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  • 28 Apr 2023 10:48 AM | Will Dreyer (Administrator)

    The Rising Pacific

    The next Annual conference, the theme of which will be ‘The Rising Pacific’, will take place in-person at the University of Auckland/Waipapa Taumata Rau on the 15, 16 & 17th of February 2024Details regarding the conference programme, registration, paper submission and so on will be available here shortly.

  • 08 Dec 2022 1:07 AM | Will Dreyer (Administrator)

    Political Science warmly welcomes submissions from members of the Association, particularly on topics related to New Zealand.

    A report on the submissions made to Political Science between 2012 and 2022 show that almost half the articles published by Political Science includes New Zealand related content, and New Zealand based submitters have the highest acceptance rate for the Journal. For more detail and analysis read the full report here

  • 29 Nov 2022 5:05 PM | Will Dreyer (Administrator)

    Editorial Board: Barbara Bedeschi-Lewando, Heather Tribe, Nashie Shamoon, & Heather Devere. 

    The 2022 Issue of Women Talking Politics is out now. Click here to read it!

    E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā karangatanga maha, tēnā koutou katoa

    This issue of Women Talking Politics offers innovative features which present a unique space for debates around topics at the intersection of feminism and human rights because it includes a wider range of voices and formats than those usually accommodated in academic journals. We publish articles and commentaries from several disciplines in a variety of voices - articles engaging gender and its interaction with race, culture, class, nation, violence, and/or sexuality. We have lively, provocative poems that will hopefully prompt intense debate. The pandemic has made it apparent that collaboration does not require in-person contact, possibly making it more feasible to network and start new collaborations. We completed the whole journal based in four separate locations, sometimes across continents.

    We want to highlight and celebrate this special contribution and we hope you find this work as cutting-edge and thought-provoking as we do.

    Women Talking Politics is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed feminist journal that provides a forum for scholars, activists, and students to explore the relationships among theories of gender and women’s rights and various forms of organizing and critical practice. Our intention is to empower and boost the visibility of the research, early-career researchers, and women’s rights activists. We share relevant writings, with a vision to build bridges and improve connections between individuals and research entities within Aotearoa New Zealand and around the world.

    One of the most disturbing recent developments is the rise of open misogyny and gender-based violence worldwide, and this is reflected in the number of submissions we received that address the violent patriarchy. The cover page, photos and a poem are the work of the Latin Feminist Collective based in Aotearoa New Zealand in remembrance of Juliana Herrera, a Colombian woman violently killed by a convicted rapist in our so-called peaceful country. Negar Partow also brings to the attention of the government and New Zealanders the protests here by Iranian women concerning the death in custody in Iran of Mahsa Amini for daring to show more hair under her veil than the government permits. Hafiza Yazdani’s personal commentary on the treatment of women in her home country of Afghanistan by the Taliban, and Elle Dibrova’s article on violence against the LGBT community in Russia provide more evidence of continued and continuous gender-based violence.

    Georgie Silk’s poems, threaded through this issue also deal with gender diversity, feminism and women’s support for each other.

    More crises in our world are represented in the articles on climate change and the pandemic with insights from Tara Brabazon who provides a feminist analysis of silence, ignorance and post- pandemic resistance in her article, calling for ‘alternative ideas, trajectories and histories’ to be recovered from ‘this pancaked patriarchy’. Heather Tribe’s article is on how issues related to food security and infant feeding impact on women in particular. Another issue exacerbated by the pandemic is access to medicines. Zohreen Ali analyses this as a human right (right to health and right to life) under the various UN conventions in her article.

    Peace scholars consider activism and decolonisation as part of the change needed for a more socially just world. Monica Carrer’s commentary looks at gender, the everyday and activism from her research background in studying resistance to conflict in India, and an article on decolonising the field of peace and conflict studies from a gender perspective is provided by Heather Devere, Katerina Standish and Kelli Te Maihāroa.

    While there is fear, disappointment, disgust and horror raised by the political writers in this issue, there is hope, strength, clarity and courage interwoven. These are stories that need to continue to be told, these are voices that need to be heard, and these are insights that are needed for our world.

    As editors we thank the contributors for these wonderful examples of what gender-based analyses can reveal. We thank the previous editors of Women Talking Politics, in particular Lara Greaves and Jennifer Curtin who guided this publication through the demanding years of the pandemic, and handed over the reins to us this year. We thank the New Zealand Political Studies Association/Te Kāhui Tātai Tōrangapū o Aotearoa for continuing to support this publication, and in particular Richard Shaw the Tumuaki/President and Shirin Brown, Māngai Wahine/Women’s Representative.

