Postgraduate coordinators
Postgraduate coordinators are based in the University's schools and centres, and can help you explore options for projects and supervisors.
You'll be based in one (or more) of the University's schools, centres, or institutes during your doctoral studies. The postgraduate coordinator in each school supports students who are doing postgraduate study, such as for Master's by thesis and doctoral degrees.
Before you submit your application, you can contact postgraduate coordinators for advice and suggestions about researchers to talk to about supervising your project.
Advice about finding a supervisor
Finding a coordinator
On this page we have listed the postgraduate coordinators by the doctoral programme area that they are responsible for. Alternatively, you can explore the University's research areas on the Research hub site.
Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation
Architecture
- nilesh.bakshi@vuw.ac.nz (PhD Director)
- simon.twose@vuw.ac.nz (PhD)
- wallace.enegbuma@vuw.ac.nz (Masters)
Design Innovation
Faculty of Education
- joanna.higgins@vuw.ac.nz (PhD)
- robin.averill@vuw.ac.nz (Master’s)
- carmen.dalli@vuw.ac.nz (Doctor of Education)
Faculty of Engineering
Engineering and Computer Science
- yi.mei@vuw.ac.nz (Computer Science, Computer Graphics)
- paul.teal@vuw.ac.nz (Engineering)
Mathematics and Statistics
- stephen.marsland@vuw.ac.nz (Mathematics)
- yuichi.hirose@vuw.ac.nz (Statistics, Data Science)
Faculty of Health
Health
- agnes.szabo@vuw.ac.nz (Health)
Nursing, Midwifery, and Health Practice
- brian.robinson@vuw.ac.nz (Nursing, Midwifery)
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
English, Film, Theatre, Media and Communication, and Art History
- geoff.miles@vuw.ac.nz (English)
- tim.groves@vuw.ac.nz (Film)
- james.wenley@vuw.ac.nz (Theatre)
- emma.tennent@vuw.ac.nz (Media Studies, Communication)
- peter.brunt@vuw.ac.nz (Art History)
History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations
- alexander.maxwell@vuw.ac.nz (History)
- cei.maslen@vuw.ac.nz (Philosophy)
- jon.fraenkel@vuw.ac.nz (Political Science, International Relations)
Languages and Cultures
- marco.sonzogni@vuw.ac.nz (Asian Studies, Chinese, Classics, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Pacific Studies, Samoan, Spanish)
Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
- anna.siyanova@vuw.ac.nz (PhD)
- jonathan.newton@vuw.ac.nz (Masters - Applied Linguistics, TESOL)
- victoria.chen@vuw.ac.nz (Masters - Linguistics)
Social and Cultural Studies
- grant.otsuki@vuw.ac.nz (Anthropology)
- russil.durrant@vuw.ac.nz (Criminology)
- sara.rahmani@vuw.ac.nz (Religious Studies)
- mike.lloyd@vuw.ac.nz (Sociology, Social Policy)
International Institute of Modern Letters
- damien.wilkins@vuw.ac.nz (Creative Writing)
Te Kawa a Māui / School of Māori Studies
- brian.tunui@vuw.ac.nz (Māori)
New Zealand School of Music / Te Kōkī
- jim.murphy@vuw.ac.nz (PhD, Doctor of Musical Arts)
Stout Research Centre
- conal.mccarthy@vuw.ac.nz (Museum and Heritage Studies)
Faculty of Law
Wellington School of Business and Government
Accounting and Commercial Law
- andrew.smith@vuw.ac.nz (PhD)
- christopher.cripps@vuw.ac.nz (Masters
Economics and Finance
Government
- wonhyuk.cho@vuw.ac.nz (PhD)
- girol.karacaoglu@vuw.ac.nz (Masters)
Information Management
- david.johnstone@vuw.ac.nz (PhD)
- markus.lusczak-roesch@vuw.ac.nz (Masters)
Management
- rebecca.downes@vuw.ac.nz (PhD)
- ben.walker@vuw.ac.nz (Masters)
Marketing and International Business
- nick.ashill@vuw.ac.nz (PhD) micael-lee.johnstone@vuw.ac.nz from 1 February 2023
- Janet.davey@vuw.ac.nz (Masters - International Business)
- Janet.davey@vuw.ac.nz (Masters - Marketing)
Faculty of Science
Biological Sciences
- janet.pitman@vuw.ac.nz (for enquiries from prospective PhD students only)
- david.ackerley@vuw.ac.nz (Biotechnology)
- peter.pfeffer@vuw.ac.nz (Cellular and Molecular Biology)
- elaine.dennison@vuw.ac.nz (Clinical Research)
- james.bell@vuw.ac.nz (Conservation, Marine Biology, Marine Conservation)
- phil.lester@vuw.ac.nz (Ecology and Biodiversity)
- julie.deslippe@vuw.ac.nz (Ecological Restoration)
- joanna.mackichan@vuw.ac.nz (Microbiology)
Chemical and Physical Sciences
- patricia.hunt@vuw.ac.nz (Chemistry)
- uli.zuelicke@vuw.ac.nz (Physics)
Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences
- john.overton@vuw.ac.nz (Development Studies)
- colin.wilson@vuw.ac.nz (Earth Sciences)
- amanda.thomas@vuw.ac.nz (Environmental Studies)
- martha.savage@vuw.ac.nz (Geophysics)
- sara.kindon@vuw.ac.nz (Human Geography)
- rupert.sutherland@vuw.ac.nz (Petroleum Geoscience)
- kevin.norton@vuw.ac.nz (Physical Geography)
Psychology
- matt.crawford@vuw.ac.nz (Psychology)