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As a transdisciplinary research centre, Nga Ara Whetū helps students and teachers connect and explore issues and solutions related to climate, biodiversity and society.
DOCTORAL OPPORTUNITIES
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2023 PhD SCHOLARSHIPS
The Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland (UoA) research centre Ngā Ara Whetū – Climate, Biodiversity and Society has three UoA doctoral scholarships to award in 2023. These scholarships will support our mission to undertake world-class research and training that drives just and ethical action on climate change and the environment for thriving peoples and planetary wellbeing.
Deadline is 1 March 2023.
post-graduate studies
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undergraduate study
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three course sustainability module
BA, BSc and BScAdSc students can also take the three-course sustainability module.
Sustainability is the issue of our times. Most organisations are engaged with sustainability as part of their day-to-day operations, while others focus on it as their business purpose. Many industries will increasingly be looking for sustainable solutions to local and global problems.
You will be able to take your awareness into many different employment settings to make a contribution to these solutions and help drive positive change. If you want to work for an organisation that cares about the future of our planet, this module will be an asset.
Click here if you are an Arts student, here if you are a Science student.
LIVING CAMPUS
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FOR TEACHERS
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DISCOVER
Shaping a path to circular economies in the EU and New Zealand
Innovative insights on the Circular Economy (CE) progress in New Zealand and Europe that highlighted intense complexities for ongoing sustainable solutions and progression.
How will NZ Keep its Promises Made at COP28?
The action at COP 28 offers the new government a chance to prove to its detractors that it’s not such a “fossil” after all. Although the new coalition government in New Zealand has already begun reversing key environmental and health protections...
What does a new President mean for biodiversity in Guatemala?
SUSTAIN Podcast: Guatemala is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for land and environmental activists, with a history of indigenous genocide linked to colonial land grabs, the Cold War and deadly coups. Dr Pauline Herbst speaks with Maya Q’eqchi’...
Seminar: Sustainable Futures and the role of imagination in the green transition
Ruben Ritzén (Lund University, Sweden) talks about the power of knowledge-based speculation, the future as political project, the importance of emotionally anchoring abstract climate issues and the concept of active hope. This is part of the Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable World seminar series.
1 August 2024 | 18:00-19:00 NZST.
SEMINAR: Mapping the Invisible Decoding perceived urban smells through geosocial media in New York City
A seminar exploring uses of geosocial media data to identify and classify urban smells in New York City and contributing to multi-sensory urban research.
25 July 2024 | 10:00am – 11:00am NZT. Old Government House, Vice Chancellor’s Suite, Ground Floor | 24, Princes Street, Auckland CBD
Mānawatia a Matariki
The name Ngā Ara Whetū, means 'Star Paths,' and pays homage to the journeys of thosewho have come before us to Aotearoa and symbolizes the aspirations of today’s pathfinders.As we celebrate Matariki, the Māori New Year, we reflect on our star path. The rise of thenine...
Sustain: What are the future of cities in a climate crisis?
Brisbane City Flood 2013. Photo by ShepsSnaps, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 With over half the global population living in urban centres, a number which is projected to rise to around two-thirds by 2050, the relationship between cities and the climate crisis is...
NGĀ ARA WHETŪ PARTNERS WITH THE NEW ZEALAND CLIMATE ADAPTATION PLATFORM
The New Zealand Climate Adaptation Platform (CAP) has partnered with Ngā Ara Whetū to further CAP's aim to publish and disseminate climate change-related research studies, papers, reports, and case studies. Click here to view the video. The Climate Adaptation Platform...
STEPS WE CAN TAKE TO GIVE ‘MOTHER EARTH’ A BREAK
Academic experts from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland detail some of the small steps we can take to effect change. The Sunday Star Times, May 12, 2024 This Mother's Day, a team of five academic experts from the University of Auckland wrote about actionable...
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Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland
Auckland 1010, Aotearoa New Zealand
