Caring Economies Symposium
Schedule
Fri Oct 17 2025 at 09:00 am to 04:15 pm
UTC+13:00Location
Te Rau Karamu Marae | Wellington, WG

About this Event
What could it mean to live in a caring economy?
This symposium invites anyone working across research, advocacy, community engagement and policy domains to come together for one day to collectively reframe care as the foundation of our economic activities.
Guided by an opening plenary from eminent scholar Professor Joan Tronto, attendees will have the opportunity to engage in workshops to share their ideas and perspectives on how we might recentre care across a range of different domains. The aim of the symposium is to forge new avenues of research and engagement to make possible a more caring future for Aotearoa.
Agenda
Programme
đź•‘: 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
PĹŤwhiri
Info: If you have not been welcomed on to Te Rau Karamū Marae previously, we ask that you make time to come to the Pōwhiri at 9.00 am. Te Rau Karamū is a very special part of our day and we invite you to participate fully in the tikanga of the pōwhiri.
đź•‘: 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Paramanawa / Morning Tea
đź•‘: 10:40 AM - 11:20 AM
Keynote: Thinking with Care by Dr Joan Tronto
đź•‘: 11:20 AM - 11:30 AM
Respondent: Dr Joni Angeli Gordon
đź•‘: 11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
Respondent: Ellie Tapsell
đź•‘: 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Workshop One: Researching With Care
Info: Inventory research on care and economies in Aotearoa New Zealand with the aim to develop new research ideas and explore possibilities for care and economies research.
đź•‘: 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Lunch
đź•‘: 01:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Workshop Two: Caring with Comms
Info: A panel session focused on exploring diverse communications and dissemination strategies. Georgie Craw (Wellbeing Economies Alliance Communications Lead) - Using values-based narratives to communicate for systems change. Deanna Haami (Childcare in the 24/7 Economy, Postdoctoral Fellow) - Storying realities and visual methodology. Swarnima Kriti - Transitioning to a caring economies team, using art as a decolonial methodology. Dr Bex Graham (National Executive Officer, Parents of Vision Impaired NZ) - Using Substack for research communication and action.
đź•‘: 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Paramanawa / Afternoon Tea
đź•‘: 03:30 PM - 04:15 PM
What next for critical and generative care economies research in Aotearoa NZ
Info: Rapporteur: Dr Katherine McKinnon. Panel: Professor Kelly Dombroski, Dr Aisling Gallagher, Dr Joni Angeli Gordon.
Where is it happening?
Te Rau Karamu Marae, 5 Hayward Terrace, Wellington, New ZealandEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
NZD 0.00 to NZD 25.00

