Neitzert’s main field of research is in the application of the finite element method to the area of metal forming of steel and light metals. Following his technology management involvement, he also closely monitors the introduction of lean manufacturing in New Zealand enterprises. Finally, the consequences of resource constraints will be discussed taking into account sustainability, ethics, and engineering education.

Biography

Dr Thomas Neitzert started his career as an academic staff member at the University of Stuttgart in Germany before joining the R & D departments of Mercedes-Benz AG in the same city.

After immigrating to New Zealand and working for New Zealand Steel, he took up the position of Engineering Manager of Fisher & Paykel Appliances, where he was initially responsible for the development of laundry products and later refrigeration products. He then became the Foundation Professor of Engineering at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, and is now the Head of School of Engineering of AUT University in Auckland.

Dr Neitzert currently chairs the Council of Engineering Deans of New Zealand (NZCED) and is the president of Engineers for Social Responsibility in New Zealand (ESR). He also holds a number of board and executive positions with the Heavy Engineering Research Association (HERA), the Light Alloy Manufacturing Group New Zealand (LAM-NZ) and Maintain NZ. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ).

His research interests are in the areas of finite element analysis, metal forming, advanced building materials, light metals, advanced polymers, and technology management. He is currently the principal investigator for two Foundation of Research Science and Technology (FRST) research for industry projects.

In his spare time he has twice completed the Auckland marathon and this perseverance might improve his golf handicap one day.

Justice Pioneer Public Address

by Professor Howard Zehr

Justice pioneer warns New Zealand off US punishment model

Professor Zehr is giving a public lecture on 'The Promise and Challenge of Restorative Justice':

When: 4-5pm, Tuesday September 11, 2007
Where: AUT University, WA220 (Lecture Theatre), Atrium Floor Te Amorangi Building (A Block)
RSVP: Please RSVP to Islay Brown, islay.brown@aut.ac.nz

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New Zealand is the world leader for dealing with youth offending says world renowned justice expert Professor Howard Zehr, but our adult criminal system lags dangerously behind.

Professor Zehr, a Fulbright scholar senior specialist and restorative justice pioneer, says New Zealand’s youth justice system is a best practice model around the world.

“New Zealand's youth model has inspired Western democracies from the UK, Canada, South Africa to the US,“ he says. “So I say to policy-makers and practitioners here stay on track and get it right or you’ll stuff it up for the rest of us.

New Zealand’s youth justice system aims to break the crime cycle by giving a voice to the victim and placing accountability on the offender. This system has reduced youth court traffic by around 90 per cent. In contrast, New Zealand’s adult justice system remains focussed on punishment, with the offender often serving prison time.

Professor Zehr commends the restorative justice work with adults of more than 30 community groups in New Zealand. But he is baffled by New Zealand’s unwillingness to apply the successful philosophy of the youth model to the adult system.

“There is a strange anomaly in New Zealand – you have the highest incarceration for adults but the best practice youth justice system,” he says.

“The adult system is implementing some of the restorative justice approach, but I would hope it would do so on a larger scale and in a way that addresses the system as a whole.”

Professor Zehr adds that before 1989 New Zealand had the highest incarceration for its young people. The restorative justice approach to youth offending has reduced this dramatically, he says.

This is Professor Zehr’s sixth visit to New Zealand since 1984. He is here for six weeks on a Fulbright scholarship as senior specialist being hosted by the AUT Institute of Public Policy’s Restorative Justice Centre.

While in New Zealand, Professor Zehr is meeting with representatives from the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Education and groups of teachers, Ministry of Social Development and Youth Justice staff, the Children’s Commissioner, the New Zealand Parole Board, Victim Agencies, Judiciary and NZ Restorative Justice Practitioners.

About Professor Howard Zehr

Professor Zehr was the director of the first victim offender conferencing program in the US. In 1997, during the Oklahoma City bombing trial of Timothy McVeigh he was appointed by the federal court to assist the defence in working with victims. He wrote Changing Lenses: A New Focus for Crime and Justice, which is globally heralded as the benchmark of the restorative justice movement. He is currently Professor of Sociology and Restorative Justice in Eastern Mennonite University’s graduate Conflict Transformation Program in the US.

