Rhema Vaithianathan
AUT review finds significant ongoing staff bullying
An independent review has found staff bullying is a significant and ongoing problem at the Auckland University of Technology.
AUT vice-chancellor Derek McCormack said he and the university's council… Audio
More urgency needed to keep country Covid free
A leading health economist says the Government is again failing to convey the sense of urgency required to keep the country Covid-free. The comments follow news that an infectious person visited an… Audio
Universities imposing NDAs over sexual harrassment, bullying
At least a dozen non-disclosure agreements over sexual harassment and bullying complaints have been imposed by New Zealand universities in the last decade.
The information, accessed under the… Audio
Covid-19: Government tracing app downloads stall
Part of the ongoing fight against Covid-19 is a renewed call by the government for New Zealanders to use its Covid contact tracer app.
It has even indicated it may make it mandatory for businesses to… Audio
Covid-19: Forcing shops to display QR codes won't help - expert
The government's being told that forcing shops and cafes to display QR codes for Covid-19 tracing won't increase the number of customers using it.
The number of people who've downloaded the… Audio
Child abuse screening tool improves accuracy: researchers
A predictive risk assessment tool that can identify children at risk of abuse, developed by a New Zealand researcher and implemented for two years in the United States, has been found to improve the… Audio
Rhema Vaithianathan - The algorithm ace
Professor Rhema Vaithianathan is co-director of the Centre for Social Data Analytics at AUT. She is widely published in the research areas of health and development economics and applied… Audio
New ways to analyse data from social agencies
AUT Economics Professor, Rhema Vaithianathan discusses the revolutionary ways data from social agencies is being used by academic researchers. For the first time, almost all the information on people… Audio
Govt halts abuse prediction study
The Social Development Minister, Anne Tolley has put a stop to an "observational study" of children to assess a new tool to predict the risk of abuse. The Ministry of Social Development commissioned… Audio
Profiling for Child Abuse
Teresa Cowie explores profiling for potential child harm Audio
MSD urged to adopt predictive tool to identify at risk children
The Social Development Ministry is stopping short of implementing a predictive risk assessment tool that can identify children at risk of abuse. MSD commissioned Auckland economist Professor Rhema… Audio
Researchers challenge received wisdom on wage gap
The country's top economics think-tank is challenging official thinking on why wages in New Zealand lag so far behind those in Australia. Audio
Economic Forecasts
A senior lecturer in economics is calling the recent unemployment forecasts, irresponsible and unnecessary. Audio