Alumni news

Professor gets horror studies editorship

The new Principal Editor of Lexington Books Horror Studies plans to expand the reach of horror into the broader landscape of popular culture.

Design & Creative Tech Postgrad Awards

The 2020 Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies Postgraduate Awards recognise the top honours, master’s and doctoral students who graduated in 2020.

Do we follow or lead on climate change?

When the Zero Carbon Act was passed, back in pre-Covid times, the Prime Minister insisted “New Zealand will not be a slow follower” on climate change.

Spenders & winners, social media & the election

If social media engagement rates determined who’s in charge, NZ’s next government might surprise you, write Sommer Kapitan and Patrick van Esch.

Does travel insurance have a future?

The Law School’s Christopher Whitehead discusses the complex world of travel, insurance, and legalese in pandemic times.

Carb cut could improve Covid-19 outcomes

Simple diet changes can reduce Covid-19 potential impact says an AUT author in the British Medical Journal.

Privilege loss

Thomas Owen, senior lecturer, writer, film maker and researcher in AUT’s School of Communication Studies is researching privilege loss.

$2.7m for offshore aquaculture

AUT ecologist Dr Kay Vopel is leading a project to develop new protocols for offshore fish farming.

Eating healthy is hard on a Covid budget

More of us are now facing food insecurity - with children, Pacific peoples and Māori the most impacted, writes Emeritus Professor Elaine Rush.

New tool to help the homeless

A world-first machine learning tool developed at AUT for a county in the United States, accurately prioritises requests for housing help.