School of Environment
Events archive
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2017 GSNZ Annual Conference Public Lecture - “Shattering a plate boundary: the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake” Event as iCalendar
29 November 2017, 7 - 8pmAssociated with the annual Geoscience Society of New Zealand conference – Geoscience 2017 Dynamic New Zealand, Dynamic Earth being held in Auckland 28th November-1st December (http://geosciences2017.org/) a public lecture will be given by Dr Russ van Dissen, Senior Scientist GNS who will talk about the 2016 Kaikoura Earthquake. -
Cumberland Lecture 2017: Hope and grief in the Anthropocene - environmental thinking for uncertain times Event as iCalendar
27 November 2017, 5 - 6pmThe Anthropocene is a potentially catastrophic age demanding new ways of thinking about relations between humans and the nonhuman world. Professor Lesley Head, University of Melbourne will outline the characteristics of environmental thought and practice more appropriate to life on an increasingly volatile earth saturated with human influence. -
More thoughts from an Entrepreneurial Academic | Inaugural lecture by Professor Cather Simpson Event as iCalendar
22 November 2017, 5 - 6pmWhat are the benefits – and tensions – that come from commercially-facing contracts and entrepreneurial spin-outs? Professor Cather Simpson discusses the global evolution of universities as institutions of economic impact. -
Bartrum Lecture 2017: The shape of the earth - a human perspective Event as iCalendar
19 October 2017, 5 - 6pmProcesses deep within the earth are constantly changing its shape, and the ways people interact with it. This talk by Prof Michael Sandiford will explore new insights from observations of subtle changes in slowly evolving landscapes of Australia to dramatic changes in rapidly evolving landscapes across Asia. -
Vice-Chancellor's Lecture 2 – Green city: clean city? Determining the value of vegetation in urban design Event as iCalendar
06 September 2017, 12 - 1pmThe second in the Vice-Chancellor's Lecture Series 2017 will be delivered by Associate Professor Jennifer Salmond from the School of Environment in the Faculty of Science. -
Raising the Bar Event as iCalendar
29 August 2017, 6 - 9:30pmJoin Professor Alexei Drummond, Dr James Russell, Professor John Montgomery and Professor Shaun Hendy in the New Zealand debut of Raising the Bar. -
In Praise of Water: 3 short pieces from scientists and theologians Event as iCalendar
16 August 2017, 6 - 7:30pmThe second in the Maclaurin Winter Lectures, presented by Associate Professor Jennifer Salmond, Dr Nicola Hoggard, and Reverend Dr Carolyn Kelly. -
How hot? How Deep? Solving for the Geotherm in Melting Regions Under Continents Event as iCalendar
28 July 2017, 4 - 5pmHow hot is the magma under the continents? This talk by Professor Terry Plank takes seismic tomography and petrology and examines the geotherm beneath the Basin and Range of the Western USA. Book time with Professor Plank on 28 July. -
Volatiles and Volcanic Vigour Event as iCalendar
27 July 2017, 4 - 5pmThis talk by visiting Academic, Professor Terry Plank, examines both the volatile content and the speed of magma ascent immediately prior to eruption. Book time with Professor Plank on 28 July. -
GSNZ Hochstetter Lecture Tour: Tectonics and genetics in topographic evolution Event as iCalendar
20 June 2017, 7 - 8pmGeoscience Society of New Zealand Hochstetter Lecturer is Professor Dave Craw from the University of Otago. His main lecture “Tectonics and genetics in topographic evolution” which will be held at the Auckland Museum auditorium at 7pm on the 20th June should be of interest to environmental as well as earth scientists. The complementary Hochstetter Lecture “Tectonically driven fluid flow and gold mineralisation in actively deforming convergent orogens” will be at 1pm on the 21st June in Rm 302-130. -
Inaugural Hay Lecture: The beautiful lie and ugly governance: why NZ environmental science needs reform Event as iCalendar
06 June 2017, 5 - 6pmDr Matt McGlone, Research Associate at Landcare Research, Lincoln will present and discuss two environmental fields - biodiversity and climate change – showing how poorly the public interest is served by this combination of academic ambition and inefficient oversight -
eSocSci ECPG seminar - Which journal and why? Editor's insights Event as iCalendar
18 May 2017, 12 - 1pm -
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Women in Science Network panel discussion Event as iCalendar
08 March 2017, 12:30 - 2pmThe Women in Science Network presents a panel discussion entitled, "I'm a woman in science, and you'll never believe what happened to me..."
