Runner-up in the 2021 SAANZ Student Blog Writing Competition What’s your pepeha? A Filipino-Kiwi once asked if there was a
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Being an Early Career Researcher today: reflections of a sociologist in industry by Orin Lockyer
Early career researchers have always had difficulties in finding relevant employment that makes the most of their skills. Those who

“Team of Five Million”: The crucial role of the New Zealand national identity during the COVID-19 pandemic by Grace Miller
Runner-up in the 2021 SAANZ Student Blog Writing Competition Following its nationwide outbreak at the beginning of last year, COVID-19

Our National Game? What our obsession with Rugby reveals about national identity in New Zealand By Eleanor Pollard
Winner of the 2021 SAANZ Student Blog Writing Competition “The All Blacks are not just our heroes. They represent us

How to work with other researchers? a guide for sociologists by Casimir MacGregor
In order to examine the complex social, political, economic and environmental challenges of our times, such as climate change, there
Time to rethink the care of “our most vulnerable” by Chris Perkins
Covid-19 should make us re-think our care of frail older people. Despite amazing efforts ̶ coronavirus entered only six out
The Cyber Burn Book by Vanessa Arapko
Runner-up in the 2020 Student Blog Writing Competition Cancel culture: the withdrawal of support (cancellation) for public figures and companies
Towards a hopeful sociology – what kind of sociological practice do we need today? MacGregor, Guerrero & Crawford
Casimir MacGregor, Nic Guerrero and Harrison Crawford The world today is experiencing many challenges, such as climate change, and the

To Worry – By Vincent Perry
Winner of the 2020 Student Blog Writing Competition The rules to write this piece are easy at first glance, write

BIOPHILIA BY LISSY FEHNKER
There is an assumption in the scientific, sociological and philosophic realms that humans have some form of a connection with