2026 Social Science Conferences

Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland

“He kai kei aku ringa: there is food in my hands”

2-4 December 2026

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Past Conferences

2025: Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington. “A Sociology of Beauty and Joy.” Keynotes: Prof Derek Kawiti (Wellington School of Architecture, Te Herenga Waka–Victoria University of Wellington): ‘Architecture in the Polycrisis: Beauty, Obligation, and an Indigenous Ethics of Design.’; Assoc. Prof. Liana MacDonald (Rangitāne o Wairau, Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō, Ngāti Koata), Co-Director of Te Ao o Rongomaraeroa | National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka: ‘Restoring/Restorying Peace and Conflict Studies at Te Ao o Rongomaraeroa.’

2024: Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka | University of Otago. ‘The Sociology to Come’. Keynotes: Assoc. Prof. Emma Tseris (University of Sydney): ‘The proliferation of trauma across the human services: Unpacking a ‘progressive’ concept’; Dr Jathan Sadowski (Monash University): A Ruthless Criticism of AI and Technology.

2023: University of Waikato (Tauranga). View the conference programme here.

Keynotes: Anjum Rahman (Inclusive Aotearoa Collective Tāhono) and Sanjana Hattotuwa (The Disinformation Project)

2022: Massey University. View the conference programme here.

Keynotes: Professor Tahu Kukutai (University of Waikato), Pania Newton and Dr Frances Hancock (SOUL-Ihumātao)

2021: Lincoln University: Co-hosted by Lincoln and the University of Canterbury. View the conference programme here.

Keynotes: Dr Stefanie Rixecker, Professor Bronwyn Hayward

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020: The 2020 SAANZ Conference was postponed. Go here for a statement from SAANZ President Avril Bell.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2019: University of Auckland

 

Keynotes: Professor Ian Buchanan, Professor Roger Burrows, Professor Raewyn Connell, Professor Peter Flemming, Professor Beverley Mullings, Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2018: Victoria University of Wellington

Keynotes: Professor Tracey McIntosh, Professor Gregor McLennan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2017: University of Otago

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keynotes: Professor Patricia Hill Collins, Professor Ghassan Hage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2016: Massey University

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keynotes: Professor Michael Carolan, Steve Maharey

 

2015: University of Waikato

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keynotes: Dr. Michael Flood, Max Rashbrooke

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2014: University of Canterbury

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2013: University of Auckland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keynotes: Professor Tracey McIntosh, Imogen Tyler

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2012: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2011: Victoria University of Wellington

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2010: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2009: Massey University

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keynotes: Hugh Campbell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2008: University of Otago

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007: University of Auckland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keynotes: Professor Michael Burawoy, Professor Barry Smart (Reference:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2006: University of Waikato

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2005: Eastern Institute of Technology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2004: Victoria University of Wellington

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2003: Auckland University of Technology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2002: University of Canterbury

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2001: Massey University

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2000: University of Waikato

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1999: University of Auckland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1998: Eastern Institute of Technology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1997: Massey University