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The University of Waikato

University

www.waikato.ac.nzTauranga, New Zealand

About

The University of Waikato (Māori: Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato), established in 1964, is a public research university located in Hamilton, New Zealand. An additional campus is located in Tauranga. The university performs research in numerous disciplines such as education, social sciences, and management and is an innovator in environmental science, marine and freshwater ecology, engineering, computer science and artificial intelligence. It offers degrees in health, engineering, computer science, management, Māori and Indigenous Studies, the arts, psychology, social sciences and education.

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Adjunct Research Fellow

The University of Waikato

Project Manager

The University of Waikato

Research Fellow

The University of Waikato

Marketplace (5)

  • Project cooperation

    Recognising nature in enterprise ownership and governance

    Explore how giving ecosystems and species a stake in business enterprises can fund biodiversity restoration. Drawing on Māori enterprise and Indigenous rights, test ownership, governance and benefit-sharing models that support nature and communities.

    • Advanced stage
    • Partner looking for consortium
    • HORIZON-NATURE-2027-01-03: Systemic approaches to accelerate transformative change for biodiversity
    Author

    Adjunct Research Fellow at The University of Waikato

    Tauranga, New Zealand

  • Project cooperation

    Restoration living labs

    Connect Māori landowners with European partners to test transitions from erosion-prone land to rich native forests. Combine restoration, sustainable livelihoods and community leadership through living labs that address barriers to change.

    • Early stage
    • Partner looking for consortium
    • HORIZON-NATURE-2027-02-02: Living labs co-creating solutions for the restoration of ecosystems addressing implementation bottlenecks and improving resilience to risks
    Author

    Adjunct Research Fellow at The University of Waikato

    Tauranga, New Zealand

  • Project cooperation

    Connecting biodiversity restoration with community health

    Investigate how biodiversity restoration supports community health and resilience to extreme weather. Connect Māori perspectives and local wellbeing measures with ecological and health data to reinforce ethical, interdisciplinary One Health research.

    • Early stage
    • HORIZON-NATURE-2027-03-01: Advancing interdisciplinary, data-driven research at the biodiversity- health interface under a One Health approach
    Author

    Adjunct Research Fellow at The University of Waikato

    Tauranga, New Zealand

  • Project cooperation

    Sharing Indigenous and community experience across restoration networks

    Connect restoration initiatives across Aotearoa and Europe to share lessons on governance, community participation and benefit-sharing. Develop useful tools that help living labs scale restoration while respecting Indigenous knowledge and leadership.

    • Early stage
    • Partner looking for consortium
    • HORIZON-NATURE-2027-02-03: Networking to scale up living labs for nature restoration solutions and to address bottlenecks to implementation
    Author

    Adjunct Research Fellow at The University of Waikato

    Tauranga, New Zealand

  • Project cooperation

    Ethical biodiversity monitoring

    Partner with ecologists and technology teams to test biodiversity monitoring that serves communities. Combine local indicators with scientific measures, embedding Indigenous consent, knowledge governance and benefit-sharing in restoration monitoring.

    • Early stage
    • Partner looking for consortium
    • HORIZON-NATURE-2027-02-05: Cost-effective biodiversity monitoring for EU policies
    Author

    Adjunct Research Fellow at The University of Waikato

    Tauranga, New Zealand