Research advisory group

Drawn from the academic, private and public sectors, Asia:NZ’s research advisory group is a group of experts who advise the Foundation on the selection of grant recipients, researchers and research topics for Asia:NZ’s research programme.

Chaired by Dr Andrew Butcher, Director Research and Policy, its membership comprises:

  • Professor Robert Ayson, Director, Centre for Strategic Studies, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington

  • Dr David Capie, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations, Victoria University of Wellington

  • Charles Finny, Consultant at Saunders Unsworth; Chair of the New Zealand Centre for Contemporary Chinese Research Advisory Board, Victoria University of Wellington

  • Professor Gary Hawke, Emeritus Professor VUW/Senior Fellow NZ Institute of Economic Research

  • Associate Professor Coral Ingley, Associate Professor Management, Business School, AUT

  • Professor Manying Ip FRSNZ, School of Asian Studies, University of Auckland; Asia:NZ Trustee

  • Professor Henry Johnson, President of the New Zealand Asian Studies Society; Head of the Department of Music, University of Otago

  • Associate Professor Jacqueline Leckie, Head of Department, Anthropology and Archaeology, Otago University

  • Associate Professor Val Lindsay, School of Marketing and International Business, Victoria University of Wellington

  • Paul Lister, Policy Manager, International Division, Ministry of Education

  • Sankar Ramasamy, Manager, IMSED Research, Department of Labour

  • Professor Paul Spoonley FRSNZ, Research Director, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Massey University, Auckland

  • Dr Tanya Ogilvie-White, Senior Lecturer, International Relations, University of Canterbury

  • Professor Hugh Whittaker, Director, New Zealand Asia Institute, University of Auckland

Last updated: 03 November 2011
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