Koi Tū is an independent, non-partisan think tank focused on long-term, complex problems challenging our future.

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Future society

update
02.10.2023  

Shaping the future of transport in Auckland

Democratic innovation
Three women participate seated at tables in a workshop.
update
09.10.2023  
Citizens’ assembly case study for public service commission
Democratic innovation
update
01.10.2023  
Watercare citizens' assembly - one year on
Democratic innovation
Partcipants at the Koi Tū and Watercare workshops.
event
18.09.2023  
Webinar: Citizen assemblies and deliberative processes for European Union’s Mission Ocean
Democratic innovation

Human potential

update
14.11.2023  

Tāmaki College and Koi Tū Research Practice Partnership

Education
perspective
13.11.2023  
A missing piece
Wellbeing
media release
30.10.2023  
We are what, when and how we eat
Wellbeing
evidence brief
30.10.2023  
Childhood obesity: reducing the risk through early life measures
Wellbeing

Navigating change

media release
25.10.2023  

Call for framework to evaluate new AI tech

Technology futures
Partcipants at the Koi Tū and Watercare workshops.
event
18.09.2023  
Webinar: Citizen assemblies and deliberative processes for European Union’s Mission Ocean
Democratic innovation
perspective
16.08.2023  
Genetic engineering to the rescue?
Sustainability
Young couple cycling, others walking or jogging late afternoon and enjoying the sunset at Stanley Park
media release
18.07.2023  
New Zealanders lead call for SDGs to be science-led
Sustainability

Informing policy

View of complex machinery like a particle accelerator at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research
speech
07.11.2023  

Keynote address at the Institute for Advanced Study, University of Amsterdam

Science diplomacy
Trust in science
evidence brief
30.10.2023  
Childhood obesity: reducing the risk through early life measures
Wellbeing
update
26.10.2023  
Pacific talks progress ambitious plan for science  
Science diplomacy
Group of business people sitting in a line at a panel.
perspective
14.08.2023  
Science and science systems: beyond semantics
Trust in science

Our themes

Future society

Social cohesion & resilience
Democratic innovation

Human potential

Wellbeing
Education
Youth mental health

Navigating change

Information environment
Sustainability
NZ’s place in the world
Technology futures

Informing policy

Long-term thinking
Risk assessment
Evidence to policy
Science diplomacy
Trust in science

Our people

Sir PeterGluckman

Sir Peter Gluckman

Director

Dr Anne Bardsley

Deputy Director

Dr Tatjana Buklijas

Associate Director – Academic

Kristiann Allen

Associate Director – Policy and International Engagement

Hema Sridhar

Strategic Advisor for Technological Futures
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