    We call upon you the readers to help maintain this mahi by responding with commentary, your own research and studies, mentoring students, to keep visible, heard, respected and acknowledged those who might otherwise not appear to be concerned about and impacted by political issues in Aotearoa and internationally.

  • 14 Nov 2022 5:40 PM | Will Dreyer (Administrator)

    Registrations are now open for the 2022 NZPSA/TKTToA Conference! Head over to the conference website to register here

    We have 5 amazing keynote sessions lined up:

    To see what other papers are being presented head here
  • 08 Sep 2022 12:15 PM | Will Dreyer (Administrator)

    Planning for the annual conference is going well, and we have a number of exciting keynote plenary sessions arranged.

    We are extending the date for the submission of panels and abstracts to 30 September. We are aiming to keep registration fees low, given this is a fully online conference. If you have an idea for a paper or a panel, do submit an abstract by 30 September.

  • 24 May 2022 2:08 PM | Will Dreyer (Administrator)

    Justice Minister Kris Faafoi has announced the composition of the independent panel that will review Aotearoa New Zealand’s electoral arrangements. Two wāhine toa from the political science community – Maria Bargh and Lara Greaves (who was nominated for membership by NZPSA/TKTToA) – have been selected to serve on the panel. Well done to both (and good luck)!

  • 11 Mar 2022 11:16 AM | Will Dreyer (Administrator)

    The University of Auckland is advertising a full-time job position for a lecturer in Politics and International Relations. 

    In particular, they are seeking "to appoint a scholar who focuses on an emerging issue in International Relations, and whose teaching is research-focused, transdisciplinary, and impactful. We welcome innovative theoretical and methodological approaches. We are particularly interested in applicants with expertise in international security, broadly conceived. Familiarity with mātauranga Māori and/or the politics of the Pacific region would be an advantage."

    For more information check out the links here and here

  • 04 Mar 2022 5:34 PM | Will Dreyer (Administrator)

    The International Political Science Association (IPSA) joins with our colleagues across the world in expressing deep concerns for the unjustified and illegal military incursion into Ukraine by the Putin regime. We are greatly alarmed by the grave humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, by the attacks on democracy and its core values such as human rights, the principle of sovereignty and peaceful cohabitation amongst the peoples of the world. 

    IPSA’s mission is to support the development of political science in all parts of the world by building academic networks linking East and West, North and South, and by creating an inclusive and global political science community in which all can participate. IPSA supports the principles of peace and collaboration within and between states. Therefore, we urge the Putin regime to stop all violent action and pursue efforts of finding a diplomatic solution. 

    We stand with the political science communities in all nations and will collaborate with partner organizations to assist colleagues affected by the situation.


  • 01 Mar 2022 11:19 AM | Will Dreyer (Administrator)

    At its recent Annual General Meeting, the New Zealand Political Studies Association discussed the increasing incidence of harassment and intimidation academics are facing from outside of the university, especially in response to activities associated with commenting publicly in the media. The experiences of members included being sent abusive emails, phone calls or messages, and having personal information posted online.

    The New Zealand Political Studies Association stands by its members who comment publicly in the media expressing their statutory role as ‘critic and conscience of society’ as established in Section 162 of the Education Act. We note that university staff and students are held accountable to high ethical and academic standards, and call on universities to support academics exercising this ‘critic and conscience' role.

  • 18 Feb 2022 11:36 AM | Will Dreyer (Administrator)
    Kia ora koutou,

    NZPSA is looking for a new editor for Women Talking Politics (WTP) for the 2022 issue. The editor(s) are responsible for producing the yearly issue of WTP, a mini-journal that showcases work from women in political studies around Aotearoa. More information can be found here (although we'd suggest looking at the 2019 issue as the 2020-2021 issue was longer than usual).

    This process involves sending some calls for papers out around NZPSA, sending articles out for peer-review, editing work contributed to the other sections, corresponding with authors, and formatting the final document. Heather Devere, one of the original creators of the Women Talking Politics magazine in the 1990s, has kindly volunteered to assist the new editor/editors this year if they would like her help.

    Please email admin@nzpsa.co.nz if you have any questions or are interested in being editor this year.

    Ngā mihi,

    Lara Greaves and Jennifer Curtin

    The 2020-2021 Women Talking Politics editors
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