Professor Robert Wade London School of Economics – Inequality and the West –Capitalism at a Tipping Point

Political economist Robert Wade talks about rising inequalities in the Western world, placing New Zealand in the context of international debates.

He is a contributor to Inequality: A New Zealand Crisis. Professor Wade was awarded, with José Antonio Ocampo, the 2008 Leontief Prize by the Global Development and Environment Institute, ‘in recognition of his outstanding contribution to economic theory that addressed contemporary realities and supported just and sustainable societies’.

Public lectures:

Monday, 8 July, 6pm, Old Government House Lecture Theatre University of Auckland. Chaired by Professor Margaret Wilson.

Join us afterwards to celebrate the launch of Inequality: A New Zealand Crisis, edited by Max Rashbrooke. Old Government House Member’s Lounge (Max is a previous winner of a Bruce Jesson Journalism Prize).
Thursday 11 July, 5.30pm Archway 3 Lecture Theatre University of Otago, Dunedin
Friday 12 July, 4pm A3 Lecture Theatre University of Canterbury, Christchurch
Tuesday 16 July, 6pm Soundings Theatre Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington

For more information please contact Megan Simpson, megan@bwb.co.nz

2013 Journalism Prize Competition

The Bruce Jesson Foundation journalism prize competition is now open for entries, offering funding for high-quality critical journalism. The 2013 competition opens as recent winner Max Rashbrooke unveils a new book supported by his Jesson award: Inequality: A New Zealand Crisis – and what we can do about it (Bridget Williams Books, 2013).

The Bruce Jesson Foundation was established in 1999 to commemorate one of New Zealand’s greatest political journalists, the late Bruce Jesson, by promoting “vigorous political, social and economic investigation, debate, analysis and reporting in New Zealand”. The Foundation holds an Annual Lecture and awards two journalism prizes, presented at the lecture in October:

The Senior Journalism Prize is self-nominated and invites applications for an award of up to NZ$4,000 to assist a project aiming to produce the kind of critical and analytical journalism exemplified by Jesson’s work.
The Emerging Journalism Prize has a fixed emolument of $1,000 and recognises “outstanding recent work by New Zealand print journalism students.” It is nominated by the heads of New Zealand journalism schools or journalism programme leaders for published work by student journalists.

Entries for the 2013 Bruce Jesson Journalism Prizes are now invited both from self-nominating senior journalists and the Heads of New Zealand journalism schools. Entries will be assessed by members of the Foundation’s Journalism Sub-committee: Geoff Kemp (convenor), Camille Guy, Joe Atkinson, Simon Collins, and Jon Stephenson.

Details are available on the Foundation website. Applications and nominations (including copies of nominated work) can be submitted online, or mailed to Dr Geoff Kemp, c/- Political Studies Department, University of Auckland, PB 92019, Auckland (g.kemp@auckland.ac.nz). The DEADLINE for receipt of entries is 5pm, Monday, September 30, 2013.

June 2013

2013 Prize Applications Now Open

The Bruce Jesson Foundation journalism prize competition is now open for entries, offering funding for high-quality critical journalism.

2012 Lecture

Nickey Hager delivered the 2012 Lecture entitled 'Investigative journalism in the age of media meltdown: from National Party Headquarters to Afghanistan'. The full text is available on our web site.

2012 Awards

At the 2012 Lecture, we presented the Bruce Jesson Journalism Awards to Rebecca Macfie and Karen Abplanalp.

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