John McClure appointed to Emeritus Professor
Congratulations to Professor John McClure, from the School of Psychology, who has been awarded the status of Emeritus Professor.
2019 News
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Adapting for the future
The urgent need for carbon emission reductions and better adaptation tools is what drives Dr Judy Lawrence, Senior Research Fellow at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s Climate Change Research Institute.
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Playing the conservation game
Recent PhD graduate Dr Ox Lennon is using computer game technology to help protect New Zealand skinks.
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Funding to reduce the impact of natural hazards in New Zealand
Three Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington researchers have received funding from the Earthquake Commission (EQC) for projects designed to help reduce the impact of natural hazards on New Zealand’s homes, towns and cities.
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Sharing New Zealand’s Antarctic expertise with the world
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Professor Tim Naish is one of only eight scientists from around the world invited to speak at the first Antarctic Parliamentarians Assembly on in London.
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Combining mātauranga Maori and psychology leads to research success
Victoria University of Wellington’s Dr Tia Neha has spent her career implementing mātauranga Māori into her psychological research.
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Kauri and the community
A University-led education and outreach project called Te Kura O Te Kauri has spent the last month aiming to inspire over 1000 students, teachers, family and community members to become guardians of their kauri forests.
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Four Victoria University of Wellington staff made fellows of the Royal Society Te Apārangi
The Royal Society Te Apārangi has this week named 18 new fellows, four of them from Victoria University of Wellington, for their distinction in research and the advancement of science, technology or the humanities.
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Rhodes Scholarship winner
Victoria University of Wellington student Isabella Lenihan-Ikin has won a Rhodes Scholarship to undertake postgraduate study at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.
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Secret lives of rats
Most of us would go out of our way to avoid rats, but Victoria University of Wellington Master’s student Henry Mackenzie is closely tracking urban rats as they move round Wellington.