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Staff
Sir Peter Gluckman
Director
Distinguished Professor Emeritus ONZ KNZM FRSNZ FRS
Sir Peter Gluckman is the director of Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures. He trained as a paediatrician...
Dr Anne Bardsley
Deputy Director
Anne leads our work on democratic innovation, risk and the future of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Her expertise is in...Key areas:
Hema Sridhar
Senior Research Fellow (Government Relations, Technology and Foresight)
Hema leads our work with government relations, technology and its impact on society, and foresight. She has nearly 20...Key areas:
Dr Tatjana Buklijas
Associate Director – Academic
Senior Lecturer in global studies. Director of the Europe Institute
Tatjana’s research focuses on the challenges of climate change and energy transition for democratic politics. She investigates how democratic...Key areas:
Dr Kristiann Allen
Associate Director – Policy and International Engagement
Kristiann is a senior policy practitioner-turned-researcher. She is interested in the dynamics of the science/policy interface, specialising in both...Key areas:
Dr Felicia Low
Senior Research Fellow
Felicia leads Koi Tū’s Knowledge Hub for Maternal and Child Health, an initiative bringing an interdisciplinary approach to maternal...Key areas:
Dr Seungyeon Kim
Research Fellow
Seungyeon is a research fellow at Koi Tū’s Knowledge Hub for Maternal and Child Health. Her research interests include...Key areas:
Dr Nina Hood
Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Nina focuses on education in the early childhood and school sectors. Her research agenda is wide ranging. She previously...Key areas:
Dr Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal
Strategic Advisor Māori
Charles is an independent researcher and consultant and a freelance composer, musician and storyteller. Through research, teaching and advising,...Key areas:
Dr Gavin Ellis
Honorary Research Fellow
Gavin is a media consultant, commentator and researcher with more than five decades of experience in news media. He...Key areas:
Mark Evans
Honorary Senior Research Fellow
OBE, BA (Hons), MBA
Mark is leading a research project on ‘Trust in the Police,’ building on Koi Tū’s previous work on institutional...Key areas:
Dr Jessica Stubbing
Research Fellow
Jess is a research fellow in youth mental health. Her work centres on improving the understanding of and response...Key areas:
Madeline Hayward
Research Assistant
Madeline is a research assistant in youth mental health. She is passionate about learning how we can best support...Key areas:
Dr Andrew Chen
Honorary Research Fellow
Andrew is the chief advisor for technology assurance with NZ Police. Andrew is helping police figure out how and...Key areas:
Jill Rolston
Communications Manager
Jill oversees communications for Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures, including marketing, engagement and media activities. She has...
Victoria Macann
Research Assistant
Victoria is a researcher in Education. Her research has focused on computing and science education, and recently Victoria has...Key areas:
Finlay Harvey
Research Assistant
Finlay is a general research assistant at Koi Tū. He is interested in policy, geography and democracy with particular...
Dr Suzanne Trask
Research Fellow
Suzanne is a science and health science education researcher. Her research focuses on school-sector learning supporting teachers and students...Key areas:
Jillian Hildreth
Research Assistant
Jillian is a PhD student whose research explores the potential of deliberative democracy methods in health communication. Her primary...
Grant Mills
Programme Officer, INGSA
Grant is the programme officer of the International Network for Governmental Science Advice (INGSA) hosted by Koi Tū: the...Key areas:
Emily Strong
Executive Assistant
Emily is Sir Peter Gluckman’s executive assistant at Koi Tū. She also assists Jill Rolston with Koi Tū’s communications....Advisory board
Bridget Coates
Advisory Board Chair
Bridget Coates is chair of Koi Tū, Toitu Tahua: Centre for Sustainable Finance and Fonterra’s Sustainability Advisory Panel to...
Andrew Grant
Advisory Board Member
Andrew is a Senior Partner with McKinsey and Company. He is a long standing Global Board member and formerly...
Rodney Jones
Advisory Board Member
Rodney Jones is the principal of Wigram Capital Advisors, a pioneering Asia focused macro advisory firm, which he established...
John Allen
Advisory Board Member
John is the chief executive of WellingtonNZ, the Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency and chancellor at Victoria University Wellington...
Evan Williams
Advisory Board Member
Evan is the principal of Willams Group NZ Limited a private family company group established by him in 2000....Rangatahi advisory group
Thomas Swinburn
Rangatahi Co-Chair
Thomas is a clinical medical student undertaking a BMedSci(Hons) research year in population health. He is president of the...
Shazeaa Salim
Rangatahi Co-Chair
Ko Maungakiekie te maunga Ko Waitematā te moana Ko Māhuhu-ki-te-Rangi te waka Ko Ngāti Whātua te iwi Ko Ōrākei...
Izzy Fenwick
Rangatahi Co-Chair
With a background in psychology, a degree in business communications, and an upbringing deeply rooted is environmental protection, Izzy’s...
Academic associates – New Zealand
Prof Quentin Atkinson – School of Psychology, University of Auckland
Dr Jacquie Bay – Liggins Institute, University of Auckland
Prof Jennifer Curtin – Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Auckland
Dr Karen Fisher – School of Environment, University of Auckland
Assoc Prof Kerry Gibson – School of Psychology, University of Auckland
Prof Alexander Gillespie – Faculty of Law, Waikato University
Dr Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy – Department of Economics, University of Auckland
Prof Arthur Grimes – School of Government, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Prof Stephen Goldson – Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University; AgResearch
Prof Brownwyn Hayward – Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Canterbury
Prof Ken Hughey – Lincoln University and Department of Conservation
Prof Ian Lambie – School of Psychology, University of Auckland
Dr Wendy Liu – School of Architecture and Planning, University of Auckland
Prof Tim Maloney – School of Social Sciences and Public Policy, Auckland University of Technology
Prof Tracey McIntosh – School of Māori Studies and Pacific Studies, University of Auckland
Prof Stuart McNaughton – School of Curriculum and Pedagogy, University of Auckland
Prof Richie Poulton – Department of Psychology, University of Otago
Dr Joel Rindelaub – School of Chemical Sciences, University of Auckland
Prof Paul Spoonley – He Whenua Taurikura, Centre of Research Excellence for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism
Assoc Prof Collin Tukuitonga – Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Administration, University of Auckland
Prof Michael Witbrock – Department of Computer Science, University of Auckland
Prof Kobus van Zyl – Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Auckland
Academic associates – International
Prof Terrence Forrester – The University of the West Indies, Jamaica
Prof Karen Hussey – University of Queensland and Department of Environment, Queensland Government
Prof Matthias Kaiser – University of Bergen, Norway
Prof Jennifer Lees-Marshment – University of Dundee, Scotland
Dr Robyn Mildon, Centre for Evaluation and Implementation, Melbourne
Prof Dominic O’Sullivan, Charles Sturt University
Prof Nic Smith, Vice Chancellor of Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
Dr Vaughan Turekian – National Academies of Sciences USA and Georgetown University
Affiliates – New Zealand
Kieran Brown – Polis Consulting
Rowena Dunn – Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei
Arapata Hakiwai – Te Papa Tongarewa
Dr Hermann Hauser – Amadeus Capital
Dr Sarb Johal
Sir Jim McLay NZM QSO
Dr Johan Morreau MNZM
Dr Kerry Spackman – Cognitive Performance Labs
Andrew Sweet – Firecone
Affiliates – International
Paul Hofheinz, Lisbon Council, Brussels
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