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Meet some of our accounting, taxation, and commercial law researchers.
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Featured researchers

Supporting Mātauranga Māori
Associate Professor Jessica Lai’s research is focused on seeing changes to intellectual property law that protect and support Mātauranga Māori.
Creating a fairer society
Associate Professor Jonathan Barrett’s research seeks to bring a human rights perspective to tax policy.
Examining the effects of global challenges on business
Dr Justin Nguyen’s research seeks to examine the effects of global challenges such as climate change and political uncertainty on business and government.
Equal treatment
Whether people are treated equally when it comes to welfare, pensions and sentences for financial crimes reveals a lot about New Zealand society..
Examining tax behaviour
Award-winning economist Norman Gemmell’s research aims to create tools to analyse and predict how people will respond to tax and welfare changes.