Events

Have you always wanted to study or carry out research overseas? A Fulbright Award could take you to a leading institution in the United States. We have a range of awards for graduates, scholars, creatives, professionals and more. Want to know more? We’re here to help! Our 2025 outreach activities continue

Have you always wanted to study or carry out research overseas? A Fulbright Award could take you to a leading institution in the United States. We have a range of awards for graduates, scholars, creatives, professionals and more. Want to know more? We’re here to help! Our 2025 outreach activities continue

Join us for April’s Good Works webinar with Robert I. Field, JD, MPH. PhD, and 2018 Fulbright Specialist. The seminar will explore the promise of new medical technologies, the risks they present to those whose data they collect, and the new ethical and legal landscape they create for medical science.

Have you always wanted to study or carry out research overseas? A Fulbright Award could take you to a leading institution in the United States. We have a range of awards for graduates, scholars, creatives, professionals and more. Want to know more? We’re here to help! Our 2025 outreach activities kick

National parks around the world are treasured for their scenic vistas and recreational opportunities. But they are underused as places for science communication and storytelling.  Peri Sasnett, a 2012 Fulbright US Grad, takes us behind the scenes at Glacier National Park to learn how she and her team are trying to

Behind-the-scenes tour of life as a professional astronomer A bird that mimicked a black hole. The astronomer who discovered microwave ovens. A telescope that can fly. The science of astronomy is filled with true stories (and tall tales) of the adventures and misadventures that accompany our exploration of the universe.

View of life and work at Scott Base, Antarctica Good works is back! In celebration of the 150-year anniversary of scientific partnership between NZ and the USA, we present a Good Works special in partnership with Universities New Zealand. In this talk, 2014 Fulbright NZ Scholar Professor Craig Rodger provides an

Good Works – Compassionate Disruptors for Diversity Diversity is a fun, funky and formidable word. When we resist the minaturisation of humans we can serve as compassionate disruptors for diversity, with the giver and receiver bending towards each other. In a globally diverse planet, we are a microcosm of the

Dramatic confrontations of industrial disputes on film Fulbright NZ enjoyed a fantastic presentation by Dr Russell Campbell who was our August Good Works Alumni speaker. “The strike is the moment at which power relationships in the workplace are thrown into stark relief. The dramatic confrontations that ensue when workers, at

Leading experts discuss languages in children’s picturebooks In June as part of Fulbright NZ’s Good Works alumni series, we enjoyed a lively discussion with three of New Zealand’s leading experts in children’s books shared a range of perspectives on the importance of languages in children’s picturebooks in Aotearoa. Details of

Estimates and plans for climate change in New Zealand Recent media attention has focused on how NZ sea levels are rising much faster than expected. However, the risk from this sea level rise is greater again when we consider the indirect and cascading impacts through the built environment and consider

How behaviour affects climate change On April 13, 2022, Fulbright NZ alumna Sarah Nelson gave a fascinating talk about the role our behaviour plays in affecting climate change. Many countries, including New Zealand and the UK, have set ambitious targets to reach net zero carbon emissions. They have been less