WSBG Research Excellence Awards
The Wellington School of Business and Government recently announced the introduction of Research Excellence Awards.
The initiative seeks to recognise impactful research, celebrate success, empower staff, and acknowledge exceptional research achievements.
The Faculty Research Committee received 15 applications and recently completed the review process. The Committee was highly impressed by the breadth and quality of the applications, making the selection process extremely challenging due to the many worthy candidates.
A panel chaired by Professor Nick Ashill convened to review all applications. Following a thorough deliberation, the panel selected five outstanding awardees who have demonstrated exceptional research excellence and impact in their respective fields.
Early Career Research Award: Griffin Geng is the winner of the ECRs Research Award. To date, Griffin has published papers in ABDC A* journals, including two in the prestigious Financial Times 50 list—a remarkable achievement for an economist, let alone an ECR, from NZ/AU. Griffin has also won several prestigious awards, including the NZX Award for Outstanding Research. We know you have a few promising projects in the pipeline, and we look forward to hearing about your future success.
Emerging Scholars Research Award: Rebecca Bednarek is the winner of the Emerging Scholars Research Award. In the last decade, Rebecca published 20 journal outputs in A/A* (ABDC list) or Q1 SciMago outlets. She has also co-authored two research monographs published by the prestigious Oxford University Press. Rebecca received NZ$739,694 in industry funding, won two prizes for practitioner/industry impact, and is holding a Faculty Strategic Research Grant. Her research has been widely discussed in the media, and we are confident this will continue to be the case in the future.
Collaborative Research Award: Markus Luczak-Roesch, on behalf of the team of the Complexity and Connection Science Lab and the Chair in Complexity Science, is the winner of the Collaborative Research Award. The Lab is a powerhouse of inter- and transdisciplinary collaboration, currently involving seven PhD students, two postdoctoral researchers, a master’s student, and four senior faculty members from diverse backgrounds. The group produces numerous academic outputs, attracts external funding and recognition, and provides a platform for researchers to grow. We look forward to witnessing further capacity-building and ground-breaking research from your team.
Research Excellence Award: Finally, Ilan Noy and Mary Tate are the Research Excellence Award co-winners.
Since 2020, Ilan Noy has published 50 papers in refereed journals and 45 other kinds of publications. According to Google Scholar, his work has been cited more than 12,000 times, with an h-index of 47 and i10-index of 107. He has received several large external grants during this period and gave about ten keynotes and many other public talks. He continuously engages with policymakers and external stakeholders, is a frequent media contributor (including for international outlets such as the NY Times, the Washington Post, and the Guardian), and is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal he founded (published by Springer).
Mary Tate has published 130 peer-reviewed papers, with most of her journal publications appearing in A* or Q1/A outlets. She received over $1,000,000 in grant funding. Her research methods outputs have been cited more than 1,200 times and are used internationally as best-practice guidelines. Her research also led to external engagement and consultancy roles in New Zealand, Australia, and Myanmar. She won various best paper/runner-up awards, a best reviewer recognition, and held or is holding various externally funded appointments. Mary is also Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Communications of the Association for Information Systems (A ranked), serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Strategic Information Systems (A*), and is a sought-after speaker.
Congratulations to all.