For further information, please go to:
www.restorativejustice.org/resources/leading/zehr

For an interview with Professor Zehr or a high resolution JPEG, please contact:
Belinda Nash
Communications Advisor
AUT University
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M: +64 21 303 480
E: belinda.nash@aut.ac.nz
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For more information on Professor Zehr’s public address or to RSVP, please contact:
Islay Brown
Manager
Restorative Justice Centre
AUT University
P: +64 9 921 9999 Ext 6036
M: +64 274 745 141
E: islay.brown@aut.ac.nz
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Inaugural Professorial Address

by Professor Paul Moon
Professor of History /
AUT University

Maori Cannibalism: Tradition Versus Revision

When: 4.30 pm – 5.30 pm, Tuesday 4 September 2007
Where: WA220 (Lecture Theatre), Atrium Floor,Te Amorangi Building (A Block), Main entry, 55 Wellesley Street
RSVP: Please RSVP to Christine Parker, cparker@aut.ac.nz by Thursday 30 August 2007

Refreshments will be served following the lecture.

Abstract

For centuries in New Zealand, cannibalism existed rather like a regressive gene in the body of Maori culture that was transmitted through the generations – disfiguring the society but thriving in the indifference born of familiarity and in the reassuring cadences of tradition’.

So concludes Paul Moon from his research into traditional Maori cannibalism. Professor Moon draws on a wide array of sources from a variety of disciplines to examine how and why Maori ate other human beings, and why the practice shuddered to a halt just a few decades after the arrival of Europeans in New Zealand. In the process, he surveys aspects of traditional Maori culture and dispels some of the recent myths that have emerged from the academic community relating to Maori cannibalism.

Biography

Paul Moon is widely recognised for his study of the Treaty of Waitangi, and has published two books on the topic. He has also produced the biographies of Governors William Hobson and Robert FitzRoy, and the Nga Puhi chief, Hone Heke. In 2003, he published the book Tohunga: Hohepa Kereopa, the first of a trilogy of works on the famous Tuhoe tohunga. He has also written a major biography of the Ngapuhi politician and Kotahitanga leader Hone Heke Ngapua (1869-1909), and the best-selling Fatal Frontiers – a history of New Zealand in the 1830s. In July 2007, he released The Struggle for Tamaki Makaurau, which detailed Auckland’s pre-European history, and his most recent publication is a history of New Zealand in the 1840s, published by Penguin.

In addition to his prolific output of books, Paul Moon is a frequent contributor to national and international academic journals on a variety of history-related topics, and is currently completing a groundbreaking study of traditional Maori cannibalism, which is due for publication in November 2008.

Paul Moon is also a frequent media commentator and, in the past few years, has appeared on TVNZ’s Frontier of Dreams, Prime TV’s New Zealand's Top 100 History Makers, TVNZ’s Close-Up, Marae, Te Karere, and Waka Huia, TV3 News, SKY News Australia, and Maori Television as an election night analyst. He has also appeared regularly on Radio New Zealand’s Morning Report and Checkpoint, on NewsTalk ZB, Radio Pacific, and Radio Live.

Inaugural Professorial Address

by Professor Noel Cox
Professor of Constitutional Law /
Discipline Chair: Law
Faculty of Business
AUT University

Constitutional Paradigms and the Stability of States: Rumination on the contribution of law to the prosperity of nations

When: 4.30 pm, Tuesday 24 July 2007
Where: WA 220 (Lecture Theatre), Atrium Floor, Te Amorangi Building (A Block). Main Entry, Wellesley St.
RSVP: Please RSVP to cparker@aut.ac.nz by Thursday 19 July

Refreshments will be served following the lecture.

