Our people

PhD candidate
The Impact of the Christchurch Earthquakes (2010-2011) on Labour Productivity in the Canterbury Region in New Zealand

PhD candidate
Mental health consequences of extreme weather events

PhD candidate
Influence of the Reuse of Heritage Buildings on the Resilience of New Zealand Small Town Centres

PhD candidate
The impacts of extreme heat on economics in New Zealand

Chair in the Economics of Disasters and Climate Change
School of Economics and Finance

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Belinda Storey

PhD candidate
Climate change adaptation and human capital in Tonga

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Catherine Thompson

Administrator for the Chair in Economics of Disasters and Climate Change

School of Economics and Finance

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Tomas Uher

Research Assistant

School of Economics and Finance

PhD candidate
The role of identity post-disaster

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Measuring Economic, Infrastructure, and Psychological Recovery after the 2023 Auckland Anniversary Flood and Cyclone Gabrielle

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Zuda Wei

Visiting PhD candidate

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Disaster impacts

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Fengwan Zhang

Visiting PhD candidate

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The effects of climate change and natural hazards on household economic behavior

Past scholars

Cristhian Prieto Duran (PhD, 2025)

Miloud Lacheheb (PhD, 2025)

Zijun Zhao (PhD, 2025)

Belinda Storey (PhD, 2025)

Mui Nguyen (PhD, 2025)

Amelia Blamey (MCom, 2024)

Apurba Roy (PhD, 2023)

Shabana Kamal (PhD, 2023)

Hanny John Mediodia (PhD, 2022)

Rebecca Newman (MCom, 2022)

Quy Ta (PhD, 2022)

Thoa Hoang (PhD, 2022)

Thomas Dudek (PhD, 2022)

Pranay Panta (PhD, 2021)

Nguyen Doan (PhD, 2021)

Jacob Pastor-Paz (PhD, 2021)

Farnaz Pourzand (PhD, 2021)

Hanna Habibi (PhD, 2020)

Olivia Wills (PhD, 2020)

Nhu Cuong Nguyen (PhD, 2019)

Aditya Kusuma (PhD, 2019)

Diana de Alwis (PhD, 2018)

Tauisi Taupo (PhD, 2018)

Melissa Welsh (PhD, 2018)

Sally Owen (MCom, 2017)

Rio Yonson (PhD, 2017)

Azreen Karim (PhD, 2016)

Miles Parker (PhD, 2016)

Katarina Stojkov (MCom, 2016)

Porntida Poontirakul (MCom, 2015)

Pooja Patel (Hons, 2013)

Lisa Doyle (Hons, 2012)