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We host seminars with a range of international and local speakers. Contact us if you are interested in presenting your work, or would like to receive seminar notifications:
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Centre for Sustainability news
26 Nov 2024
‘Magnificent humans working with magnificent tauira’
Outstanding Otago staff were recognised at the University's annual awards last night. Eight awards were announced for Pr...
31 Oct 2024
University of Otago Research Grants for Te Kete Aronui – Division of Humanities
Congratulations to the six successful projects from Te Kete Aronui – Division of Humanities to receive 2025 University o...
17 Oct 2024
Bringing Moriori exhibition Hou Rongo to life
Transporting visitors to Rēkohu (Chatham Islands) and the culture of the indigenous Moriori people, the exhibition Hou R...
15 Dec 2022
Pacific Alliance condemns radioactive discharge from Fukushima Daiichi – calls for NZ action
Plans to discharge tonnes of radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean for around thirty years have been condemned i...
08 Nov 2022
Nuclear Connections Across Oceania conference set to build strategic relationships
As war and climate change bring nuclear issues back to the forefront of global conversations, a group of activists, arti...
12 Sep 2022
Taking charge in the face of adversity – climate change adaptors focus of project
As the world struggles to take meaningful action on climate change, University of Otago researchers are studying how man...
16 Jun 2022
Centre for Sustainability Director Caroline Orchiston featured in North &
Associate Professor Caroline Orchiston recently featured in North & South, discussing New Zealand's preparedness for a m...
09 Feb 2022
Hefty bags hindering active transport to school
Heavy school bags are a “significant” issue for teenagers, with one-third of them thinking their bag is too heavy to wal...
05 Nov 2021
Marsden and Rutherford funding success for Humanities
The Division of Humanities celebrates the news that Associate Professor Priscilla Wehi (Centre for Sustainability) and A...
28 Sep 2021
Culture and Sustainability
Professor Janet Stephenson's Inaugural Professorial Lecture: Culture and Sustainability has been recorded and is availab...
22 Sep 2021
Research must make a difference says new Centre for Sustainability Director
Newly appointed Centre for Sustainability Director Associate Professor Caroline Orchiston wants to bring her “passion fo...
27 May 2021
Looking at future of Antarctic through an Indigenous Māori lens
It is time for the management and conservation of the Antarctic to begin focusing on responsibility, rather than rights,...