Abstract

One of the functions of an academic lawyer, as distinct from a practitioner of the law, is to provide an overview of the policy and principle which informs and directs the development of law. This means, at times, embarking upon speculative explorations, venturing into oft-times unexplored or ill-defined bye-waters of legal scholarship. Law is a social science, rather than a natural science, for it describes, and constrains, human conduct. Sometimes we tend to focus upon the immediate or technical aspects of the law – but at times we consider broader policy questions, some of which venture into broad socio-legal questions. In this lecture I will canvas, albeit in a relatively cursory fashion, some aspects of what might be termed the meta-structure of law.

Biography

Noel Cox is Professor of Constitutional Law at the Auckland University of Technology. His main field of research interest is public law (mainly aspects of the Crown, State, and sovereignty, and constitutional aspects of intellectual property law and cyberspace law). His work has been published in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, the Netherlands, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. He has presented conference papers in Australia, England, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United States of America, and Wales, and been a Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge and the Australian National University. He has taught for a decade at the Auckland University of Technology, and is a barrister.

Inaugural Professorial Address

by Professor Peter Enderwick
Professor of International Business /
Discipline Chair: International Business,
Faculty of Business
AUT University

Can New Zealand Compete in the Global Era?

When: 4.30 pm, Tuesday 12 June 2007
Where: WA 220 (Lecture Theatre), Atrium Floor, Te Amorangi Building (A Block). Main Entry, Wellesley St.
RSVP: Please RSVP to maria.fernandes@aut.ac.nz by Thursday 7 June

Refreshments will be served following the lecture.

Abstract

New Zealand’s comparatively poor international business performance has raised concerns about our international competitiveness.  Anxieties regarding plant closures, offshore sourcing of work, and high levels of foreign ownership are pervasive in the globally competitive era that has existed for the last 15 or so years.

This lecture will discuss the growing importance of international business activity and how changes in the international environment have changed the nature of such business.  The implications of these changes for research and teaching in international business and how ongoing work at AUT can contribute to both understanding and overcoming these challenges, are discussed.  We conclude that lifting our international business performance is essential in securing a prosperous future for New Zealand.

Biography

Peter Enderwick is Professor of International Business at Auckland University of Technology.  Between 1988 and 2004 he was Professor of International Management at the University of Waikato, Hamilton.  Currently he is an Adjunct Professor at the University of South Australia, Adelaide and Thammasat Business School, Bangkok.  His research interests are in globalization and labour, service sector multinationals, large emerging markets, particularly China and India, and the competitiveness of small, open economies.  He is the author of seven books and numerous book chapters and articles in professional journals.  His most recent book “Succeeding in Emerging Markets: China and India” is published by Routledge.  He has undertaken consultancy for the United Nations, the American Chamber of Commerce in New Zealand and the New Zealand Treasury.  He is a member of the Academy of International Business and a founding member of ANZIBA (Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy). 

Inaugural Professorial Address

by Dr Allan Bell
Professor of Language & Communication
Director, Institute of Culture, Discourse & Communication

AUT University

Giving Voice: Language, Media and Identity in New Zealand

When: 4.30 pm, Tuesday, 22 May 2007
Where: WA220 (Lecture Theatre), Atrium Floor, Te Amorangi Building (A Block). Main Entry, Wellesley St.
RSVP: Please RSVP to maria.fernandes@aut.ac.nz  by Wednesday 16 May
Refreshments will be served following the lecture.

Abstract

Language and media have been at the core of my working life for several decades - as a student, as journalist and editor, and as an academic. My main concern as a sociolinguist has been to understand what is the social meaning of language in New Zealand, what is the relationship between language and identity here. Last year’s census tells us that more than a quarter of Aucklanders are now multilingual. The lecture will be garnished with examples of the rich profusion of New Zealand language gathered over the past 30 years, many of them from the media. The voices of well-known New Zealanders – newsreaders, comedians, actors – will be heard alongside those of ordinary Kiwis. Other examples will range back to biblical times, because the role of language in identity is not a new one.