Public Symposium: Call for Abstracts - Mauri Ora | Human Flourishing

30 JULY DEADLINE, See details below.

The M¯aori Research Symposium, Mauri Ora: Human Flourishing, to be held on 9 November, aims to showcase M¯aori research undertaken at Otago Polytechnic. The second M¯aori symposium hosted by the Polytechnic, it follows the inaugural T¯a Moko Symposium held in 2014.

The symposium aims to nurture research conducted by M¯aori staff and students – that is, research undertaken by M¯aori, for M¯aori, or with M¯aori; as well as provide opportunities to share M¯aori research fields and expertise and celebrate the depth and breadth of M¯aori research conducted at Otago Polytechnic.

Otago Polytechnic encourages presenters at Mauri Ora: Human Flourishing Symposium to submit abstracts for five presentation options: 20-minute presentation; 20/20 slideshow; 10-minute round-table presentation; 5-minute research idea presentation; poster presentation.

Submissions for peer-reviewed full papers (for potential inclusion in the 2019 SCOPE: Kaupapa K¯ai Tahu publication) are also invited from staff and students involved in M¯aori-led and/or partnered research. 

Presentation abstracts are due by 30 July.

Submissions for the peer-reviewed full paper and potential inclusion in the 2019 SCOPE: Kaupapa K¯ai Tahu publication are due by 29 October.

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