Category Archives: Conference papers

Higher Education Summit paper

Read online the PowerPoint presentation I gave recently at the Higher Education Summit in NZ on thinking beyond international degrees, with reference to NZ’s Asian alumni. A longer and more detailed version of this presentation is being prepared for the … Continue reading

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Asians in NZ – A Tale of Four Cities

In early August I gave a presentation to the Association of Social Science Researchers in Wellington on the recent series of Asia:NZ reports on the Asian population in NZ. You can see the PowerPoint slides of my presentation on Asians … Continue reading

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International students and New Zealand’s future

Recently I gave the keynote address at the Centre for Research on International Education conference in Auckland, on international students and New Zealand’s future. You can find the presentation slides here. The presentation will be published later this year in … Continue reading

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Asia and the future of New Zealand

I recently gave a fun, interactive two-hour lecture to 25 or so students who are part of Victoria University of Wellington’s International Leadership Programme. We talked about Asia and the future of New Zealand. You can find the slides to that … Continue reading

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Thinking about re-entry in new ways

Read a recent paper I wrote and delivered via video to a conference in Washington DC on thinking about the re-entry of international students into their countries of origin here.

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Asians in Christchurch

Read a lecture I recently gave in Christchurch on why Asians should matter to Christchurch here

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International education and Asia

Read a lecture I recently gave on international education and Asia here

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Handmaiden or Collaborator?

New publication: Butcher, A., “Handmaiden or Collaborator? Research in the Public Space” in Curtis, B., Matthewman, S., & McIntosh, T. (eds.), Public Sociologies: Lessons and Trans-Tasman Comparisons, TASA/SAANZ 2007 Joint Conference Proceedings, Department of Sociology, University of Auckland

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Immigration and social cohesion in New Zealand – From a policy goal to reality

To read a recent paper I co-wrote on Immigration and Social Cohesion in New Zealand: From a policy goal to reality? visit http://www.asianz.org.nz/files/abutcher_speech_19may07.pdf 

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Asia and Research in the Public Space Lecture

Visit http://www.asianz.org.nz/files/abutcher_speech_11may07.pdf to download a PDF of a lecture I gave on 11 May 2007 at the Asian Studies Institute at Victoria University of Wellington on Asia and Research in the Public Space.

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