Symposia

The Initiative creates spaces for capital city university academics, students and leaders to discuss how their ideas and institutions can influence policymaking around pressing challenges within their states and across borders.

Each symposium will include an academic roundtable, a public event, and private meetings with officials and civil society leaders.

Leading capital city universities are invited to send experts to each symposium.

Initial symposia

Three symposia have taken place as part of the Capital City Universities Initiative:

  • ‘Will tomorrow’s Asia be secure?' (22–23 August 2016)
  • 'Delivering on Paris: Stepping up to a zero-carbon future’ (2–3 November 2016)
  • 'Migration and populism in the twenty-first century’ (23–24 February 2017)

First symposium: Will tomorrow’s Asia be secure?

Will tomorrow’s Asia be secure?—the first Capital City Universities Initiative symposium took place at Victoria University of Wellington from 22–23 August 2016.

Second symposium: Delivering on Paris: Stepping up to a zero-carbon future

Delivering on Paris: Stepping up to a zero-carbon future—the second symposium for the Capital City Universities Initiative took place on 2–3 November 2016.

Third symposium: Migration and populism in the twenty-first century

Migration and populism in the twenty-first century—the third symposium for the Capital City Universities Initiative took place on 23–24 February 2017.

To find out more

For more information on the Capital City Universities Initiative at Victoria, contact: