Q & A with Researchers

We thought of this section as an opportunity to let you find out more about members of our research networks, their work interests and achievements in the area of promoting knowledge and understanding of Asia.

We will publish a new profile once a month. We welcome your say: please email us any feedback and suggestions.

• Prof Henry Johnson, Head of the Department of Music at the University of Otago

• Dr Stephen Epstein, Director of the Asian Studies Programme in the School of Languages and Cultures, Victoria University

• Dr Paul Callister, Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington

• Dr Andrew Butcher, Director, Research and Policy at Asia:NZ

• Associate Professor Elsie Ho, Migration Research Group, Population Studies Centre, University of Waikato

• Vasantha Krishnan, Manager, International Migration, Settlement and Employment Dynamics (IMSED) Research, Department of Labour

• Associate Professor Manying Ip, Asia:NZ Trustee and Professor of Chinese, School of Asian Studies, University of Auckland

• Julia Brannigan, freelance researcher and writer

• Professor Paul Spoonley, Regional Director (Auckland) and Research Director, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Currently acting Head of the School of Language Studies, Massey University

• Dr Ward Friesen, Senior Lecturer School of Geography, Geology and Environmental Science, The University of Auckland

• Ruth DeSouza, co-ordinator of the Centre for Asian and Migrant Health Research and the Aotearoa Ethnic Network