Associates (University of Auckland)
- Dr Jacquie Bay – Liggins Institute
- Dr Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy – Faculty of Business and Economics
- Prof Cindy Kiro – Pro-Vice Chancellor Māori
- Prof Ian Lambie – Department of Psychology
- Assoc Prof Jennifer Lees-Marshment – School of Social Sciences
- Prof Stuart McNaughton – Faculty of Education and Social Work
- Assoc Prof Collin Tukuitonga – Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Affiliates – New Zealand
- Prof Stephen Goldson – Lincoln University and AgResearch
- Prof Ken Hughey – Lincoln University and Department of Conservation
- Prof Richie Poulton – Otago University
- Prof Paul Spoonley – Massey University
- Andrew Sweet – Productivity Commission
Affiliates – International
- Prof Terrence Forrester – The University of the West Indies, Jamaica
- Paul Hofheinz, Lisbon Council, Brussels
- Prof Karen Hussey – University of Queensland and Department of Environment, Queensland Government
- Prof Matthias Kaiser – University of Bergen, Norway
- Dr Robyn Mildon, Centre for Evaluation and Implementation, Melbourne
- Prof Nic Smith, Queensland Institute of Technology
- Dr Vaughan Turekian – National Academies of Sciences USA and Georgetown University
Collaborating centres – New Zealand
- University of Auckland – academic staff from faculties of Arts, Science, Medicine & Health Sciences, Engineering, Business, Law, and Education, and Liggins Institute
- University of Otago
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Massey University
- Lincoln University
- Te Papa Tongarewa
Collaborating centres – International
- University of Sheffield, UK – Research on Research Institute
- University College London, UK – Department of Science Technology, Engineering and Public Policy
- Oxford University, UK – Centre for Social Cohesion
- University of West Indies – Centre for Solutions for Developing Countries
- Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences and National University of Singapore School of Medicine
- University of Bergen, Norway – Centre for the Study of Sciences and Humanities
- University of Ottawa, Canada – Institute for Science Society and Policy
- Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
- Lisbon Council – a Brussels think tank
- National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, USA
- International Network for Government Science Advice
- International Science Council