Faculties
The research activities within each of AUT’s five faculties are overseen by an Associate Dean of Research who works closely with the Pro Vice-Chancellor Research, Innovation and Enterprise. We encourage you to explore the broad suite of research activities from each faculties. Full text digital files are available open access for all items.
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The Interwoven World Te Ao I Whiria: Towards an Integrated Landscape Approach in Aotearoa New Zealand
(The Policy Observatory, AUT, 2018)In this discussion paper, The Policy Observatory’s Dr David Hall explores the ways that New Zealanders think about the landscape, and how these ideas influence actual decisions about land use. To put New Zealand on the ... -
New Zealand’s Living Standards Framework: What Might Amartya Sen Say?
Amartya Sen’s capability approach is a guiding light for international efforts to improve the measurement of national well-being. This article compares Sen’s nuanced philosophical ideal with the New Zealand Treasury’s ... -
A State of Licence: The Social Licence to Operate as an Opportunity for the Forestry Sector
(New Zealand Institute of Forestry, 2019)This paper discusses the paradox of social licence faced by the forestry sector today. It explores how the idea of the social licence of operate (SLO) relates to the tradition of social contract theory. This philosophical ... -
Subsurface Microbial Habitats in an Extreme Desert Mars-analog Environment
(Frontiers Media, 2019)Sediments in the hyper-arid core of the Atacama Desert are a terrestrial analog to Mars regolith. Understanding the distribution and drivers of microbial life in the sediment may give critical clues on how to search for ... -
Ko Wai Ko Au Ko Au Ko Wai – I Am Water, Water Is Me
(LIBRUM Publishers & Editors LLC, 2019)Kaupapa Moana, Kaupapa Wai Maori, Kaupapa Awa Ocean, fresh water and rivers Water is both life-giving and life-destroying. Today, the purity of all water sources are threatened or impacted upon by a range of factors. Both ... -
School-based Physical Activity Intervention for Older Adolescents: Rationale and Study Protocol for the Burn 2 Learn Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial
(BMJ, 2019)Introduction This trial aims to investigate the impact of a school-based physical activity programme, involving high-intensity interval training (HIIT), on the physical, mental and cognitive health of senior school ... -
Time Course Changes in Confirmed ‘true’ VO₂max After Individualized and Standardized Training
(Thieme, 2019)This study sought to examine time course changes in maximal oxygen consumption (VO₂max) confirmed with verification testing following 12 weeks of standardized vs. individualized exercise training. Participants (N=39) were ... -
Leptin: A Pleitropic Factor in Physiology
Leptin, a 16 kDa protein and a product of the ob/ob gene, has a tertiary structure similar to that of a cytokine. It is primarily secreted by white adipose tissue and its levels in the blood correlate positively with ... -
Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours (KAB) Surveys on Concussion in Sports: Parents 2018 Survey Report #2 to Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC)
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Do Gender Diversity Recommendations in Corporate Governance Codes Matter? Evidence from Audit Committees
Motivated by two opposing views, the limited supply view and the discrimination view, we examine the impact of gender diversity guidelines on the strength of the association between the presence of female audit committee ... -
Investigation of Dynamic Incentive of Supply Chain Under Information Asymmetry for Screening
(Hindawi Limited, 2019)More and more high-end brand companies are exploring new markets by extending low-end product lines. When selecting agents in new markets, a principal often faces the problem of identifying the promotional ability of agents. ... -
Teaching (with) Empathy and Creativity in Design
(Design Research Society (DRS), 2019)Empathy and creativity are desirable core design competencies. The relationship between these concepts, however, has remained largely unexplored. This work unfolds the creases between empathy and creativity, ... -
Sanjha Punjab – United Punjab: Exploring Composite Culture in a New Zealand Punjabi Film Documentary
This paper examines the third author’s positionality as the researcher and storyteller of a PhD documentary film that will be shot in New Zealand, Pakistan, and North India. Adapting insights from writings on Punjab’s ... -
Qualities of Design Briefs for Studio Learning
(Design Research Society (DRS), 2019)The design brief is considered a pivotal component in studio-based learning, yet there is a paucity of studies on the student brief genre in design education research. This work seeks to contribute by examining brief ... -
Agility Practices for Software Development: An Investigation of Agile Organization Concepts
(Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS), 2019)In the context of agile software development in New Zealand and Australia, this paper examines the organizational agility related practices with agile software development. The paper looks at ... -
Improving Engagement With Biomechanics: Student Perspectives and a Professional Development Initiative
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2019)Student engagement is an essential aspect of educational environments, and this is especially true for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines, where student engagement declines in middle and ... -
Skill Training Periodization in “Specialist” Sports Coaching—An Introduction of the “PoST” Framework for Skill Development
Across sports and movement science, training periodization has been recognizedas key for athlete development and performance. While periodization with regard tophysiology has a proven history, the structuring and periodization ... -
Level of Prior Education as a Predictor of Academic Performance in the Bio Science Papers
(Crimson Publishers, 2019)Background: The cohort of students enrolled in the bio science papers at the Bachelor of Health Science (Oral Health) programme reflects a structural diversity in that it includes students of differing levels of prior ... -
Important Features of Retail Shoes for Women With Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Delphi Consensus Survey
Objectives Footwear management aims to preserve foot function, reduce the burden of foot pain and maintain joint mobility in women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Whilst retail footwear is commonly recommended by health ...